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Although the surviving members of the Doors have certainly explored the band's catalog broadly since the death of singer Jim Morrison, they've never dipped quite as deeply -- or with results quite as intriguing -- as on this all-encompassing box. Perception, which takes its title from the Aldous Huxley novel that gave the band its name in the first place, focuses on the studio recordings of the original lineup, with each of those six albums outfitted with fascinating bonus material that includes both studio banter and unreleased songs, all the better to fully open the Doors to outsiders. The archival material on earlier discs here tends to point up the band's pop ...
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Editorial Reviews

Barnes & Noble - David Sprague
Although the surviving members of the Doors have certainly explored the band's catalog broadly since the death of singer Jim Morrison, they've never dipped quite as deeply -- or with results quite as intriguing -- as on this all-encompassing box. Perception, which takes its title from the Aldous Huxley novel that gave the band its name in the first place, focuses on the studio recordings of the original lineup, with each of those six albums outfitted with fascinating bonus material that includes both studio banter and unreleased songs, all the better to fully open the Doors to outsiders. The archival material on earlier discs here tends to point up the band's pop instincts -- a surprisingly breezy alternate take on "Moonlight Drive" finds Ray Manzarek unspooling his best ? & the Mysterians organ riffs, and "Love Me Two Times" softens Robby Krieger's guitar palpably -- but, as fans might imagine, things get more intricate and more mysterious as time goes on. Waiting for the Sun offers up some of the meatiest material, notably the oft-bootlegged full version of "Celebration of the Lizard," which unfolds with a hypnotic inexorability, taking listeners on a trip that's by turns sensual and frightening. There's a decidedly more playful version of the previously unheard songs tagged onto The Soft Parade, from the surprisingly garage-styled "Push Push," a sex-crazed ditty that could've appeared on The Doors, to the woozy sea chantey "Whiskey, Mystics and Men," which finds Morrison going heavy on the first element, rather than the second -- a sharp contrast to most of his latter-day writing. The band follow their leader into Delta territory on Morrison Hotel, a disc that carries more of a whiff of the crossroads in this expanded edition -- thanks to multiple, subtly different versions of "Roadhouse Blues" as well as "Money Beats Soul," Morrison's sneering rejoinder to anyone who'd accuse him of selling out. L.A. Woman, which history has shown to be the singer's low ebb, still has some bright moments in its margins -- one of which, "You Need Meat," actually features Manzarek on lead vocals. Each of Perception's audio discs is paired with a DVD containing 5.1 audio mixes, photo galleries, lyrics, new liner notes, new producer's notes, and a pair of videos, making it a completist's dream and an unparalleled history lesson.
All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
It's hard not to look at the 2006 box set Perception without a skeptical eye, since it is not only the third box set of the Doors studio recordings to be released within the course of a decade, it is the second in a row to purport to house the "complete studio recordings" of a group that released six studio albums -- and this doesn't count the live sets and hits comps that have appeared during that decade, either. Needless to say, the band has been packaged, repackaged, and reissued more than most, but just because there has been more Doors boxes than necessary doesn't mean that Perception lacks value. Indeed, it trumps the 1999 box The Complete Studio Recordings in every sense, since it covers the same territory in a set that is better packaged and better-sounding while also offering many more rarities. It also offers brand-new remasters supervised by the surviving band and their original producer Bruce Botnick, highlighted by the first-ever release of the classic debut album at its proper speed; apart from that, the improvements are by and large marginal in terms of the CD audio, but there are also 5.1 surround mixes of each of the albums on the DVD-Audios that accompany each album in this set, which are the primary sonic enticements to those who have already purchased these albums two, three, four times on CD. The bonus material -- and each of the albums have bonus tracks, ranging from two cuts on L.A. Woman to ten on Morrison Hotel -- by and large presents songs that have been official releases before (including much of the music from the Essential Rarities disc that was included in the 1999 box), but there have been a handful of rarities excavated for this set, including the unheard "Push Push" which has been added to The Soft Parade. All this makes Perception into what the 1999 box promised to be in its title: the complete recorded works, more or less, and it's better-looking and better-sounding, too. Even so, any fan who has purchased the prior sets would be forgiven if they passed on this otherwise excellent box: no matter how well-done it is, it's hard not to shake the perception that you've bought this all before. [Rhino/Elektra reissued this set in 2008.]
