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 - The Soft Parade - Red Label - German - vinyl LP - £20.00, $22.20, €22.80 (New Item) (arrived 16-Sep-2022 17:17)on October 2, 2022 at 1:04 pm
THE DOORS The Soft Parade (1980s German red label issue of the 1969 9-track vinyl LP, non-barcoded glossy gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only minor edgewear and vinyl has just a few faint scuffs to indicate play)
- The Doors - Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £20.00, $22.20, €22.80 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jul-2022 14:17)on October 2, 2022 at 1:04 pm
THE DOORS Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine (Mid to late 70s UK issue of the 1972 22-track double LP compilation, on the 'butterfly' label with warner logo at the end of the perimeter print. The gatefold picture sleeve shows minimal wear other than the lightest corner mark & the vinyl appears barely played K62009)
- The Doors - Other Voices - 180gram - UK - vinyl LP - £24.99, $27.74, €28.49 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jun-2022 14:08)on October 2, 2022 at 1:04 pm
THE DOORS Other Voices (2015 UK/EU 8-track LP pressed on 180 Gram Heavyweight Vinyl, originally released in 1971, this album has never been issued on Compact Disc. The gatefold picture sleeve displays minimal wear and the vinyl is in 'near as new' condition)
- The Doors - 13 [Thirteen]: 50th Anniversary - Remastered - UK - vinyl LP - £24.99, $27.74, €28.49 (New Item) (arrived 22-Jun-2022 15:33)on October 2, 2022 at 1:04 pm
THE DOORS 13 [Thirteen] (2020 UK/EU Limited 50th Anniversary Edition 13-track LP reissue of their 1970 first compilation album, back on vinyl for the first time in over thirty five years, including newly remastered versions of iconic hits suchas Light My Fire, People Are Strange, Hello I Love You and more. The vinyl looks barely played within the monochrome picture inner, housed in the picture sleeve which retains its opened hype-stickered shrinkwrap)
- The Doors - L.A. Woman - 1st - VG/EX - WOC - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $138.75, €142.50 (New Item) (arrived 05-Jul-2022 13:29)on October 2, 2022 at 1:04 pm
THE DOORS L.A. Woman (1971 UK first press 10-track stereo LP, housed in the original embossed die-cut rounded picture sleeve with printed clear plastic window and yellow 'crucifixion' picture inner. The sleeve [VG] has a 1.5" tear to the corner of the die-cut area and light general wear; the inner has a two seam splits; whilst the vinyl grades as Excellent with few signs of play. Recommended K42090)
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