For Y'all The Doors - 2003 Legacy The Absolute Best

Legacy: The Absolute Best is a two-disc compilation album yesteryear the Doors released inward 2003. This compilation includes the uncensored versions of both "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (the lyrics "she gets high" are restored) in addition to "The End" (with Morrison's liberal utilization of the give-and-take "fuck" during the song's interlude). Also included is an unreleased 1968 studio version of Morrison's epic stagepiece "Celebration of the Lizard" inward its entirety.
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 on August 30, 2003 at number 63. It remained on the nautical chart for 4 weeks. Wiki.

Truth hold upwards told, most casual Doors fans solely require a well-assembled single-disc collection, containing all the hits in addition to radio staples. Since that doesn't be -- Rhino's 2001 collection The Very Best of the Doors missed also many telephone commutation songs to suit the neb -- they'll convey to settle for the comprehensive 2003 Rhino compilation Legacy: The Absolute Best, a double-disc laid that replaces the previous double-disc Doors comp, the 1985 laid The Best of the Doors. That collection contained xix tracks, the number of songs that are on the showtime disc of this exhaustive 34-track overview. Every i of the tunes from The Best of the Doors is on Legacy, but non inward the same order, since the songs on this compilation are position inward roughly chronological order. Legacy also tries to give equal weight to each of the Doors albums, pulling anywhere from iv to viii tracks from all the studio albums, adding "Gloria" from Alive, She Cried in addition to a previously unissued "Celebration of the Lizard" to the destination of the record. This winds upwards giving a thorough overview of the band's peak, whether it's on the familiar hits or on potent album cuts similar "My Eyes Have Seen You" or "The Changeling." There are a duad of omissions -- most notably "Love Street" in addition to "Summer's Almost Gone" from Waiting for the Sun in addition to also "Ship of Fools" in addition to "Land Ho!" from Morrison Hotel -- but overall, this draws every bit consummate a motion-picture exhibit every bit possible. It withal may hold upwards a picayune fleck much for those who only desire the hits (they're all here, addition a whole lot more), but there's picayune inquiry that Legacy is the best Doors compilation yet assembled. All Music.

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These tracks convey been remastered, sounding improve than ever, so, soundwise, at that spot is no improve compilation out there. No other compilation out there, fifty-fifty the 2CD's, has every bit many tracks every bit this. Of course, at that spot volition ever hold upwards a personal favourite left out. One of my personal favs - The SPY - is non here, but its understandable, they cant delight anyone. But all the BIG hits, the BIG album tracks are here. So, this compilation gives the newbie the best deal. When the Beatles 1 compilation was issued, many of us attacked it because it was only a cash in, aught for the fans that had bought those titles dozens of times. Imagine how much improve that compilation would convey been if they had included the total xl 2nd jam session of helter skelter. So, why is everyone complaining on celebration of the lizard? This is a gift for the fans, that already convey the best hold upwards versions of this song, but withal desire to psyche to everything inward the vaults. This is an splendid compilation, in addition to except for the terrible linear notes, written yesteryear consummate fools whom convey aught to tell virtually the music of this band, this should serve every bit an representative for other bands on how to position a decent compilation. By Blues Bro VINE VOICE.

The Doors' 2003 2-CD retrospective entitled Legacy : The Absolute Best of The Doors was released inward August of 2003.
The band had been subjected to compilations earlier this similar 1970's 13, 1972's Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine, 1973's Best Of the Doors, 1980's Greatest Hits in addition to the 1987 2-disc version of The Best of The Doors. Then inward 2003 came Legacy : The Absolute Best Of the Doors which was brilliantly position together yesteryear the 3 surviving Doors members (keyboard histrion Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robbie Krieger in addition to drummer John Densmore) addition longstanding engineer Bruce Botnick amongst remastered audio addition an informative booklet amongst essays from T.C. Boyle in addition to Jim Ladd addition album credits in addition to nautical chart seat listings of tunes that were singles. This collection is withal the best Doors compilation inward my view, every bit I flora out when I acquired inward its showtime calendar week inward August of 2003.
Disc i focuses on textile from the band's showtime 3 vivid studio albums. The Doors' classic 1967 self titled debut album is represented yesteryear viii tracks which were the classic opener "Break On Through" (which is the uncensored version amongst the phrase "she larn high" (which was eliminated from original mix)), the bluesy "Soul Kitchen", the relaxing "Crystal Ship", the rollicking "Twentieth Century Fox", the classic version of "Whiskey Bar (The Alabama Song)", addition the band's showtime #1 hitting "Light My Fire" inward all its vii infinitesimal glory, their splendid version of "Backdoor Man" in addition to the closing epic "The End" which is hither uncensored amongst the belatedly Jim Morrison letting out a barrage of "F bombs".
The band's October, 1967 2nd effort, the Top 10 charting Strange Days is represented yesteryear the championship cutting addition the album's large hitting unmarried "People Are Strange", the slithering "Moonlight Drive", the deep cutting "My Eyes convey Seen You" in addition to the other classic epic closer "When The Music's Over" which is i of the best Doors tracks ever.
Then the band's solely USA #1 album, 1968's Waiting For the Dominicus is represented yesteryear the band's 2nd USA #1 hitting "Hello I Love You", the fittingly Latin-tinged "Spanish Caravan", i department of the proposed side long runway The Celebration Of The Lizard out of "Not to Touch the Earth" (which closes CD 1 of this compilation), the anti-Vietnam state of war runway "The Unknown Soldier" (which has ever been i of my favorite Doors tracks amongst Jim Morrison acting out the firing team utilization brilliantly) in addition to that album's rocking closer "Five to One".
Disc 2 picks upwards amongst 1969's controversial album but roughly other Top 10 called The Soft Parade. It's represented yesteryear the album's opener "Tell All the People" addition the album's biggest hitting "Touch Me" in addition to also included is i of my favorite Doors rockers called "Wild Child" in addition to the splendid "Wishful Sinful".
The classic dorsum to basics album Morrison Hotel (another USA Top five seek from 1970) is represented yesteryear the rollicking rocker "Roadhouse Blues", "Waiting For the Sun" (I believe written for the 3rd album but scrapped until Morrison Hotel), the vivid "You Make Me Real" in addition to of class the rocker "Peace Frog".
Then one-half of the band's concluding album amongst charismatic frontman Jim Morrison, 1971's L.A. Woman is represented yesteryear the splendid opener "The Changeling", the Top twenty hitting "Love Her Madly", the viii infinitesimal epic championship cut, the splendid stone radio staple "The WASP (Texas Radio in addition to Big Beat)" in addition to of class the closing runway "Riders On the Storm" (which fittingly was the finally runway Jim recorded amongst the band earlier his untimely decease inward July of 1971.
We fast frontwards to the 1983's posthumous hold upwards album Alive She Cried for their classic version of Van Morrison (no relation) in addition to Them's "Gloria" which The Doors brilliantly made their ain although they didn't ever produce a studio version.
We unopen amongst the studio version of "The Celebration Of the Lizard" which is an splendid epic length piece.
Legacy : The Absolute Best Of the Doors did reasonably good on the charts but is straight off discontinued every bit the 2007 2-CD Very Best Of The Doors packet which has all of the songs remixed amongst mixed results in addition to roughly tunes replacing what is on here. If you lot desire a best of amongst the original mixes remastered inward an uncompressed manner, this is the Doors collection for you!
RECOMMENDED!!! By Terrence J. Reardon.
 
