40th Anniversary remixes/reissues

[eks74014]

for months leading up to the release of the "Perception" box set in late 2006, this was a much anticipated product for it was said to feature new remixes of all 6 Doors studio albums with Jim... and so it did... besides the albums' 1999 remasters there were 6 DVD Audio discs (an oddity in its own right) that indeed brought new life and light to the legendary Doors repertoire...
we ripped the music off the DVDs and into regular CD/WAV/MP3 formats... listening carefully it was wonderful to make out the differences between the original and the new masters, many alterations were instantly justified, others loathed...
okay so far, this was a cool addition to our Doors collections; the remixes being the reason to grab a hold of 'Perception'....
until... and here we go... until it was decided upon to make the new remixes the new standard, in other words: people who buy a Doors CD nowadays are not listening to the music the way it has been for a good 40 years... what they get instead is Bruce Botnick's & Ray/Robby/John's new take on songs well known and much loved in their original conception for over 4 decades... to delete the original masters from the commonly available catalogue and to replace them with these new versions, to me is a huge mistake...
again, a fine piece of work, those remixes... as an addition to the original work, as alternate takes on the albums, but nothing beyond... what they could or even should have done is to release all 6 as 2CD sets... one disc the latest remaster of the vintage stuff, the other the 40th Anniversary remake including the bonus material... alas...

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

That's progress I guess.
I am old enough to remember 78 rpm records and the quality was horrendous.
Then came 33 rpm and that improved things.
I used to listen to the cassette as well as the vinyl of albums and for me cassette had a hiss I did not like.
I bought my first ever CD in 1989.
2 Heart albums.
The leap in quality was amazing to my heavy rock worn ears.
Hearing The Doors on CD in the 90s was another quantum leap as the difference between vinyl and CD was easily identified.
I first heard the new version of LAW on the 2000 DVD release with the extra verse on CHBMW and Robby's US anthem on LAW.
That too was pretty cool.
The 40 year mixes are great. I thoroughly enjoy them and no longer play my old CD.
I see your point about the old mixes but then we cannot listen to the old vinyl anymore so that dilutes the point a bit.
The new vinyl releases from Rhino reflect the same treatment as the 40 year mixes.
I do think vinyl had more class about it than CD but its a bygone era and like rickets, the cold war and slavery something that we are not really missing.
Each generation seeks something new and these mixes feed that need. I agree that there was something special about hearing the Doors on vinyl and old CD but it's in the past now and any of us that heard that and indeed can still hear that are lucky.
The Doors are a brand now and a brand needs to focus on one thing at a time.
History is not important to The Doors anymore.
They tell lies and manipulate the fan base to sell product.
The new mixes are a metaphor for the new Doors.
Slick and user friendly and not particularly tasteful but a sign of the times.
This new Zeitgeist for the 21st century is all we are gonna get now as the band no longer reflect what they were 38/40 years ago. Gone is the art of The Doors and it has been replaced by the Brand of The Doors.
Sadly it's a brand that is not trustworthy and it's continued existence will now depend on how many fans it can fool and keep onboard.
Luckily for the brand most fans are simple sheep who believe any old crap and simply bleat and buy when it is offered to them.
But like the vinyl/CD mixes The Doors of the 60s/70s no longer exists and all thats left is a Gorden Gekko parody of what once was.
So once again the three ex Doors land on their feet.
In 1971 when the band was heading for the dumpster Morrison dies under mysterious circumstances.
Holy shit it's Xmas for those three but they don't realise until NOHGOA comes out.
Now Doors fans who 10 years ago were generally intelligent types are being replaced by dumbasses who will believe any old bullshit.

They say if you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. Pretty much sums up the Doors fans of the 21st century.

[eks74014]