50th Anniversary Deluxe Numbered, Limited Edition 180g Vinyl LP & 2CD!
Original Album Newly Remastered by Bruce Botnick!
Bonus CD Of Unreleased Studio Outtakes!
Morrison Hotel: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 2CD/1LP includes the original album newly remastered by The Doors' longtime engineer and mixer Bruce Botnick, plus a bonus disc of unreleased studio outtakes, and the original album on 180-gram virgin vinyl.
For this new collection, the original album has been expanded with more than an hour of unreleased recordings taken from the sessions for Morrison Hotel. These 19 outtakes transport listeners into the studio with Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek for an unprecedented perspective on the making of the album.
Among the treasure trove of unreleased outtakes are also rough versions of Morrison Hotel tracks "Peace Frog" and "Blue Sunday" as well as The Doors rarity "I Will Never Be Untrue". The collection also captures some incredible session outtakes of the band jamming on cover versions of the Motown classic "Money (That's What I Want)" and B.B. King's "Rock Me".
Features
- Deluxe Numbered, Limited Edition
- 50th Anniversary
- 180g Virgin Vinyl
- 2CD
- Original 1970 Stereo Mix newly remastered by Bruce Botnick (2020)
- Bonus disc of unreleased studio outtakes
- 12x12 hardcover book
- Made in the EU
Selections
LP:
Side One - Hard Rock Cafe:
- Roadhouse Blues
- Waiting For The Sun
- You Make Me Real
- Peace Frog
- Blue Sunday
- Ship Of Fools
Side Two - Morrison Hotel:
- Land Ho!
- The Spy
- Queen Of The Highway
- Indian Summer
- Maggie M'Gill
CD 1: Original Stereo Mix Remastered
One: Hard Rock Cafe
- Roadhouse Blues
- Waiting For The Sun
- You Make Me Real
- Peace Frog
- Blue Sunday
- Ship Of Fools
Two: Morrison Hotel
- Land Ho!
- The Spy
- Queen Of The Highway
- Indian Summer
- Maggie M'Gill
CD 2: Mysterious Union (Previously Unissued)
Black Dressed In Leather (Queen Of The Highway Sessions)
First Session:
- Queen Of The Highway (Take 1, She Was A Princess)
- Queen Of The Highway (Various Takes)
- Queen Of The Highway (Take 44, He Was A Monster)
Second Session:
- Queen Of The Highway (Take 12, No One Could Save Her)
- Queen Of The Highway (Take 14, Save The Blind Tiger) With New Robby Krieger Guitar Overdub
Third Session:
- Queen Of The Highway (Take 1, American Boy - American Girl)
- Queen Of The Highway (Takes 5, 6 & 9, Dancing Through The Midnight Whirlpool)
- Queen Of The Highway (Take 14, Start It All Over)
- I Will Never Be Untrue
- Queen Of The Highway (Take Unknown)
Money Beats Soul (Roadhouse Blues Sessions)
First Session:
- Roadhouse Blues (Take 14, Keep Your Eyes On The Road)
Second Session:
- Money (That's What I Want)
- Rock Me Baby
Third Session:
- Roadhouse Blues (Takes 6 & 7, Your Hands Upon The Wheel)
- Roadhouse Blues (Take 8, We're Goin' To The Roadhouse)
Fourth Session:
- Roadhouse Blues (Takes 1 & 2, We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time)
- Roadhouse Blues (Takes 5, 6 & 14, Let It Roll, Baby, Roll)
Dawn's Highway (Peace Frog / Blue Sunday Sessions)
- Peace Frog/Blue Sunday (Take 4)
- Peace Frog (Take 12)