Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Break on Through (To the Other Side)
2. Soul Kitchen
3. Crystal Ship
4. Twentieth Century Fox
5. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)
6. Light My Fire
7. Back Door Man
8. I Looked at You
9. End of the Night
10. Take It as It Comes
11. End

Disc 2:

1. Strange Days
2. You're Lost Little Girl
3. Love Me Two Times
4. Unhappy Girl
5. Horse Latitudes
6. Moonlight Drive
7. People Are Strange
8. My Eyes Have Seen You
9. I Can't See Your Face in My Mind
10. When the Music's Over

Disc 3:

1. Hello, I Love You
2. Love Street
3. Not to Touch the Earth
4. Summer's Almost Gone
5. Wintertime Love
6. Unknown Soldier
7. Spanish Caravan
8. My Wild Love
9. We Could Be So Good Together
10. Yes, the River Knows
11. Five to One

Disc 4:

1. Tell All the People
2. Touch Me
3. Shaman's Blues
4. Do It
5. Easy Ride
6. Wild Child
7. Runnin' Blue
8. Wishful Sinful
9. Soft Parade

Disc 5:

1. Roadhouse Blues
2. Waiting for the Sun
3. You Make Me Real
4. Peace Frog
5. Blue Sunday
6. Ship of Fools
7. Land Ho'
8. Spy
9. Queen of the Highway
10. Indian Summer
11. Maggie McGill

Disc 6:

1. Changeling
2. Love Her Madly
3. Been Down So Long
4. Cars Hiss by My Window
5. L.A. Woman
6. America
7. Hyacinth House
8. Crawling King Snake
9. WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
10. Riders on the Storm

Disc 7:

1. Hello to the Cities [Live][*]
2. Break on Through (To the Other Side)
3. Roadhouse Blues [Live][*]
4. Hyacinth House [*][Demo Version]
5. Who Scared You? [*]
6. Whiskey, Mystics and Men [*]
7. I Will Never Be Untrue [Live][*]
8. Moonlight Drive [*][Demo Version]
9. Queen of the Highway [Alternative Version][Alternate Take][*]
10. Someday Soon [Live][*]
11. Hello, I Love You [*][Demo Version]
12. Orange County Suite [*]
13. Soft Parade [Live][*]
14. End [Live][*]
15. Woman Is a Devil [*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37750 in Music
• Released on: 2003-09-09
• Number of discs: 7
• Formats: Box set, Enhanced, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered

Album Description
Break on through with remastered sound & repackaging of this 7-CD box uniting all six of the bands original album masterpieces, plus a full disc of 15 rarities including 1 bonus track, 'Woman Is A Devil' (Recorded At Elektra Studios 1969). Compiled in 1999 when the box was originally released, The Essential Rarities disc boasts an incredible collection of alternate takes, demos, live cuts, stage banter and more. Includes 72-page book with dozens of photos, complete lyrics to all songs, and extensive liner notes. All original Lp artwork faithfully restored. Longbox. Elektra 2003.

Customer Reviews

Classic, of course, but unnecessary to own
This box set contains all six of the doors studio albums recorded with Jim Morison, plus an additional disc of "rarities." Technically this is NOT the, "Complete Studio Recordings" because the box does not include, "Other Voices" and, "Full Circle" two albums recorded by the Doors after Morison's death. There is no new material here, each of the discs, including the rarities CD, can be purchased as individual CD's. Strange as it seems it would actually cost less money if one were to buy each CD separately!!! For this box set each album is packaged in a scaled-down replica of the original LP, including gatefolds and slip covers. The cardboard CD cases are a nice touch, however they are delicate. The box set also contains a booklet with a long essay, completes lyrics, and of course, "previously unpublished photos."
I have two complaints about this box set. First, there are no thumb notches on the box lid. This makes removing the box lid difficult due to a partial vacuum that forms when the lid is placed on to the box base. Second, there is no sessionography in the accompanying booklet. The booklet only lists the month and the year for each album's release. I would have like to seen a list of specific dates, personal, and take number for each track, after all this is supposed to be a complete box set.

Stop nit-picking. This is The Doors!
A purchaser of this box gets the six classic Doors studio albums with an incredible remastered sound plus a seventh disc with some excellent live tracks and some interesting studio outtakes. It also contains a worthwhile booklet with some interesting commentary on the albums. All the discs are in facsimile cardboard sleeves, which is a nice touch. The cost is less than $13 per disc. People can buy whatever they like -- the individual albums, the Bright Midnight live releases (recommended), the earlier box set of unreleased material (which the seventh disk on this box summarizes), greatest hits packages, etc. -- but there's really no justification for saying that this particular box rates less than five stars if you're a Doors fan. I've been waiting for this box for a long time, and I'm really pleased to have it.

Good boxset, cmon people!
Im surpised at the rating of this boxset. This is a 5 star boxset. Each album as it was originally released. Each album comes in a cardbox replica of the original LP with a paper sleeve. All lyrics are included. Many photos inlcuded, some unreleased. Good liner notes. Top notch remasters. Complete studio recording of the Doors with Jim Morrison (lets face it folks, without him, is a different ball game). That is my definition of a 5 star package. These are the minor flaws I found. 1) Still, we dont have any mono mixes of the albums. 2) The booklet is glued and comes apart after a few readings. 3) I also had to re-glued my mini LPs, not enough glue was applied. 4) I think 100 dlls for 7 discs is a little pricey for Cds that can be purchased separately at a lower price. All things considered, the box set is the way to go to get all the Doors albums.