You know that 2017 is the 50th anniversary of the release of the self-titled debut album by The Doors. Rhino has been celebrating this occasion with several new releases and reissues, the last one is The Doors’ THE SINGLES, a collection which is being released in four – count ‘em – four different formats:
- 7-Inch Vinyl Box – All 20 U.S. singles with their corresponding B-sides on twenty 7-inch vinyl 45s with original sleeve art and labels, presented in an ornate, lift-top box. Limited to 10,000 copies worldwide. This set collects the rare single versions from all of the band’s landmark studio albums, including:
- Light My Fire – Original Mono Single Edit
- Unknown Soldier – Original Unique Mono Mix/Edit
- Love Me Two Times – Single Edit
- Touch Me – Original Unique Stereo Single Mix
All selections have been remastered from the original analog single masters by the band’s longtime engineer/mixer Bruce Botnick. As a bonus, the box also contains a poster featuring singles covers from around the globe. Each Singles Box is individually numbered and limited edition.
- 2-CD – All 20 U.S. singles with their corresponding B-sides, plus four mono radio versions.
- 2-CD/Blu-ray – All the content from 2-CD version plus the 1973 compilation The Best Of The Doors in Quad on Blu-ray for the first time.
- Digital download.
THE SINGLES
Vinyl Track Listing
1a. “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”
1b. “End Of The Night”
2a. “Light My Fire”
2b. “The Crystal Ship”
3a. “People Are Strange”
3b. “Unhappy Girl”
4a. “Love Me Two Times”
4b. “Moonlight Drive”
5a. “The Unknown Soldier”
5b. “We Could Be So Good Together”
6a. “Hello, I Love You”
6b. “Love Street”
7a. “Touch Me”
7b. “Wild Child”
8a. “Wishful Sinful”
8b. “Who Scared You”
9a. “Tell All The People”
9b. “Easy Ride”
10a. “Runnin’ Blue”
10b. “Do It”
11a. “You Make Me Real”
11b. “Roadhouse Blues”
12a. “Love Her Madly”
12b. “(You Need Meat) Don’t Go No Further”
13a. “Riders On The Storm”
13b. “The Changeling”
14a. “Tightrope Ride”
14b. “Variety Is The Spice Of Life”
15a. “Ship W/ Sails”
15b. “In The Eye Of The Sun”
16a. “Get Up And Dance”
16b. “Treetrunk”
17a. “The Mosquito”
17b. “It Slipped My Mind”
18a. “The Piano Bird”
18b. “Good Rockin’”
19a. “Roadhouse Blues” (Live)
19b. “Albinoni: Adagio”
20a. “Gloria” (Live)
20b. “Moonlight Drive” (Live)
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