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 10/21/2008
  • Label: Rhino
  • UPC: 081227995980
  • Catalog Number: 334844

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Break on Through (To the Other Side) (2:29)
  2. 2 Soul Kitchen (3:35)
  3. 3 The Crystal Ship (2:34)
  4. 4 Twentieth Century Fox (2:33)
  5. 5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (3:20)
  6. 6 Light My Fire (7:08)
  7. 7 Back Door Man (3:34)
  8. 8 I Looked at You (2:22)
  9. 9 End of the Night (2:52)
  10. 10 Take It as It Comes (2:17)
  11. 11 The End (11:45)
  12. 12 Moonlight Drive (2:43)
  13. 13 Moonlight Drive (2:30)
  14. 14 Indian Summer (2:36)
Disc 2
  1. 1 Break on Through (To the Other Side)
  2. 2 Soul Kitchen
  3. 3 The Crystal Ship
  4. 4 Twentieth Century Fox
  5. 5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
  6. 6 Light My Fire
  7. 7 Back Door Man
  8. 8 I Looked at You
  9. 9 End of the Night
  10. 10 Take It as It Comes
  11. 11 The End
  12. 12 Moonlight Drive
  13. 13 Moonlight Drive
  14. 14 Indian Summer
  15. 15 Break on Through (To the Other Side)
  16. 16 The End
  17. 17 [Bonus Material]
Disc 3
  1. 1 Strange Days (3:09)
  2. 2 You're Lost Little Girl (3:03)
  3. 3 Love Me Two Times (3:16)
  4. 4 Unhappy Girl (2:00)
  5. 5 Horse Latitudes (1:35)
  6. 6 Moonlight Drive (3:04)
  7. 7 People Are Strange (2:12)
  8. 8 My Eyes Have Seen You (2:29)
  9. 9 I Can't See Your Face in My Mind (3:26)
  10. 10 When the Music's Over (11:00)
  11. 11 People Are Strange (False Starts & Studio Dialogue) (1:58)
  12. 12 Love Me Two Times (3:19)
Disc 4
  1. 1 Strange Days
  2. 2 You're Lost Little Girl
  3. 3 Love Me Two Times
  4. 4 Unhappy Girl
  5. 5 Horse Latitudes
  6. 6 Moonlight Drive
  7. 7 People Are Strange
  8. 8 My Eyes Have Seen You
  9. 9 I Can't See Your Face in My Mind
  10. 10 When the Music's Over
  11. 11 People Are Strange (False Starts & Studio Dialogue) [5.1 Surr
  12. 12 Love Me Two Times
  13. 13 Love Me Two Times
  14. 14 When the Music's Over
  15. 15 [Bonus Material]
Disc 5
  1. 1 Hello, I Love You (2:16)
  2. 2 Love Street (2:52)
  3. 3 Not to Touch the Earth (3:55)
  4. 4 Summer's Almost Gone (3:22)
  5. 5 Wintertime Love (1:54)
  6. 6 The Unknown Soldier (3:25)
  7. 7 Spanish Caravan (2:59)
  8. 8 My Wild Love (2:52)
  9. 9 We Could Be So Good Together (2:24)
  10. 10 Yes, The River Knows (2:37)
  11. 11 Five to One (4:28)
  12. 12 Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor (4:33)
  13. 13 Not to Touch the Earth (Dialogue) (0:39)
  14. 14 Not to Touch the Earth (4:03)
  15. 15 Not to Touch the Earth (4:17)
  16. 16 Celebration of the Lizard (17:06)
Disc 6
  1. 1 Hello, I Love You
  2. 2 Love Street
  3. 3 Not to Touch the Earth
  4. 4 Summer's Almost Gone
  5. 5 Wintertime Love
  6. 6 The Unknown Soldier
  7. 7 Spanish Caravan
  8. 8 My Wild Love
  9. 9 We Could Be So Good Together
  10. 10 Yes, The River Knows
  11. 11 Five to One
  12. 12 Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor
  13. 13 Not to Touch the Earth
  14. 14 Not to Touch the Earth
  15. 15 Not to Touch the Earth
  16. 16 Celebration of the Lizard
  17. 17 Spanish Caravan
  18. 18 The Unknown Soldier
  19. 19 [Bonus Material]
Disc 7
  1. 1 Tell All the People (3:21)
  2. 2 Touch Me (3:12)
  3. 3 Shaman's Blues (4:48)
  4. 4 Do It (3:08)
  5. 5 Easy Ride (2:43)
  6. 6 Wild Child (2:36)
  7. 7 Runnin' Blue (2:27)
  8. 8 Wishful Sinful (2:58)
  9. 9 The Soft Parade (8:41)
  10. 10 Who Scared You (3:58)
  11. 11 Whiskey, Mystics and Men (2:28)
  12. 12 Whiskey, Mystics and Men (3:04)
  13. 13 Push Push (6:06)
  14. 14 Touch Me (Dialogue) (0:31)
  15. 15 Touch Me (3:36)
Disc 8
  1. 1 Tell All the People
  2. 2 Touch Me
  3. 3 Shaman's Blues
  4. 4 Do It
  5. 5 Easy Ride
