Interesting! I wonder if someone took the 40th anniversary remix of Roadhouse blues on Perception and made an edited mono version of it. The 40th remix version has "Yikes" on the end. Was there more than one mix published as a single back in the day? Or did someone create a bogus mix and try to pass it off on YouTube as an original 45 mix?
Lot of speculation going on here. Who are the resident Doors experts around here? We need a lukpac, only of The Doors variety, to come in and clear this up.
Playing the first disc it's really noticeable how the quality of the material falls off a cliff after the third album before picking back up at the end.
Use MakeMKV to make a backup of the blu-ray (removes the copy protection). Use DVD Audio Extractor to extract from the backup, not the disc.
To be fair, and it's been stated here before, other than "Touch Me" and "Wild Child", there were some weak choices for follow-up singles from The Soft Parade. They were really desperate to boost sales of that album, weren't they! The album did have some great songs on it that weren't really "single material" like "Shaman's Blues" and the title track, "The Soft Parade", though - the two songs that make this an essential album to own for me, anyway. After Touch Me and Wild Child they should have let it rest on the singles front, imho, although then we might not have gotten "Who Scared You", my favorite Doors b-side.
Thank you both for the great help. It turned out I did have to update DVD Audio Extractor, and then sign up for a trial for Passkey. Can't believe it was that simple.
There was plenty of room on The Soft Parade for "Who Scared You." Really no excuse for them to leave it off.
I'd love to know why Who Scared You was left of the finished album. Bruce Botnick should start an account here so we could ask him
I know - great song that I never heard until the Weird Scenes lp came out. Many of us had no idea that it was a b-side to a single, just an unreleased track that was new to us. Information and the ease of obtaining it that we take for granted now was hard or next to impossible to come by back in the day!
I was lucky enough to find a copy of the 2CD set at Barnes & Noble today. Only 2 copies in the store. One with the blu-ray disc and one without, which is the one I bought. Just heard "Tell All The People" and it sounded like the bass is mixed more up-front than the LP version. Anyone else notice this?
And even if there wasn't I can think of at least two tracks--Easy Ride and Do It --that should have been flushed to make room for it.
This is one of the procedures I tried last night, with unusable results. However, the good news is that Simon A has solved my problem by suggesting a tweak. Thank you both for responding!
The mailer was thin cardboard, with a sheet of bubble wrap on either side of the album ( Hendrix's Smash Hits cut by BG). Zero protection. Mailer was bent and record inside was in pieces. I just retaped it, and sent it back via my mail carrier. Left them both a voicemail, and an e mail informing them, and asking for a refund on my card. Worst experience in 53 years of record buying. First time ever returning a record too !!! .
This alone is reason enough to get this set. I guess I can retire my list from this thread: Question re: The Doors' Who Scared You
here is what appears to be an official upload of Touch Me - Mono radio promo I assume this is what's included on the cd- if so- to my ears I hear needle drop
