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Perception

The Doors - Perception Audio CD

A fair review of the The Doors "Perception" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Doors reviews here, or go back to the The Doors tabs.

Band: The Doors
Title: Perception
Rating:

Release Date: 2008-10-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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][#][*] 15: Break on Through (To the Other Side) [5.1 Surround Sound] 16: Soul Kitchen [5.1 Surround Sound] 17: Crystal Ship [5.1 Surround Sound] 18: Twentieth Century Fox [5.1 Surround Sound] 19: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) [5.1 Surround Sound] 20: Light My Fire [5.1 Surround Sound] 21: Back Door Man [5.1 Surround Sound] 22: I Looked at You [5.1 Surround Sound] 23: End of the Night [5.1 Surround Sound] 24: Take It as It Comes [5.1 Surround Sound] 25: End [5.1 Surround Sound] 26: Moonlight Drive [5.1 Surround Sound][*][Version] 27: Moonlight Drive [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Version] 28: Indian Summer [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Version] 29: Break on Through (To the Other Side) [5.1 Surround 30: End [5.1 Surround Sound] 31: [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD] 32: Strange Days 33: You're Lost Little Girl 34: Love Me Two Times 35: Unhappy Girl 36: Horse Latitudes 37: Moonlight Drive 38: People Are Strange 39: My Eyes Have Seen You 40: I Can't See Your Face in My Mind 41: When the Music's Over 42: People Are Strange (False Starts & Studio Dialogue) [#][*] 43: Love Me Two Times [Take 3][#][*] 44: Strange Days [5.1 Surround Sound] 45: You're Lost Little Girl [5.1 Surround Sound] 46: Love Me Two Times [5.1 Surround Sound] 47: Unhappy Girl [5.1 Surround Sound] 48: Horse Latitudes [5.1 Surround Sound] 49: Moonlight Drive [5.1 Surround Sound] 50: People Are Strange [5.1 Surround Sound] 51: My Eyes Have Seen You [5.1 Surround Sound] 52: I Can't See Your Face in My Mind [5.1 Surround Sound] 53: When the Music's Over [5.1 Surround Sound] 54: People Are Strange (False Starts & Studio Dialogue) [5.1 Surr 55: Love Me Two Times [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take] 56: Love Me Two Times [5.1 Surround Sound][Live] 57: When the Music's Over [5.1 Surround Sound][Live] 58: [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD] 59: Hello, I Love You 60: Love Street 61: Not to Touch the Earth 62: Summer's Almost Gone 63: Wintertime Love 64: Unknown Soldier 65: Spanish Caravan 66: My Wild Love 67: We Could Be So Good Together 68: Yes, The River Knows 69: Five to One 70: Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor [*] 71: Not to Touch the Earth (Dialogue) [#][*] 72: Not to Touch the Earth [Take 1][#][*] 73: Not to Touch the Earth [Take 2][#][*] 74: Celebration of the Lizard [An Experiment/Work in Progress][*] 75: Hello, I Love You [5.1 Surround Sound] 76: Love Street [5.1 Surround Sound] 77: Not to Touch the Earth [5.1 Surround Sound] 78: Summer's Almost Gone [5.1 Surround Sound] 79: Wintertime Love [5.1 Surround Sound] 80: Unknown Soldier [5.1 Surround Sound] 81: Spanish Caravan [5.1 Surround Sound] 82: My Wild Love [5.1 Surround Sound] 83: We Could Be So Good Together [5.1 Surround Sound] 84: Yes, The River Knows [5.1 Surround Sound] 85: Five to One [5.1 Surround Sound] 86: Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor [5.1 Surround Sound][*] 87: Not to Touch the Earth [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*] 88: Not to Touch the Earth [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take] 89: Not to Touch the Earth [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take] 90: Celebration of the Lizard[5[5 91: Spanish Caravan [5.1 Surround Sound][Live] 92: Unknown Soldier [5.1 Surround Sound][Live] 93: [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD] 94: Tell All the People 95: Touch Me 96: Shaman's Blues 97: Do It 98: Easy Ride 99: Wild Child 100: Runnin' Blue 101: Wishful Sinful 102: Soft Parade 103: Who Scared You [*] 104: Whiskey, Mystics and Men [Version 1][*] 105: Whiskey, Mystics and Men [Version 2][#][*] 106: Push Push [#][*] 107: Touch Me (Dialogue) [#][*] 108: Touch Me [Take 3][#][*] 109: Tell All the People [5.1 Surround Sound] 110: Touch Me [5.1 Surround Sound] 111: Shaman's Blues [5.1 Surround Sound] 112: Do It [5.1 Surround Sound] 113: Easy Ride [5.1 Surround Sound] 114: Wild Child [5.1 Surround Sound] 115: Runnin' Blues [5.1 Surround Sound] 116: Wishful Sinful [5.1 Surround Sound] 117: Soft Parade [5.1 Surround Sound] 118: Who Scared You [5.1 Surround Sound][*] 119: Whiskey, Mystics and Men [5.1 Surround Sound][*][Version] 120: Whiskey, Mystics and Men [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Version] 121: Push Push [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*] 122: Touch Me (Dialogue) [#][*] 123: Touch Me [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take] 124: Soft Parade [5.1 Surround Sound][Live] 125: Tell All the People [5.1 Surround Sound][Live] 126: [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD] 127: Roadhouse Blues 128: Waiting for the Sun 129: You Make Me Real 130: Peace Frog 131: Blue Sunday 132: Ship of Fools 133: Land Ho! 134: Spy 135: Queen of the Highway 136: Indian Summer 137: Maggie M'Gill 138: Talking Blues [#][*] 139: Roadhouse Blues [Takes 1-3][#][*] 140: Roadhouse Blues [Take 6][#][*] 141: Carol [#][*] 142: Roadhouse Blues [Take 1][#][*] 143: Money Beats Soul [#][*] 144: Roadhouse Blues [Takes 13-15][#][*] 145: Peace Frog [False Starts & Dialogue][#][*] 146: Spy [Version 2][#][*] 147: Queen of the Highway [Jazz Version][*] 148: Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound] 149: Waiting for the Sun [5.1 Surround Sound] 150: You Make Me Real [5.1 Surround Sound] 151: Peace Frog [5.1 Surround Sound] 152: Blue Sunday [5.1 Surround Sound] 153: Ship of Fools [5.1 Surround Sound] 154: Land Ho! [5.1 Surround Sound] 155: Spy [5.1 Surround Sound] 156: Queen of the Highway [5.1 Surround Sound] 157: Indian Summer [5.1 Surround Sound] 158: Maggie M'Gill [5.1 Surround Sound] 159: Talking Blues [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*] 160: Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take] 161: Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take] 162: Carol [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*] 163: Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take] 164: Money Beats Soul [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*] 165: Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Take] 166: Peace Frogs [# [5.1 Surround Sound][#] 167: Spy [5.1 Surround Sound][#][*][Version] 168: Queen of the Highway [5.1 Surround Sound][*][Version] 169: Roadhouse Blues [5.1 Surround Sound] 170: Wild Child [5.1 Surround Sound] 171: [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD] 172: Changeling 173: Love Her Madly 174: Been Down So Long 175: Cars Hiss by My Window 176: L.A. Woman 177: America 178: Hyacinth House 179: Crawling King Snake 180: Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) 181: Riders on the Storm 182: Orange County Suite [*] 183: (You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further [*] 184: Changeling [5.1 Surround Sound] 185: Love Her Madly [5.1 Surround Sound] 186: Been Down So Long [5.1 Surround Sound] 187: Cars Hiss by My Window [5.1 Surround Sound] 188: L.A. Woman [5.1 Surround Sound] 189: America [5.1 Surround Sound] 190: Hyacinth House [5.1 Surround Sound] 191: Crawling King Snake [5.1 Surround Sound] 192: Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) [5.1 Surround Sound] 193: Riders on the Storm [5.1 Surround Sound] 194: Orange County Suite [5.1 Surround Sound][*] 195: (You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further [5.1 Surround Sound][*] 196: Changeling [5.1 Surround Sound] 197: Crawling King Snake [Footage from the Doors Rehearsal Space] 198: [Bonus Material] [*] [DVD]