  6. 6 Wild Child
  7. 7 Runnin' Blues
  8. 8 Wishful Sinful
  9. 9 The Soft Parade
  10. 10 Who Scared You
  11. 11 Whiskey, Mystics and Men
  12. 12 Whiskey, Mystics and Men
  13. 13 Push Push
  14. 14 Touch Me (Dialogue)
  15. 15 Touch Me
  16. 16 The Soft Parade
  17. 17 Tell All the People
  18. 18 [Bonus Material]
Disc 9
  1. 1 Roadhouse Blues (4:04)
  2. 2 Waiting for the Sun (4:00)
  3. 3 You Make Me Real (2:53)
  4. 4 Peace Frog (2:49)
  5. 5 Blue Sunday (2:13)
  6. 6 Ship of Fools (3:08)
  7. 7 Land Ho! (4:10)
  8. 8 The Spy (4:17)
  9. 9 Queen of the Highway (2:47)
  10. 10 Indian Summer (2:35)
  11. 11 Maggie M'Gill (4:25)
  12. 12 Talking Blues (0:59)
  13. 13 Roadhouse Blues (8:47)
  14. 14 Roadhouse Blues (9:27)
  15. 15 Carol (0:55)
  16. 16 Roadhouse Blues (4:32)
  17. 17 Money Beats Soul (1:05)
  18. 18 Roadhouse Blues (6:20)
  19. 19 Peace Frog (2:00)
  20. 20 The Spy (3:48)
  21. 21 Queen of the Highway (3:36)
Disc 10
  1. 1 Roadhouse Blues
  2. 2 Waiting for the Sun
  3. 3 You Make Me Real
  4. 4 Peace Frog
  5. 5 Blue Sunday
  6. 6 Ship of Fools
  7. 7 Land Ho!
  8. 8 The Spy
  9. 9 Queen of the Highway
  10. 10 Indian Summer
  11. 11 Maggie M'Gill
  12. 12 Talking Blues
  13. 13 Roadhouse Blues
  14. 14 Roadhouse Blues
  15. 15 Carol
  16. 16 Roadhouse Blues
  17. 17 Money Beats Soul
  18. 18 Roadhouse Blues
  19. 19 Peace Frogs [#
  20. 20 The Spy
  21. 21 Queen of the Highway
  22. 22 Roadhouse Blues
  23. 23 Wild Child
  24. 24 [Bonus Material]
Disc 11
  1. 1 The Changeling (4:21)
  2. 2 Love Her Madly (3:20)
  3. 3 Been Down So Long (4:41)
  4. 4 Cars Hiss by My Window (4:12)
  5. 5 L.A. Woman (7:53)
  6. 6 L' America (4:38)
  7. 7 Hyacinth House (3:11)
  8. 8 Crawling King Snake (5:00)
  9. 9 The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) (4:15)
  10. 10 Riders on the Storm (7:16)
  11. 11 Orange County Suite (5:45)
  12. 12 (You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further (3:41)
Disc 12
  1. 1 The Changeling
  2. 2 Love Her Madly
  3. 3 Been Down So Long
  4. 4 Cars Hiss by My Window
  5. 5 L.A. Woman
  6. 6 L' America
  7. 7 Hyacinth House
  8. 8 Crawling King Snake
  9. 9 The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
  10. 10 Riders on the Storm
  11. 11 Orange County Suite
  12. 12 (You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further
  13. 13 The Changeling
  14. 14 Crawling King Snake
  15. 15 [Bonus Material]
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
The Doors Primary Artist
Lonnie Mack Bass
Curtis Amy Saxophone, Soloist
Marc Benno Rhythm Guitar
Ray Manzarek Organ, Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Marimbas, Group Member
John Densmore Drums, Group Member
Jesse McReynolds Mandolin
Reinol Andino Conga
George Bohannon Trombone, Soloist
Harvey Brooks Bass
Kerry Magness Bass
G. Puglese Harp
Jerry Scheff Bass
Champ Webb English Horn, Soloist
Ray Neopolitan Bass
Douglas Lubahn Bass, Electric Bass
Robby Krieger Guitar, Choir, Chorus, Group Member
Technical Credits
Willie Dixon Composer
John Lee Hooker Composer
Chuck Berry Composer
The Doors Composer
Ray Manzarek Arranger
John Densmore Arranger
Bruce Botnick Producer, Engineer, Liner Notes, Remixing, Mastering
Hugh Brown Art Direction
Spencer Chrislu Authoring
Paul Ferrara Images, Cover Photo
Paul Rothchild Producer
Guy Webster Cover Photo
Don Paulsen Images
David Fricke Liner Notes
William S. Harvey Art Direction
Joel Brodsky Images, Cover Photo
David Dieckmann Authoring
Jeffrey Jampol Management
Peter Schaumann Illustrations
Jimmy Hole Art Direction
Bobby Klein Images
Wendell Hamick Cover Photo
Carl Cossick Concept
Paul Williams Liner Notes
Manfred Rehm Cover Photo
Robby Krieger Arranger, Composer
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