From Loudersound.
The Doors’ 1970 album Morrison Hotel is to be re-issued to mark its 50th anniversary.
The 2CD/1LP package will be released on October 9 through Rhino Records and along with the original album, Morrison Hotel will also include a remastered version by the band’s longtime engineer and mixer Bruce Botnick, and a disc of more than an hour of previously unreleased studio outtakes.
Botnick says: “There are many takes, different arrangements, false starts, and insightful studio conversations between the band and producer Paul Rothchild who was in the control room. It’s like being a fly on the wall.”
The Morrison Hotel liner notes have been written by journalist David Fricke, who says: “As spring turned to summer in the last year of the 1960s, The Doors were a band in suspended animation.
“Singer Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore were off the road and in serious legal jeopardy after Morrison’s profane meltdown during a show at Miami’s Dinner Key Auditorium.
“The Doors were also exhausted and uncertain of their recording future after the protracted studio drama and uneven experiment of their fourth album, The Soft Parade. It was a season of chaos and anxiety. But The Doors were on the road to Morrison Hotel.”
To mark the announcement, a previously unreleased take on Peace Frog/Blue Sunday has been released which can be listened to below.
Also in October, a graphic novel based on Morrison Hotel will be released through Z2 Comics. The project is a collaboration between the surviving members of the band, writer Leah Moore and a number of artists from the comic book world.
The Doors: Morrison Hotel Deluxe Edition
CD1
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. The Spy
9. Queen Of The Highway
10. Indian Summer
11. Maggie M’Gill
CD2
Black Dressed In Leather (Queen Of The Highway Sessions)
First Session (15/11/68)
1. Queen Of The Highway (Take 1, She Was A Princess)
2. Queen Of The Highway (Various Takes)
3. Queen Of The Highway” (Take 44, He Was A Monster)
Second Session (16/01/69)
1. Queen Of The Highway (Take 12, No One Could Save Her)
2. Queen Of The Highway (Take 14, Save The Blind Tiger)
Third Session (Date Unknown)
1. Queen Of The Highway (Take 1, American Boy – American Girl)
2. Queen Of The Highway (Takes 5, 6 & 9, Dancing Through The Midnight Whirlpool)
3. Queen Of The Highway (Take 14, Start It All Over)
4. I Will Never Be Untrue
5. Queen Of The Highway (Take Unknown)
Money Beats Soul (Roadhouse Blues Sessions)
First Session
1. Roadhouse Blues (Take 14, Keep Your Eyes On The Road)
2. Money (That’s What I Want)
3. Rock Me Baby
Second Session
1. Roadhouse Blues (Takes 6 & 7, Your Hands Upon The Wheel)
2. Roadhouse Blues (Take 8, We’re Goin’ To The Roadhouse)
Third Session
1. Roadhouse Blues (Takes 1 & 2, We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time)
2. Roadhouse Blues (Takes 5, 6 & 14, Let It Roll Baby Roll)
Dawn’s Highway (Peace Frog/Blue Sunday Session)
1. Peace Frog/Blue Sunday (Take 4)
2. Peace Frog (Take 12)
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- The Doors - Waiting For The Sun - US - vinyl LP - £24.99, $32.49, €29.74 (New Item) (arrived 19-Mar-2025 17:00)on March 21, 2025 at 3:19 am
THE DOORS Waiting For The Sun (2009 US exclusive limited edition 11-track stereo LP pressed on HQ-180 Premium 180gram VIRGIN VINYL at RTI, originally released in 1968 and featuring the original stereo mixes; presented in deluxe Unipak-style gatefold picture sleeve, housed in stickered perforated tear-strip bag)
- The Doors - Morrison Hotel - red label - German - vinyl LP - £20.00, $26.00, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 12-Mar-2025 13:34)on March 21, 2025 at 3:19 am
THE DOORS Morrison Hotel (1982 German red label issue of the classic 1970 11-track LP, their fifth studio album including the single You Make Me Real/ Roadhouse Blues. The glossy gatefold picture sleeve shows only minor shelf wear & the vinyl shows just a little spindlewear to the label from light play)
- The Doors - Strange Days - Butterfly Label - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $32.50, €29.75 (Back In Stock) (arrived 07-Mar-2025 17:00)on March 21, 2025 at 3:19 am
THE DOORS Strange Days (1976 UK 'butterfly' label issue of the 1967 10-track stereo LP, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play K42016)
- The Doors - Hello, I Love You - 50th Anniversary - UK - 7" vinyl - £18.99, $24.69, €22.60 (New Item) (arrived 08-Mar-2025 15:09)on March 21, 2025 at 3:19 am
THE DOORS Hello, I Love You (2018 UK limited edition wide-centred 7" vinyl single released to celebrate their 50th Anniversary, featuring MONO radio mixes of the songs that were given exclusively to radio stations for airplay in 1968. This version of 'Hello, I Love You' was first available last year as part of The Singles CD collection and is making its vinyl debut here, while the 'Love Street' mix is being released commercially for the first time. Complete with an Elektra die-cutpaper sleeve and comes with a hype-stickered clear PVC sleeve)
- The Doors - Hello, I Love You - 50th Anniversary - UK - 7" vinyl - £18.99, $24.69, €22.60 (New Item) (arrived 08-Mar-2025 17:00)on March 21, 2025 at 3:19 am
THE DOORS Hello, I Love You (2018 UK limited edition wide-centred 7" vinyl single released to celebrate their 50th Anniversary, featuring MONO radio mixes of the songs that were given exclusively to radio stations for airplay in 1968. This version of 'Hello, I Love You' was first available last year as part of The Singles CD collection and is making its vinyl debut here, while the 'Love Street' mix is being released commercially for the first time. Complete with an Elektra die-cutpaper sleeve and comes with a hype-stickered clear PVC sleeve)
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