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 (Whisky 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
12. Moonlight Drive [Version 1][*]
13. Moonlight Drive [Version 2][#][*]
14. Indian Summer [8/19/66 Vocal][#][*]

Disc 2:

1. Break on Through (To the Other Side) [5.1 Surround Sound]
2. Soul Kitchen [5.1 Surround Sound]
3. Crystal Ship [5.1 Surround Sound]
4. Twentieth Century Fox [5.1 Surround Sound]
5. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) [5.1 Surround Sound]
6. Light My Fire [5.1 Surround Sound]
7. Back Door Man [5.1 Surround Sound]
8. I Looked at You [5.1 Surround Sound]
9. End of the Night [5.1 Surround Sound]
10. Take It as It Comes [5.1 Surround Sound]
11. End [5.1 Surround Sound]
12. Moonlight Drive [5.1 Surround Sound][*][Version]
13. Moonlight Drive [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Version]
14. Indian Summer [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Version]
15. Break on Through (To the Other Side) [5.1 Surround
16. End [5.1 Surround Sound]
17. [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD]

Disc 3:

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
11. People Are Strange (False Starts & Studio Dialogue) [#][*]
12. Love Me Two Times [Take 3][#][*]

Disc 4:

1. Strange Days [5.1 Surround Sound]
2. You're Lost Little Girl [5.1 Surround Sound]
3. Love Me Two Times [5.1 Surround Sound]
4. Unhappy Girl [5.1 Surround Sound]
5. Horse Latitudes [5.1 Surround Sound]
6. Moonlight Drive [5.1 Surround Sound]
7. People Are Strange [5.1 Surround Sound]
8. My Eyes Have Seen You [5.1 Surround Sound]
9. I Can't See Your Face in My Mind [5.1 Surround Sound]
10. When the Music's Over [5.1 Surround Sound]
11. People Are Strange (False Starts & Studio Dialogue) [5.1 Surr
12. Love Me Two Times [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take]
13. Love Me Two Times [5.1 Surround Sound][Live]
14. When the Music's Over [5.1 Surround Sound][Live]
15. [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD]

Disc 5:

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
12. Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor [*]
13. Not to Touch the Earth (Dialogue) [#][*]
14. Not to Touch the Earth [Take 1][#][*]
15. Not to Touch the Earth [Take 2][#][*]
16. Celebration of the Lizard [An Experiment/Work in Progress][*]

Disc 6:

1. Hello, I Love You [5.1 Surround Sound]
2. Love Street [5.1 Surround Sound]
3. Not to Touch the Earth [5.1 Surround Sound]
4. Summer's Almost Gone [5.1 Surround Sound]
5. Wintertime Love [5.1 Surround Sound]
6. Unknown Soldier [5.1 Surround Sound]
7. Spanish Caravan [5.1 Surround Sound]
8. My Wild Love [5.1 Surround Sound]
9. We Could Be So Good Together [5.1 Surround Sound]
10. Yes, The River Knows [5.1 Surround Sound]
11. Five to One [5.1 Surround Sound]
12. Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor [5.1 Surround Sound][*]
13. Not to Touch the Earth [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*]
14. Not to Touch the Earth [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take]
15. Not to Touch the Earth [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take]
16. Celebration of the Lizard[5[5
17. Spanish Caravan [5.1 Surround Sound][Live]
18. Unknown Soldier [5.1 Surround Sound][Live]
19. [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD]

Disc 7:

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
10. Who Scared You [*]
11. Whiskey, Mystics and Men [Version 1][*]
12. Whiskey, Mystics and Men [Version 2][#][*]
13. Push Push [#][*]
14. Touch Me (Dialogue) [#][*]
15. Touch Me [Take 3][#][*]

Disc 8:

1. Tell All the People [5.1 Surround Sound]
2. Touch Me [5.1 Surround Sound]
3. Shaman's Blues [5.1 Surround Sound]
4. Do It [5.1 Surround Sound]
5. Easy Ride [5.1 Surround Sound]
6. Wild Child [5.1 Surround Sound]
7. Runnin' Blues [5.1 Surround Sound]
8. Wishful Sinful [5.1 Surround Sound]
9. Soft Parade [5.1 Surround Sound]
10. Who Scared You [5.1 Surround Sound][*]
11. Whiskey, Mystics and Men [5.1 Surround Sound][*][Version]
12. Whiskey, Mystics and Men [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Version]
13. Push Push [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*]
14. Touch Me (Dialogue) [#][*]
15. Touch Me [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take]
16. Soft Parade [5.1 Surround Sound][Live]
17. Tell All the People [5.1 Surround Sound][Live]
18. [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD]

Disc 9:

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 M'Gill
12. Talking Blues [#][*]
13. Roadhouse Blues [Takes 1-3][#][*]
14. Roadhouse Blues [Take 6][#][*]
15. Carol [#][*]
16. Roadhouse Blues [Take 1][#][*]
17. Money Beats Soul [#][*]
18. Roadhouse Blues [Takes 13-15][#][*]
19. Peace Frog [False Starts & Dialogue][#][*]
20. Spy [Version 2][#][*]
21. Queen of the Highway [Jazz Version][*]

Disc 10:

1. Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound]
2. Waiting for the Sun [5.1 Surround Sound]
3. You Make Me Real [5.1 Surround Sound]
4. Peace Frog [5.1 Surround Sound]
5. Blue Sunday [5.1 Surround Sound]
6. Ship of Fools [5.1 Surround Sound]
7. Land Ho! [5.1 Surround Sound]
8. Spy [5.1 Surround Sound]
9. Queen of the Highway [5.1 Surround Sound]
10. Indian Summer [5.1 Surround Sound]
11. Maggie M'Gill [5.1 Surround Sound]
12. Talking Blues [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*]
13. Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take]
14. Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take]
15. Carol [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*]
16. Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take]
17. Money Beats Soul [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*]
18. Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take]
19. Peace Frogs [# [5.1 Surround Sound][#]
20. Spy [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Version]
21. Queen of the Highway [5.1 Surround Sound][*][Version]
22. Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound]
23. Wild Child [5.1 Surround Sound]
24. [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD]

Disc 11:

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
11. Orange County Suite [*]
12. (You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further [*]

Disc 12:

1. Changeling [5.1 Surround Sound]
2. Love Her Madly [5.1 Surround Sound]
3. Been Down So Long [5.1 Surround Sound]
4. Cars Hiss by My Window [5.1 Surround Sound]
5. L.A. Woman [5.1 Surround Sound]
6. America [5.1 Surround Sound]
7. Hyacinth House [5.1 Surround Sound]
8. Crawling King Snake [5.1 Surround Sound]
9. Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) [5.1 Surround Sound]
10. Riders on the Storm [5.1 Surround Sound]
11. Orange County Suite [5.1 Surround Sound][*]
12. (You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further [5.1 Surround Sound][*]
13. Changeling [5.1 Surround Sound]
14. Crawling King Snake [Footage from the Doors Rehearsal Space]
15. [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #188811 in Music
• Brand: DOORS
• Released on: 2008-01-13
• Number of discs: 12
• Formats: Box set, Import

Album Description
6CD/6DVD Boxed set celebrating the 40th anniversary of this legendary band: All their Jim Morrison-Era studio albums reissued in deluxe 2-disc editions with rare & previously unreleased bonus material, 5.1 mixes, bonus video content, and more!

Amazon.com
For years, the recording industry has asked fans to purchase the same music from the 1960s and '70s over and over again, via remasterings, repackagings, and, of course, reformattings. The Doors' box Perception (get it?), cleverly packaged as... a door, does hold some astonishing music, but the thing itself is a weird hybrid beast with multiple formats for every release. Each of the group's six albums has not only been re-remastered (this time by the remaining band members plus original engineer Bruce Botnick as the "40th anniversary mix"), but loaded up with a bevy of previously unreleased bonus tracks. But that's not it--for each album, there's a companion DVD, which includes a whole new 5.1 surround sound mix with more tracks, as well as the usual DVD extras, i.e., photo galleries, lyrics, and videos. That makes 12 discs, much of it essentially redundant. If you're cool with that, you're in for a treat. From the spookier, unissued version of "Indian Summer" to the entirely new tune "Push Push" and some super-rad footage of the band rehearsing L.A. Woman, it's easy to fall in love with this swirling, highly sexualized, and often brilliant band all over again. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews

Box Set 40th Anniversary
The audios are good but videos could of included some rare footage. It seemed like an after thought & they picked videos from previous released videos. This was the reason it didn't get 5 stars.

I had The Doors on vinyl and finally decided to get this box set. Now I'm not familiar w/ the previous box set but this includes all the 6 Doors albums. Yeah, American Prayer came out later but that was post-Jim. So you don't know if he would agree w/ the arrangements on that album. Plus you have the remaining Doors who produced 2 more albums post-Jim. Who would of known if Jim ever came back from Paris would he continue playing w/ them. I've read a number of books of The Doors and many speculations of Jim writing screen plays to moving to New York to working on a solo album. I don't own much rare recordings or bootlegs so the bonus tracks are a treat for me. Too bad the video aspect wasn't thought out. All of the videos except for one I have in my Doors DVD collection. As an audio standpoint this is a good deal and really enjoy it.

