The Very Best of The Doors

The second-hand cd I bought as 'very good' was unplayable until it was given a good clean with a cloth. I had not heard The Doors for years, was not even a great fan in my early teens (14 in 67) as I was brought up with Mozart, Bach, Brahms and Sibelius (Finlandia and Valse Triste) and not least as my best friend's older brother played the band so loud that the whole house threatened to crumble and fall to pieces on the ground. I feel fortunate to be alive today and at that almost long forgotten time to play Light My Fire at a more tolerable volume at home as my parents in their 60s were certainly no fans of rock-and-roll, though my father quite liked a few years later(69) Robin Gibb's Saved by the Bell which was also played at full throttle half a mile away (but not by me). I am sorry I never played Moon of Alabama to my parents which I still think is wonderfull. And if the World exists in a 1000 years' time, it will still be played with pleasure. Mark my prophetic words"!! Also very good and perhaps as prophetic is 'The End', and the hole cd contains probably the very best of the Doors. The booklet is a little gem too with fine photos, beautiful comments by the members of the band and a very informative text. Buy it quickly! It is great!

Great Album if you like the doors it's good value for Money

Good quality pre owned, worth the money

Fabulous compilation of tracks Essential purchase

A reasonable collection, but the track choices are selective and far from being 'The Very Best'. Stick to the original albums.

Outstanding quality sound, really worth picking up this remaster/remix compilation, easily the best sound I've heard of these tracks, very well done and if you're into your Audiophile sound, I doubt you'll be disappointed, well unless your setup has issues.. again just outstanding!

Finally, Though It's Been Around For A While, A " Greatest Hits " Package That Is Just That. Though Today, Still Considered To Be An " Album Band " The Boys Had Many Single-Release Chart Hits - And They Are All Here... I Had The Pleasure ( And Great Memories ) Of Seeing The " Pre-Doors " At The Turkey Joint West In Santa Monica, California ( 2nd And Broadway ) In 1966. Up On A Very Small ( Really Small ) Platform Was Jim Morrison, Singing To Te Bar Patrons, As Well As Those Sitting At Some Small Tables. The Venue Was Not Designed For ' Live ' Entertainment And Bands Such As The Seeds ( Pre- Seeds )Had Some Trouble Getting Up There With Their Equipment And Poor Sound System. I Also Visited The Doors Office ( Then Just Across The Street From ELEKTRA Records On La Cieniga ) A Two-Story Yellow Building, With A Black Leather Couch Couch, Desk And Wall Posters - That Was It. ( They Later Moved Their Office To A Better Location ) Good CD -

This remastered version is amazing. I played it for the first time in my car today. The sound was excellent.

子供のころ曲名も分からず聴いていた曲をみつけた。

My son loved this album for Christmas

Great album. I was pleasantly surprised. Many of the songs have been remastered. There are so many albums being mislabeled as remastered when they’re not. The fact that many of the songs are remastered was wonderful news. The album itself is well recorded with an excellent selection of songs. Five stars!

Voldoet aan de verwachtingen.

¿Qué decir de este gran grupo? Probablemente sea la más atemporal, imperecedera, socialmente crítica y mítica banda de rock que hayan ofrecido al mundo los Estados Unidos de América. Catapultado su trabajo y su fama por la muerte prematura de su líder, Jim Morrison, los Doors abrieron las puertas a la inmortalidad con temas como "The End", que fue uno de los sensacionales puntos fuertes de la legendaria película bélica 'Apocalypse Now' de Francis Ford Coppola. Pero "The End" no solo fue un emblemático tema del antibelicismo del grupo, sino desde el punto de vista musical, el mejor de toda su discografía, habiendo aparecido en su primer álbum de 1967. Este tema fue pionero del nihilismo en el rock e influyó en el punk rock y en el movimiento contracultural o "underground" llamado gótico, surgido veinte años después. Pero antes había influido en el surgimiento del rock progresivo británico con sus propuestas fluctuantes y disonantes de la psicodelia musical y la duración elevada de su minutaje de más de cinco minutos, cuando lo habitual en los años sesenta era que las canciones no superasen los cuatro. La versión de "The End" en el presente recopilatorio es la abreviada por el equipo de producción de 'Apocalypse Now' para la sincronización a las imágenes del film, con los efectos sonoros de los rotores de los helicópteros que aparecen en pantalla. Pero además de 'The End' hay otros temas legendarios del grupo que transciende épocas y que ya son clásicos no importa qué género o estilo como "Light My Fire", "Soul Kitchen" o "Roadhouse Blues". No sobra ninguno, bueno, quizá alguno con un sonido más pop y que se aleja del tono general de blues rock y psicodélico que caracteriza a The Doors, pero no es obstáculo para dar la máxima puntuación a este recopilatorio de sonido excepcional con la RCA en la remasterización. Nuevas mezclas que rejuvenecen y actualizan las canciones y magnífica ecualización del sonido entre las diferentes canciones, producen en el oyente la sensación de estar ante un producto recién grabado, cuando hace medio siglo que estos temas ya habían salido a la luz.