Product Description

The ultimate collectible: a limited edition (12,500 copies worldwide), 7-disc vinyl box covered in faux lizard skin with 12-inch 180-gram HQ vinyl re-issues of the original stereo mixes of the band's six Morrison-era studio albums, plus a copy of the '67 debut ("The Doors") in mono. Includes "The Doors", "Strange Days", "Waiting For The Sun", "The Soft Parade", "Morrison Hotel", and "LA Woman".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40556 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-22
• Number of discs: 7
• Formats: Box set, Limited Edition

Customer Reviews

Where's the low end?
Yes, there are some quality control issues like bubbling labels, scratched records and worn covers but the real tragedy is with the mastering. I was shocked how much low end they filtered out of these mixes. The top end is boosted so much it covers up what little low end was left after the mastering EQ. Plus, as if the shrill mastering wasn't bad enough, the pressings are somewhat noisy and slightly off center.

A huge disappointment all around.

Rhino Working To Correct Quality Problems
Updated July 29 2008: There have been many problems with quality of the first wave of shipments of this product. Rhino has acknowledged the problem (in a letter on their site). If you have problems, contact Dr. Rhino (on their site)...they are being very cooperative in helping to correct problems.

Overall Great Box Set. But would give 4.5 Stars if I could
For those of us waiting for a quality reissue of these LPs on vinyl this set is worth the $ and the wait. Many people like to do comparisons against other issues of these albums and I typically find it hard to fault one release over another...unless it is night and day. I feel as though this release was designed to mirror the original master tapes as much as possible while extracting out some of the detail lost in prior releases. By doing this, I think there is a give and take. When it comes to comparing remasterings I have a hard time saying one is better...they are just different (each having their own subjective pros and cons). For instance I find the detail and separtion of instruments to be more compeling in this remastering while there is slightly more bass in other releases. I give this set 4.5 stars on sound and 4.5 stars on packaging. My set looks great, no flaws. However, the sleeves do exhibit some wear from sliding back and forth across each other within the set...maybe they should have sealed these separately? That is my only complaint on packaging...no biggie.

CS