Infos
The package itself is a rectangle. Marketed as a soft/paper book with an overlapping inlay for both CD's. The book features photos, an essay, and lyrics to each song found on the release. The DVD is in the back.
ELEKTRA | RHINO | DMC Doors Music Company
The Wal-Mart Exclusive released September 25, 2007
40th Anniversary mixes (Disc 2: Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 14) by Bruce Botnick, favorites and rarities
DISC One (ifpi L909):
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 & 13 from the album 'The Doors' (released January 4, 1967 - Elektra/Asylum)
- running time of "Light My Fire",is incorrectly stated as 6:30 or 6:50 on some LP and CD versions of 'The Doors' album. An edited version of the song removing most of its organ and guitar solos, with a running time of 2:52, was issued as the Doors' second single in May of 1967.
- Larry Knechtel: bass on tracks "Light My Fire" & "Back Door Man"
2, 4, 10, 12, & 15 from the album 'Strange Days' (released September 25, 1967 - Elektra/Asylum)
- Douglas Lubahn: bass on tracks 2, 4, 10, 12
6, 8, & 14 from the album 'Waiting for the Sun' (released July 11, 1968 - Elektra/Asylum)
DISC two:
1, 8 and 17 are from the album 'An American Prayer' (1978)
'Bird Of Prey' 1995 'An American Prayer' Bonus Track
'The Ghost Song' 'An American Prayer' Bonus Track (Extended Version)
2, 3, 7, 11 and 14 from the album 'L.A. Woman' (released April 1971 / Elektra)
- new version of the album, titled 'L.A. Woman (40th Anniversary Mixes)' was released on March 27, 2007
- 'Love Her Madly': The 40th Anniversary Mix includes a longer fade-out
- 'Riders On The Storm': The 40th Anniversary Mix has a shorter fadeout during the storm
- 'L.A. Woman' The 40th Anniversary Mix includes the guitar intro "My Country, 'Tis of Thee"
4, 18: recorded at Elektra Studios, 1970
- from 'Essential Rarities' (released June 20, 1999 / Elektra // originally released as part of the boxed set 'The Complete Studio Recordings' Nov 1999) *
* "Orange County Suite" Bonus Track on 'L.A. Woman (40th Anniversary Edition)' (released March 26, 2007 Rhino / WEA)
5, 13, and 15 are from the album 'The Soft Parade' (released June 1969 - Elektra/Asylum)
- Track 5 chorus vocal by Robbie Krieger + fiddle by Jimmy Buchanan
- Harvey Brooks: bass on tracks 2, 8
- Curtis Amy: sax solos
6 and 16 from the album 'Waiting For The Sun' (1968)
'Hello, I Love You': The 40th Anniversary Mix includes a longer fade-out
9 from the album 'The Doors' (1967)
10, 12 and 19 from the album 'Morrison Hotel' (1970)
BONUS DVD (ifpi L333)
THE DOORS: LIVE 1968
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- performances from 'Live In Europe 1968'.
"Hello, I Love You" is not live but rather the studio version played over footage