RHINO OPENS THE DOORS TO PERCEPTION

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RHINO OPENS THE DOORS TO PERCEPTION

40th Anniversary Boxed Set Due November 21
Features All Morrison-Era Studio Albums
Expanded With Bonus Audio and Video On 12 Discs

LOS ANGELES — Rhino and Elektra Records salute the 40th anniversary
of one of the greatest rock bands of all time with the November 21
release of Perception. The 6-CD/6-DVD boxed set presents all of The
Doors’ classic studio albums with legendary vocalist Jim Morrison,
each supplemented with rare and unreleased audio and video tracks.

Perception was produced in cooperation with surviving band members
John Densmore (drums), Robby Krieger (guitar), and Ray Manzarek
(keyboards), with The Doors’ longtime engineer Bruce Botnick back
behind the boards. Each of the six albums is presented with bonus
audio – much of it previously unreleased – on a remastered CD with an
additional DVD including a 5.1 Surround Sound mix of the album and
additional tracks as well as a photo gallery, lyrics and discography,
and two videos of songs from that album.

One of the most impressive debuts in rock history, The Doors (1967)
was as commercially successful as it was musically daring, with the
signature single “Light My Fire” reaching #1 on the singles chart
(the LP spent more than two years on the album chart, eventually
going double platinum). Bonus material includes two takes of
“Moonlight Drive,” a previously unreleased version of “Indian
Summer,” the promotional video of “Break On Through (To The Other
Side),” and a Canadian television broadcast of “The End” from Toronto
in 1967.

Strange Days (1967) capped The Doors’ breakthrough year in fine form,
with “People Are Strange” narrowly missing the Billboard Top 10.
Among the extras are previously unissued takes of that hit (including
false starts and dialogue) and “Love Me Two Times.” “Love Me Two
Times” and the album’s closer, “When The Music’s Over” are seen on
the DVD in live performances taped in Europe in 1968.

The chart-topping Waiting For The Sun (1968) opens with one of the
band’s most irresistible pop singles (and their second #1 hit),
“Hello I Love You,” before delving into darker terrain. Audio extras
include previously unreleased dialogue and two takes of “Not To Touch
The Earth” plus the group’s interpretation of Tommaso Albinoni’s
classical composition “Adagio In G Minor” and the 17-minute epic
work-in-progress, “Celebration Of The Lizard.” The DVD features
footage of “Spanish Caravan” from The Doors’ storied 1968 gig at the
Hollywood Bowl, and a Danish TV performance from that year of “The
Unknown Soldier.”

The Soft Parade (1969) showed the group’s willingness to explore more
elaborate arrangements including strings and horns; one of those
sonic experiments, “Touch Me,” became a #3 hit. An unreleased take
and studio dialogue of that single, plus the previously unheard “Push
Push,” two takes of “Whiskey, Mystics And Men” and “Who Scared You”
are among the audio tracks added. Rounding things out are video
performances of the album’s title track and “Tell All The People”
taped for New York’s WNET-TV in 1969.

Morrison Hotel (1970) was issued in the wake of Jim’s notorious Miami
bust for indecent exposure, and shows The Doors battling back with
such powerful broadsides as “Roadhouse Blues.” Eight previously
unissued takes of that song are among the many bonus tracks included
here, along with never-before-heard versions of “Peace Frog,” “The
Spy,” the intriguingly titled “Money Beats Soul,” and a quick run
through of Chuck Berry’s “Carol.” Music videos of “Roadhouse Blues”
and “Wild Child” are tenants of the Morrison Hotel DVD.

L.A. Woman (1971) was released just a couple of months before
Morrison’s untimely – and still mysterious – death in Paris. The
album includes some of his most visionary lyrics, as well as the hits
“Love Her Madly” and “Riders On The Storm.” “Orange County Suite” and
“(You Need Meat) Don’t Go No Further” appear as additional audio,
with a music video of album-opener “The Changeling” and rehearsal
space footage of “Crawling King Snake” shot in 1971 for Australian
television providing supplemental visuals.

These landmark albums are housed in a package truly worthy of the
Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall Of Famers. Appropriately enough the box cover is
designed as a door which opens to access the album digipaks within.
The front also sports a peephole with a wheel of images behind it
that can be rotated to display photos of the band. Perception will be
available at all physical and digital retail outlets and at
www.rhino.com for a suggested list price of $149.98.

In conjunction with the upcoming 40th anniversary of the release of
The Doors’ first album is the release of the first authorized and
legitimate autobiography by the remaining members of the band that
forever changed the face of music, popular culture, and America—THE
DOORS by THE DOORS (Hyperion; November 7, 2006; $45.00; Hardcover);
includes never-before-seen photos, rare interviews with Jim, and the
words of Ray, Robby, John, their families, and the pedigree prose of
former Rolling Stone editor and scribe of Morrison’s obituary, Ben
Fong-Torres.

August 23, 2006

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