The Doors, Essential Rarities - 1h 13m 27s

Tracks & Durations

1. Hello To The Cities	0:56
2. Break On Through	4:44
3. Roadhouse Blues	4:31
4. Hyacinth House	2:38
5. Who Scared You	3:55
6. Whiskey, Mystics and Men	2:23
7. I Will Never Be Untrue	3:58
8. Moonlight Drive	2:31
9. Queen of The Highway	3:35
10. Someday Soon	3:49
11. Hello, I Love You	2:31
12. Orange County Suite	5:44
13. The Soft Parade	10:09
14. The End	17:46
15. Woman Is A Devil (Bonus Track)	4:07

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Review

This collection, originally available only as a bonus disc in The Doors: The Complete Studio Recordings box set (fleshed out here with another outtake track, "Woman Is a Devil," from that set) is split just about evenly between a sometimes motley collection of outtakes and demos and a better slate of live material. It also argues that while most rock bands cut their teeth on blues and other roots music, then develop a distinct sound (or sell out to pop fashion trends), the Doors seemed to evolve ass-backwards, the band's, and particularly Jim Morrison's, college poet-nihilist pretensions slowly giving way to more blues-based influences. Indeed, after a few legendary years of late-1960s success and excess, Morrison had more than enough reasons to sing the blues. The studio leftovers here underscore why they're called "outtakes" (1965 demos of "Hello, I Love You" and "Moonlight Drive" are historically interesting, if a bit bubblegummy) though there are some highlights. "Whiskey, Mystics and Men" showcases another side of the band's tastefully odd Kurt Weill fetish; a '69 alternate of "Queen of the Highway" is almost lounge hipster chic; and "Orange County Suite" is a dirge from '70. Live cuts (all from '69 and '70) range from a baroque, affected PBS telecast of "The Soft Parade" to an apocalyptic, overwrought "The End." --Jerry McCulley

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Essential Rarities

Tracks: 15, Disk length: 1h 13m 29s (+0m 2s)

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