This package is the 6 albums The Doors includes 2 disc per album.
You have the CD w/ bonus tracks and a DVD disc.
Each Album/CD is a tri-fold that copies the original artwork front & back cover. Inside includes the art from that album as well as a booklet w/ some cool pics gives in detail the making of that record.
Each DVD includes the entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound.
Photo Gallery w/ some very cool photos and 2 videos of the songs from that album.
Now the videos aren't any rare footage. If you have The Soundstage Performances, Hollywood Bowl, and the Dance On Fire DVDs. The only one I don't recognize is Crawling King Snake that was shot in The Doors rehearsal studio filmed for a 1971 Australian TV. This is rare footage I haven't seen of Jim performing a song from L.A. Woman album. Of course there must be some collectors out there who have this whole show. But it was a treat for me to view.

The Doors
debut album includes some of my favorite tracks The Crystal Ship, Light My Fire and The End. Also 3 bonus tracks. 2 versions of Moonlight Drive. The 2nd version was previously unissued. Matter of fact version 2 of Moonlight Drive reminds me a little of Alabama Song. 3rd previously unissued track is Indian Summer which is on Morrison Hotel CD. This is a sort of acoustic song that shows off Jim vocals.
Videos include Break On Through, which is on Dance On Fire DVD.
The End is from The Soundstage Performances DVD Toronto performance, 1967

Strange Days
one of my favorite Doors albums has my all time favorite track When The Music's Over . The bonus tracks comes w/ People Are Strange false starts & in studio talking. It's John Densmore talking to producer Paul Rothchild. This is only about a minute long so it's no alternative version of the song just the talking before they start.
The other bonus track is Love Me Two Times which is listed as Take 3. I really couldn't hear a difference.
The videos include Love Me Two Times and When The Music's Over both from Europe Concert, 1968. These are on The Soundstage Performances DVD.

Waiting For The Sun
has 5 bonus tracks. Albinoni's Adiago In G Minor an instrumental that was included in American Prayer lp. Not To Touch The Earth has a minute of dialogue w/ Jim. If only a minute long it was interesting hearing Jim goofing around.
Then you have 2 more takes of Not To Touch The Earth. Take 1 time is 4:22 as Take 2 is 3:58.
A 17 minute poem of Celebration of The Lizard which was printed inside the album cover. This is noted as "work in progress" there are some lines that are not in the printed version of the album.
Videos in Spanish Caravan from Live Hollywood Bowl, 1968 from the DVD of the same name.
The Unknown Soldier is the performance from The Soundstage Performances DVD.

The Soft Parade
The Soft Parade is my fav song from this album. The 6 bonus tracks are Who Scared You that is on Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine album. Good song btw. 2 versions of Whiskey, Mystics And Men, a very good tune. Push Push is more of an instrumental reminds me of Vince Guaraldi (Charlie Brown song) w/ the only chorus of the band singing repetitively "Push Push"
They list 2 versions of Touch Me but really version 1 is just 27 seconds of talking in the studio. It's maybe Paul Rothchild producer talking to John Densmore about the positioning of the snare drum mic.
Videos include Soft Parade and Touch Me both from Soundstage Performance DVD.

Morrison Hotel
Is The Doors going back to basics w/ bluesy tunes. One of the biggest hits was Roadhouse Blues. Another good tune I like is Queen of The Highway. Now for bonus tracks I would say this is the best CD that included 10 bonus tracks. 3 versions of Roadhouse Blues which Jim starts off w/ Money Beats Soul poem. There is also a funny line on Peace Frog w/ a false start. It seems the band is dragging before Jim sings. Jim says to the band "Boy you guys sound like a drunken cripple walking up a flight of stairs, man...drunken flight of stairs". A jazzy version of Queen of The Highway which I find interesting for an alternative sound.
2 videos from Dance On Fire DVD are Roudhouse Blues and Wild Child.

L.A. Woman
Final album of The Doors w/ Jim that includes my all time favorite "Riders On The Storm." The bonus tracks are only 2 compared to previous CD this is pretty dismal. You have Orange County Suite a song about Jim's girl Pamela. I know Jim pitched this to The Doors but they passed on it a number of times. To tell the truth it's very good song. This was also on The Doors Boxset. The other track is (You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further which is on Weird Scenes In The Goldmine album.
Videos include The Changeling that was edited from the Soft Parade DVD..The second video is Crawling King Snake which I haven't seen before footage. This is from 1971, The Doors rehearsal space filmed for Australian TV. It was a very cool performance I would like to know more about this TV appearance.

Nothing New, but Huge Price Drop 2008 re-release that makes it worth it!
EDIT (Because some stuff has changed in price & release):

Ok, before I get into the pros and cons of the box set, I just want you to know there is "nothing extra" here that can't be found somewhere else, it's just a bunch of stuff compacted in 1 set that is actually worth it for $80 (2008 release), but not as much at $150 (2006 release).