Track listing:

Disc one

1. "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Jim Morrison) – 2:29
2. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) – 3:34
3. "Light My Fire" (Robby Krieger) – 7:08
4. "Twentieth Century Fox" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 2:23
5. "The Crystal Ship" (Morrison) – 2:34
6. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 3:19
7. "Soul Kitchen" (Morrison) – 3:35
8. "The End" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 11:46
9. "Love Me Two Times" (Krieger) – 3:16
10. "People Are Strange" (Krieger, Morrison) – 2:12
11. "When the Music's Over" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 11:02
12. "My Eyes Have Seen You" (Morrison) – 2:29
13. "Moonlight Drive" (Morrison) – 3:04
14. "Strange Days" (Morrison) – 3:09
15. "Hello, I Love You" (Morrison) – 2:16
16. "The Unknown Soldier" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 3:25
17. "Spanish Caravan" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 3:01
18. "Five to One" (Morrison) – 4:27
19. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Morrison) – 3:54

• Tracks 1-8 from The Doors (1967)
• Tracks 9-14 from Strange Days (1967)
• Tracks 15-19 from Waiting for the Sun (1968)

Disc two

1. "Touch Me" (Krieger) – 3:12
2. "Wild Child" (Morrison) – 2:38
3. "Tell All the People" (Krieger) – 3:21
4. "Wishful Sinful" (Krieger) – 2:58
5. "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison) – 4:04
6. "Waiting for the Sun" (Morrison) – 4:00
7. "You Make Me Real" (Morrison) – 2:53
8. "Peace Frog" (Krieger, Morrison) – 2:58
9. "Love Her Madly" (Krieger) – 3:18
10. "L.A. Woman" (Morrison) – 7:51
11. "Riders on the Storm" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 7:10
12. "The WASP (Texas Radio in addition to the Big Beat)" (Morrison) – 4:15
13. "The Changeling" (Morrison) – 4:21
14. "Gloria" (Van Morrison) – 6:18
15. "Celebration of the Lizard" (Morrison) – 17:01
    • "Lions inward the Street"
    • "Wake Up!"
    • "A Little Game"
    • "The Hill Dwellers"
    • "Not to Touch the Earth"
    • "Names of the Kingdom"
    • "The Palace of Exile"

• Tracks 1-4 from The Soft Parade (1969)
• Tracks 5-8 from Morrison Hotel (1970)
• Tracks 9-13 from L.A. Woman (1971)
• Track fourteen from Alive, She Cried (1983)
• Track xv previously unreleased (2003)

Line-up / Musicians:
 
- Jim Morrison / vocals
- Ray Manzarek / keyboards
- John Densmore / drums
- Robby Krieger / guitar

Additional Musicians:
- Douglas Lubahn / occasional bass (tracks 9-19, disc 1; tracks 1-4, disc 2), electrical bass (track 17, disc 1)
- Kerry Magness / bass (track 16, disc 1)
- Leroy Vinegar / acoustic bass (track 17, disc 1)
- Harvey Brooks / bass (tracks 1-4, disc 2)
- Curtis Amy / sax solo (track 1, disc 2)
- Paul Harris / orchestral arrangements (tracks 1-4, disc 2)
- Ray Neopolitan / bass (tracks 5-8, disc 2)
- Lonnie Mack / bass (track 5, disc 2)
- G. Puglese (alias for John Sebastian) / harp (track 5, disc 2)
- Jerry Scheff / bass (tracks 9-13, disc 2)
- Marc Benno / beat guitar (track 10, disc 2)