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geoffc
It's surprising to me that when I talk to young guys about bands I saw back in the day, they are generally far more impressed that I saw the Doors once, than the fact I 've seen the Stones several times.....
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geoffc
It's surprising to me that when I talk to young guys about bands I saw back in the day, they are generally far more impressed that I saw the Doors once, than the fact I 've seen the Stones several times.....
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tomcasagranda
What amazes me is that for a group with a relatively short shelf life, only 8 studio albums and 1 live album ( 7 of which were with Morrison ) that they continue to be recycled, remastered, and reissued. Even last year I noticed that the 2 post-Morrison albums were reissued. Every year, from American Prayer back in 1978, there are endless recycling and reissuing of Doors material. There's no dignity in this prostitution, so maybe, for some time, there should be a halt drawn to their shameless barrel scraping.
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tomcasagranda
Damn ! I do have them in my collection as well.
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tomcasagranda
If we look at the recycling, remastering, reissuing programmes of the rock titans, the Doors have been recycled considerably since the late 70s.
What amazes me is that for a group with a relatively short shelf life, only 8 studio albums and 1 live album ( 7 of which were with Morrison ) that they continue to be recycled, remastered, and reissued. Even last year I noticed that the 2 post-Morrison albums were reissued. Every year, from American Prayer back in 1978, there are endless recycling and reissuing of Doors material. There's no dignity in this prostitution, so maybe, for some time, there should be a halt drawn to their shameless barrel scraping.
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NoCode0680
And didn't they release their whole catalog, or at least part of it, a few years ago with added new overdubs and stuff? I swear I heard that somewhere.
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NoCode0680
And didn't they release their whole catalog, or at least part of it, a few years ago with added new overdubs and stuff? I swear I heard that somewhere.
Those were the 40th anniversary mixes (released in 2007) and as I said, they are very good. No new overdubs.
The Bright Midnight releases were of live shows. I thought they were great, but The Doors are in my all-time top 5 bands that I love unto death, so your mileage may vary.
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Claire_M
Well, these archival materials are not really intended for the casual fan - they're for Doors completists, who want to hear every note the band ever played. It wasn't a very lucrative strategy for Bright Midnight and that's why it folded up the tent, so to speak. It was good while it lasted though.
The Doors are clearly a polarizing sort of band - you either love them madly or you don't.
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Claire_M
I was referring to Bright Midnight Records ending/evolving into what is now Bright Midnight Archives (BMA) about 7 years ago.
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TheDailyBuzzherd
The Doors had a truly wonderful musical legacy tarnished by that attempt
to revive itself as "The 21st Century Doors". EGAD. ( One soft expletive. )
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tomcasagranda
The thing is: I used to love them madly, but the end of it for me was that they no longer light my fire.
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tomcasagranda
I would add even the Grateful Dead don't have such a posthumous reissue series.