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The Doors: The Best of The Doors

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Label: Elektra Entertainement
Released: 1985.11.01
Time:
 47:26 / 41:03
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Paul Rothchild, Bruce Botnick, The Doors
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD double
Web address: www.thedoors.com
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Purchase date: 2013
Price in €: 2,00





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Disc One

[1] Break on Through [To the Other Side] (The Doors) - 2:25
[2] Light My Fire (The Doors) - 7:07
[3] The Crystal Ship (Jim Morrison) - 2:32
[4] People Are Strange (The Doors) - 2:09
[5] Strange Days (The Doors) - 3:08
[6] Love Me Two Times (The Doors) - 3:14
[7] Alabama Song (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill)- 3:18
[8] Five to One (The Doors) - 4:25
[9] Waiting for the Sun (Jim Morrison) - 3:58
[10] Spanish Caravan (The Doors) - 2:57
[11] When the Music's Over (The Doors) - 10:56


Disc Two

[1] Hello, I Love You (Jim Morrison) - 2:15
[2] Roadhouse Blues (Jim Morrison, The Doors) - 4:02
[3] L.A. Woman (The Doors) - 7:49
[4] Riders on the Storm (The Doors) - 7:10
[5] Touch Me (Robby Krieger) - 3:11
[6] Love Her Madly (Robby Krieger) - 3:17
[7] The Unknown Soldier (The Doors) - 3:23
[8] The End (The Doors) - 11:42

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John Densmore – drums, producer
Robby Krieger – guitar, producer
Ray Manzarek – organ, piano, keyboards, bass, producer
Jim Morrison – vocals, producer

Jerry Scheff – occasional bass guitar

Bruce Botnick- digital remastering, engineer, producer
Paul Rothchild - producer
Danny Sugerman - liner notes
Bruce Botnick - remastering
Joel Brodsky - photography

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The Very Best Of The Doors beinhaltet 34 Songs und Klassiker wie u.a. „Break On Through“, „Hello, I Love You“, „Riders On The Storm“ und natürlich das Ödipus-Drama „The End“, in der ungeschnittenen Langfassung. Sämtliche Tracks wurden neu abgemischt, von den Doors selbst und von Bruce Botnick , der einst als Techniker und Produzent vor Ort war. „Wir wollten“, erklärt Keyboarder Ray Manzarek, „dass die alten und die neuen Fans das zu hören bekommen, was wir entdeckt haben, als wir die Multi-Track-Aufnahmen abhörten. Da gibt es Background-Gesang von Jim und Piano von mir und Soli von Robby Krieger, die auf den Original-Aufnahmen fehlten und hier zum ersten Mal zu hören sind. Wir haben nur die beste Technik eingesetzt, um diese CD’s auf dasselbe Sound-Level zu bringen, das wir genießen durften, als wir diese Songs aufgenommen haben. Und wir laden alle Fans ein, jetzt auch ein Teil davon zu werden.“



Ideally, one would avoid compilations of the Doors' work, except perhaps for the hit singles and moments when one wanted very light listening. This was a band that took itself very seriously, almost to the point of self-parody at times, and their music ought to be discovered in the setting and context in which it was intended, but assuming that one needs a Doors anthology, this 18-track collection (19 on CD) is the place to start. It started life during the quadrophonic era as a single LP of the same title, with programming intended to combine the concepts behind two earlier compilations, 13 and Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine, under one cover. In 1985, the two-LP version, the fourth compilation of the group's work, and the most comprehensive, was released, providing a good overview to the most obvious different sides of the group's output, and in 1991 this was remastered for CD with improved sound and an extra track. Good as it is, the compilation misleads somewhat by removing the material from its original context and also shuffling the order, so that songs off of The Soft Parade bump up against tracks from L.A. Woman. The hits can stand on their own, but overall the music lacks the broader impact that it was intended to have when heard juxtaposed with the other tracks on their respective original albums. The 1996 Greatest Hits CD, with its remastered sound, and the remastering of their individual albums that began in the year 2000, also renders this collection somewhat less attractive than it was on its initial release.

Bruce Eder - AllMusic.com



THE VERY BEST OF THE DOORS (single disc) keeps its eyes on the road and its hands upon the wheel as it launches an unforgettable voyage through the band's esteemed legacy that covers 20 essential tracks.Each release boasts brand new mixes supervised by The Doors and Bruce Botnick, the band's original engineer and producer."We want our fans, both new and old, to hear what we discovered on listening to the actual multitrack recordings," says keyboard player Ray Manzarek. "There are background vocals by Jim Morrison, piano parts of mine that weren't used, and guitar stingers and solos by Robby Krieger that never made the original recordings that can now be heard for the first time. We used state-of-the-art techniques to bring these discs to the same sound quality we experienced in the studio when we initially recorded our songs. We invite all our fans to join us in this recreation of the legendary recording sessions of The Doors. And to be a part of our original conceptions."

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