Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Feb 28, 2024 18:02:37 GMT
An Advanced Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound DVD Audio version of LA Woman from 2000
I got this when it came out and the sound was a lot better and we got the extra bits in LAW and CHBMW extra verse.
There was some visual stuff I can no longer remember but it wasn't up to much.
A good idea with the band exploring new avenues to get us to buy stuff.
Sadly no attempt was made to make this something exceptional such as an interesting sleeve and some decent DVD content. In the end it was just the usual half arced job by The Doors.
LA Woman DVD Audio Edition
At last this release is more readily available to DVD owners and some of the difficulties (but not all) that plagued it a year ago have been ironed out.
First of all it is not possible to play all that’s on the disc through a normal DVD or your computer which is a bit of a pisser after forking out nearly £20 and the improvement in quality hardly makes up for that.
The sound quality is superb without doubt but too much tinkering can lose a lot of the heart and soul and the passion that made the thing so good in the first place.
Led Zeppelin’s Re-mastered CD’s are a perfect example of this.
Here we get a few ‘Oohs’ and ‘Aahs’ that we missed in 1971 along with a bit longer introduction to a song or two but is it a worthwhile exercise?
I would say ‘Yes’ to that but then I am rather biased
'Cars Hiss By My Window' is the obvious highlight with an extra verse tacked on to the album track. It may well be an out-take as it sounds considerably different to the original but it’s cool nonetheless.
"Dog crawl by my window.
in the cruel morning yard
Dog crawl by my window.
in the cruel morning yard
To lose your love & keep her
that's more than hard"
Maybe this is an example of Bruce Botnick doing a Paul Rothchild and taking part of one cut and mixing it with another.
Subtle differences which abound on several more tracks such as ‘Love Her Madly’, ‘LA Woman’ with it's Hendrix style US anthem intro, ‘The WASP’ & ‘Hyacinth House’ are interesting enough and it may be worthwhile doing this to the other Doors LPs.
L’America is the only other really outstanding track with it’s enhanced ‘Eleanor Rigby’ Robby solo in the middle of it which may well be another unused cut.
The extras don’t amount to much which is nothing new with The Doors.
A video of The Changeling similar to the NOHGOA documentary and a photo gallery which I could not access but nevertheless a cool release.
Scorpywag Rating 7/10. Not bad but could have been a lot better! AP.
Summer 2002
I got this when it came out and the sound was a lot better and we got the extra bits in LAW and CHBMW extra verse.
There was some visual stuff I can no longer remember but it wasn't up to much.
A good idea with the band exploring new avenues to get us to buy stuff.
Sadly no attempt was made to make this something exceptional such as an interesting sleeve and some decent DVD content. In the end it was just the usual half arced job by The Doors.
LA Woman DVD Audio Edition
At last this release is more readily available to DVD owners and some of the difficulties (but not all) that plagued it a year ago have been ironed out.
First of all it is not possible to play all that’s on the disc through a normal DVD or your computer which is a bit of a pisser after forking out nearly £20 and the improvement in quality hardly makes up for that.
The sound quality is superb without doubt but too much tinkering can lose a lot of the heart and soul and the passion that made the thing so good in the first place.
Led Zeppelin’s Re-mastered CD’s are a perfect example of this.
Here we get a few ‘Oohs’ and ‘Aahs’ that we missed in 1971 along with a bit longer introduction to a song or two but is it a worthwhile exercise?
I would say ‘Yes’ to that but then I am rather biased
'Cars Hiss By My Window' is the obvious highlight with an extra verse tacked on to the album track. It may well be an out-take as it sounds considerably different to the original but it’s cool nonetheless.
"Dog crawl by my window.
in the cruel morning yard
Dog crawl by my window.
in the cruel morning yard
To lose your love & keep her
that's more than hard"
Maybe this is an example of Bruce Botnick doing a Paul Rothchild and taking part of one cut and mixing it with another.
Subtle differences which abound on several more tracks such as ‘Love Her Madly’, ‘LA Woman’ with it's Hendrix style US anthem intro, ‘The WASP’ & ‘Hyacinth House’ are interesting enough and it may be worthwhile doing this to the other Doors LPs.
L’America is the only other really outstanding track with it’s enhanced ‘Eleanor Rigby’ Robby solo in the middle of it which may well be another unused cut.
The extras don’t amount to much which is nothing new with The Doors.
A video of The Changeling similar to the NOHGOA documentary and a photo gallery which I could not access but nevertheless a cool release.
Scorpywag Rating 7/10. Not bad but could have been a lot better! AP.
Summer 2002