Morrison Hotel

L.A. Woman The last official Doors studio album, L.A. Woman was still high on the charts when, like the "actor out on loan" of its closing track, "Riders on the Storm," Jim Morrison died in a Paris bathtub in the summer of 1971. Via such tracks as "The Changeling," "Crawling King Snake," an...	The Doors On their 1967 debut album, the Doors more than fulfilled the promise of their infamously challenging gigs around Los Angeles throughout the previous year. Whether belting out a standard like "Back Door Man" or talk-singing such originals as "The Crystal Ship" and "I Looked at You...	Waiting for the Sun 1968's WAITING FOR THE SUN, the Doors' first chart-topper, delivered the #1 signature smash "Hello, I Love You" and the Top 40 hit "The Unknown Soldier." New liner notes penned by Paul Williams. Five bonus tracks include the 17-minute epic "Celebration Of The Lizard" and three...	Strange Days STRANGE DAYS, first out in October '67, went to #3 and introduced the Doors classics "People Are Strange," "Love Me Two Times" and "Strange Days." In-depth liner notes by Barney Hoskyns, co-founder of online rock library Rock's Backpages. Two bonus extras include previously unr...	The Soft Parade THE SOFT PARADE, first released in 1969, climbed to #6 and featured the #3 hit "Touch Me," "Shaman's Blues," "Wild Child," and more. Boasts in-depth liner notes by Rolling Stone writer David Fricke. Six bonus tracks include a previously unissued version of "Touch Me," the prev...
An American Prayer The Doors recorded six studio albums with Jim Morrison as their singer from 1967 to 1971, hitting the charts with a series of pop songs that were at least as good as Tommy James and the Shondells. On their albums, they indulged in Morrison's pretentious obsessions that included e...	Are You Experienced As emblematic of its time as of its sorcerer-like creator, 1967's Are You Experienced unleashed Jimi Hendrix onto a world in the midst of such cultural and musical shakeups that it really didn't seem as "far out" as it actually was. It wasn't just Hendrix's virtuosic skill as a p...	Live in Pittsburgh 1970 Recorded on May 2, 1970 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena duringThe Doors final tour with Jim Morrison as lead vocalist, LIVE INPITTSBURGH captures a spectacular concert performance from thelegendary quartet. A single-disc tour de force, the album featuresover an hour of incendiary e...	Led Zeppelin IV (aka ZOSO) Also known as the "rune" album or Zoso because of the medieval symbols adorning the inner sleeve, Led Zeppelin's fourth album, released in 1971, turned them from mere superstars into giant behemoths of the rock world. On tracks like "Black Dog," "Misty Mountain Hop," and "Rock an...	Axis: Bold as Love Jimi Hendrix's second album doesn't resonate through rock history the way its gatecrashing predecessor, Are You Experienced?, does. In places, it almost seems as if Hendrix is cruising, albeit sublimely. Yet it's a vital album, containing some of rock's molten milestones. There's...

Its Pretty Good
After the craziness of The Soft Parade, The Doors came back and recorded Morrison Hotel certinaly not one of there best albums but its pretty good. Containing classics like Roadhouse Blues and Waiting For The Sun i recommend this album for only the big Doors fans

A Doors fan must
Every Doors studio album was carefully crafted and this is no exception. More polular cuts include "Waiting for the sun," "Ship of Fools," and "Land Ho!"

Reissue Hell
During the 1970s and 80s, much was made of the practice of issuing Jimi Hendrix's unfinished recordings with newly added backing tracks. While this abhorrent practice eventually ended, it seems as if the surviving Doors have willingly chosen to go down this road. Ray Manzarek writes about wanting the fans to hear what was on the "actual multitrack recordings" as well as bringing forth the "original conceptions". This is all nice and dandy, but what they've done is add in instrumental and vocal asides that do nothing more than subtract from the songs' original impact. "Roadhouse Blues" is a great example of this: What was once an extremely tight rocker now becomes bloated with "background vocals by Jim Morrison, piano parts of mine (Manzarek) that weren't used, and guitar stingers and solos by Robby Krieger that NEVER MADE THE ORIGINAL RECORDINGS (emphasis mine)." To put it bluntly, this is NOT the album Morrison Hotel as it was issued by the Doors. It is instead a different album constructed from the earlier work by the surviving Doors and their engineer which, truthfully, has little of the economical greatness of the original album. I'm so, so sorry that I spent twelve bucks on this reissue; I only wish that I could get a refund in an honest manner. I have not heard the other reissues, so I cannot form any critical opinion concerning them. However, forewared is forearmed in respect to this version of Morrison Hotel. Manzarek and the others involved in perpetrating this charade upon the public should live in shame, although I'm sure this won't keep them from cashing their royalty checks.

The Doors Morrison Hotel, 1970
This is a good album. The songs on here are great its just a classic album and the doors are just a great band. Its defently a switch from strange days, this album has more blues in it than other doors albums do(not saying its a bad thing doors first album best doors album) anyways its a great album. Some of the key tracks on here are, Roadhouse Blues, Peace Frog, Indian Summer, You Make Me Real, Land Ho!, and Waiting For The Sun, etc. These are all great songs, highly recomended for any doors fan of any age. I have the old 1990 version so i dont know how all the demos are like and i dont know how the new remastered doors cds sound yet. All in all a great album and is a must have 5/5 stars

Be Aware
I love the Doors and I think Morrison Hotel is their best album. I'm glad my son and wife bought me this CD for Veterans Day. The remixes are good, but they tried to fix something thay wasn't broken. I have difficulty hearing certain frequencies, so most of the time when a song is remixed I don't notice much difference. However, I did notice the harmonica at the begining of Roadhouse Blues. I could have done without it. The original version where the harmonica is not so prevalent is better. That is the only bad thing I have to say about this CD. The reason I wanted this CD is because of the bonus tracks. Listen to them and you will see why they chose that version of Roadhouse Blues they put on the original album. Over all, the CD is well worth the money. Unless you are interested in owning all of The Doors products available, I would suggest spending a little less money and getting the CD without the bonus tracks.