Don't buy it for the interview

I admit to being a rabid enough Doors fan that I would buy a collection like this just for the interview with Ray Manzarek (& I don't even like him that much). Word of warning to others like me: There Is No Interview! The cardboard sleeve surrounding the cd case says there is, but without that this European version is the same as the Canadian one - "Roadhouse Blues" footage but no interview. Other than that & the usual complaints about not including "Wild Child", or putting in "Mosquito" instead of "Tight Rope", this is about the best 2cd comp out there. "Legacy" has "Wild Child" but it wastes time on "The Celebration of the Lizard", which only people like me would really want. Eventually we'll be able to make our own custom comps in the store (if they still have music stores), or on the internet like the Beastie Boys Anthology, but until then, not everybody will be happy. The 4 star review is cause they keep releasing these things for no other reason than to make money, & I'm still mad about the interview. The music is all 5 stars of course.

Once those DOORS open....

I agree with all those reviewers saying that this is the set to have. For a 2cd package this has just about everything you'd need other than owning the individual cds themselves.



My only (small) quibbles are the track sequencing which is not chronological,and the ommission of 'The Soft Parade'and "Not to Touch the Earth'. But you know, there's not 1 track I would've removed from whats here.



I'd recommend this set along with the live Doors opus IN CONCERT. Short of buying all the single cds, this pair would do the job nicely, with the IN CONCERT version of 'Not to Touch the Earth' in its proper setting within 'Celebration of the Lizard'.

CD 1 is 77+ min, CD 2 71+ min...and need I add, stellar sound too.

Uncensored Doors Album

This is an amazing album. Like others have said all the studio albums are covered. Peace Frog, which on another Doors compilation album is not included is on this import. The obscure songs you don't hear on radio are easy to find on here. The best feature on this album (I think it is pretty cool) is that on "Break on Through" You can hear Jim say 'high'. It sounds like he is saying "she gets high". On ALL radio versions of this song 'high' is omitted. I am not sure why. There are a lot worse things in music!?!?