the DVD's of 5.1 sound is GREAT! Some new mixes lack....
One gripe about the package is they sell you the BOX set, it easily couda been whittled down, all the DVD's (one DVD fopr each Doors album) all would fit on one single DVD, just a waste to jack up the price. . . . BUT. . . . the 5. 1 mixes are great!
The first album in 5. 1 is sorta lame, almost as if it was the first one they remixed in 5. 1 and then got better as they progressed.

All the songs have NEW stereo re-mixes, most have elxcellent sound separation but some of the tracks sound as if they were recorded in a shack, who knows, maybe they were.

Some new mixes notables on the Bad side. . . . .
1. "Break on Through" for years and years we heard the verse "she gets. . . she gets. . . she gets whaoa. . . . "

Now the "hidden" vocals are brought up and its sung ". . . . she gets high. . . she gets high. . . she gets whaoa. . . "

I think the first mix has a better balance of rythem and beat to it.

2. The End. . . . . near the end of the song at the musical climax, the old mix we hear the band building to the climax and explodes to a creshendo with Robbies feedback guitar work. . . excellent!
*The new mix brings up Jims vocals and hes just mubbling gibberish like "yah. . yah. . . boop. . yah. . . blah. . . we---oh. . . . "

Makes it sound like trash. . totaly ruins the muisical instrumentation climax. . . . . maybe thats the way the band originally wanted it, but for 40 years we all enjoyed the first mix, now its gone.

Over all, great sound. . . . agian. . . . in this day of mp3's. . . . . all couda fit onto 2 CD's and 1 DVD. . . . . oh well.

Surviving the test of time
Though productive for only about three years, the Doors' sound survives the test of time. The Doors' first 6 albums comprise this package, which features all the attributes--and flaws--of arguably one of the most important rock 'n' roll bands of all time. Ray Manzarek's organ, Robbie Kreiger's versatile guitar and John Densmore's articulate percussion sound as fresh today as they did 40 years ago. But the real reason to buy this package is because it is haunted--chillingly so. The ghost of Jim Morroson is alive and well, packing more power than any other rock and roll front man since his death at 27 back in 1971. Although Manzarek and Krieger penned many of the lyrics, one can't help but conclude Morrison's poetic aptitude pumped up the repertoire larger than life. If you're over 50, do yourself a favor and add this to your collection. It'll make you proud to be a part of the generation that challenged the American status-quo before buying back into the same so eagerly. You can smell the ten dollar lids, see the black light and flourescent posters. The Summer of Love has not yet faded into history.

Doors in 5.1? Umm Hmm.
1 Surround versions of the albums. This is a review of the 5.

A couple of other reviewers have made some negative comments about the 5. 1 mixes. I have to say, I think they are pretty darn good.

To my non-engineering ears, 5. 1 mixes come in two types. There are the kinds of mixes that were done for a lot of the old Quadrophonic mixes (I still have my quad amp). They simply mixed some ambience in the rear speakers. In other words, the rear speakers contained things you would be expected to hear in a concert hall behind you. The main band parts still were in the front speakers, some echo or crowd noise behind you from the rear speakers. I have some 5. 1 CD's that kind of do this, minimal participation from the rear 'surround' speakers. BOC's "Agents of Fortune" is an example. Some guitar tracks, maybe a bit of percussion is all that you get from the rear.

There were some quad mixes that put different instruments in each track. A good example is Deep Purple's Machine Head. This is what most 5. 1 mixes do, a separate sound track in each channel, with the voice usually from the center channel, and the bass drum and guitar from the subwoofer. This is what the Doors 5. 1 mixes do. I really like them. I think most of us will agree, most Doors albums did not feature a huge number of overdubs. So, there is not that much to stick in each channel, it gets kind of stark. But, no matter, I LIKE the feeling of being in the MIDDLE of the band, not in front of it.

Point here is that the 5. 1 mixes are, to my ear, just fine, and what I paid my money for. Along with the 5. 1 DVD's are great stereo mixes on CD's, so there really is no down side.

"A must have for Doors fans everywhere"
A. Hats off to Rhino Records for putting together a box set that truly does this legendary group justice-You get all six of the band's studio releases:"The Doors" (1967) "Strange Days" (1967) "Waiting For The Sun" (1968),"The Soft Parade" (1969),"Morrison Hotel" (1970) & "L. Woman" (1971)-Each of the CD packages contains a bonus DVD of the group performing their material in various venues-Whoever did the audio remastering deserves to be commended-The sound on the individual CD's is far superior to that of the original LP's-If you're looking to upgrade your Doors collection,toss out those worn out LP's & purchase "Perception"-It's money well spent.

Doors Perception Box Set
It had several weird versions of the songs and it had a song made up of 3 songs that were put together in a concatenated collage. I was disappointed with the operational characteristics of the Strange Days CD in the set. These weird songs were not even listed on the jacket. The CD covers were different colors and have nothing to do with the original album releases. All in all, the set was very strange indeed. Whoever put it together must still be on LSD.

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