{"product_id":"essential-rarities","title":"Essential Rarities","description":"Amazon.com\n\nThis 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\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00004TSHE\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B00004TSHE.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Doors\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41915671314490,"sku":"DBV.B00004TSHE.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B00004TSHE-0.jpg?v=1794364742","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/essential-rarities","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}