Pros / Benefits when this came out in 2006:

1) Includes every studio album w/ Jim Morrison (meaning it leaves out Other Voices & Full Circle)
2) Includes rare unreleased versions of songs & the Studio version of "Celebration of the Lizard"
3) Includes a 5.1 Surround Sound DVD of each album with videos

MAIN PRO:
4) The 2006 version is $150 list, the 2008 version is now $80 list or currently $65 on amazon. I tried to find out if their are any difference between the 2 releases, and I could not find any. If anyone finds anything definite, please let me know, because otherwise this price drop certainly makes it worth to consider, and is still cheaper then the out of print "Complete Studio Recordings Box Set" see below.

Cons / Things You Might Want to Know (but is not bad at $80):

1) This is not the 1st release of all the doors albums w/ Jim Morrison in it in 1 box, that goes to "The Complete Studio Recordings" Box Set released in 1999, which includes the exact same re-masters, but unfortunately is out of print since this was released.
2) This does not include the "Essential Rarities" bonus disc found in the "Complete Studio Recordings" Box Set, which you can buy separately
3) The 5.1 Surround Sound DVD's don't sound that good compared to other reviewers, which you can also buy separately
4) All the bonus tracks from this box (I'm pretty sure anyway) can be obtained from the 2007 re-released versions of the albums


Ok, now some suggestions:
1) If you are looking for some great footage of the Doors on DVD and have none, get the "Doors Collection" DVD, that shows the best concert footage and films of them
2) If you want more unreleased material, seek the "The Doors Box", which is a 4 cd box set including rare & semi-live versions of songs that I don't believe you can get anywhere else, but look that up yourself
3) Again, because of this huge price drop which I still find quite unusual, this is actually a good deal at $80 and certainly at $65 currently on amazon, but not at the $150 when it was first released. If you want all the re-mastered albums, I think this is the way to go.

Hope this helps.

Follow me down...
Quite simply, outstanding!

I'll be the first to admit, at 28, I'm a young Doors fan. I grew up with kids in the late 80's and early 90's who worshipped the Doors, especially Jim, as their messiah, and I never got it. I've known their hits, enjoyed them, and that's kinda where it stopped. I didn't even own a Doors record (The Doors) until I was in college in '99... that's when I started to understand what was so great. However, I never investigated further.

This past year, at the end of '06, the Perceptions box set came out and I made it my mission to save and buy it, 'cause my old copy the The Doors sounded horrible. Well, before I knew it, it was gone, but thank you Warner for atleast re-issuing it ASAP in a slimmed down, frill-less box.

I now own the best box I've ever owned. I've read all the reviews for the LTD version, from people saying it's a waste of money compared to previous Doors boxes (fools!), to the the 5.1 mixes being poor (fools again!), to everything being redundant (yeah, but between 2 formats, not on the same disc or anything). Here's my opinion... this is AWESOME! Seriously. I haven't even touched the CD's yet. The 5.1 high-res audio mixes are blowing my mind, not to mention, for me, the exposure to a whole slew of songs I've never heard before. Sure, The Doors doesn't benefit much from 5.1, but the high-resolution is what makes it better than any other mix you've ever heard previously. Starting at Strange Days you can start to hear clever use 5.1. Never anything to be distracting, but maybe just some good ambience, or background vocals actually being in the back. The real fun starts at Waiting For The Sun and Soft Parade. Those two, in 5.1 high-res are leaving me breathless. I carry on rediculously to my girlfriend about the clarity of the mixes and little nuances to the point where she's just ignoring me!

If you can't tell yet, I'm a huge fan of DVD-A's and high-res sound (SACD as well). I've heard some people complain about 5.1 mixes, from saying that it ruins an original recording (too fancy, sounds swirling around), to there's nothing but abmience and it's nothing special (nothing fancy, no sounds swirling around). I think it's obvious when listenin gto this what the band and engineers intentions were. To place you in the studio, or in the case of some songs, sort of... transport you into the heart of the music. I got sucked in. I heard someone say it wasn't as good as Beatles' Love. Well, Love is all studio trickery my friend, based on original Beatles songs. That is not, in any way, how the Beatles intended for those songs to be heard. These are easily as good as DVD-A's for Eagles' Hotel California and Queen's Night At The Opera.

Anyway... enough rambling. Go to a high-end stereo shop, ask if they have it as a demo to hear it properly. Don't use MP3's as a basis for this. Borrow it from a friend, or better yet, trust a strangers opinion and buy this for an amazing listen. If you're already a Doors fan and you think you've heard this stuff before and this won't be a reason for you to dig out your collection any more often, you're wrong. Sell your old stuff (even your LP's, they're re-releasing those in August '07!) and get this. You'll never be happier.