Perception (The Doors album)

Perception
Box set by the Doors
Released	November 21, 2006
Recorded	1966–1971
Genre	Rock
Length	345:42
Label	Elektra
Producer	Bruce Botnick The Doors
The Doors chronology
Love/Death/Travel (2006) Perception (2006) The Doors: Vinyl Box Set (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]
Pitchfork Media	6.5/10 [3]

Perception is a 12-disc box set by American rock band the Doors. The CDs contain the six 1999 remastered versions of the Doors' six studio albums plus DVD-Audio discs containing the 2007 40th anniversary stereo and surround remixes of those albums as well as visual extras. ^[4] Each album includes extra tracks consisting of previously unreleased session outtakes. Exclusive to the box set is a DVD with several live performances and other extras. The title is derived from Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception , which inspired the band's name. ^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore, except where noted.

Discs one and two: The Doors

1. "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Jim Morrison) - 2:29
2. "Soul Kitchen" (Morrison) - 3:35
3. "The Crystal Ship" (Morrison) - 2:34
4. "Twentieth Century Fox" (Morrison) - 2:33
5. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 3:20
6. "Light My Fire" (Robby Krieger, Morrison) - 7:06
7. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) - 3:34
8. "I Looked at You" (Morrison) - 2:22
9. "End of the Night" (Morrison) - 2:52
10. "Take It As It Comes" (Morrison) - 2:17
11. "The End" - 11:41
12. "Moonlight Drive" ('66 Version 1) (Morrison) - 2:42
13. "Moonlight Drive" ('66 Version 2) (Morrison) - 2:31
14. "Indian Summer" (8/19/66 Vocal) (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:35

Discs three and four: Strange Days

1. "Strange Days" (Morrison) - 3:11
2. "You're Lost Little Girl" (Krieger) - 3:03
3. "Love Me Two Times" (Krieger) - 3:18
4. "Unhappy Girl" (Morrison) - 2:02
5. "Horse Latitudes" (Morrison) - 1:37
6. "Moonlight Drive" (Morrison) - 3:05
7. "People Are Strange" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:13
8. "My Eyes Have Seen You" (Morrison) - 2:32
9. "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind" (Morrison) - 3:26
10. "When the Music's Over" - 10:58
11. "People Are Strange" (False Starts & Dialogue) (Morrison, Krieger) - 1:57
12. "Love Me Two Times" (Take 3) (Krieger) - 3:19

Discs five and six: Waiting for the Sun

1. "Hello, I Love You" (Morrison) - 2:14
2. "Love Street" (Morrison) - 2:53
3. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Morrison) - 3:56
4. "Summer's Almost Gone" (Morrison) - 3:22
5. "Wintertime Love" (Morrison) - 1:54
6. "The Unknown Soldier" - 3:25
7. "Spanish Caravan" - 3:03
8. "My Wild Love" (Morrison) -3:01
9. "We Could Be So Good Together" (Morrison) - 2:26
10. "Yes, the River Knows" (Krieger) - 2:36
11. "Five to One" (Morrison) - 4:26
12. "Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor" (Remo Giazotto) - 4:32
13. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Dialogue) (Morrison) - 0:38
14. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Take 1) (Morrison) - 4:05
15. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Take 2) (Morrison) - 4:18
16. "Celebration of the Lizard" (An Experiment/Work in Progress) (Morrison) - 17:09

Discs seven and eight: The Soft Parade

1. "Tell All the People" (Krieger) - 3:23
2. "Touch Me" (Krieger) - 3:12
3. "Shaman's Blues" (Morrison) - 4:49
4. "Do It" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:08
5. "Easy Ride" (Morrison) - 2:41
6. "Wild Child" (Morrison) - 2:38
7. "Runnin' Blue" (Krieger) - 2:33
8. "Wishful Sinful" (Krieger) - 3:02
9. "The Soft Parade" (Morrison) - 9:41
10. "Who Scared You" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:58
11. "Whiskey, Mystics & Men" (Version 1)(Morrison) - 2:28
12. "Whiskey, Mystics & Men" (Version 2) - 3:04
13. "Push Push" - 6:05
14. "Touch Me" (Dialogue) (Krieger) - 0:28
15. "Touch Me" (Take 3) (Krieger) - 3:40

Discs nine and ten: Morrison Hotel

1. "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison) - 4:04
2. "Waiting for the Sun" (Morrison) - 3:59
3. "You Make Me Real" (Morrison) - 2:53
4. "Peace Frog" (Morrison, Krieger) - 5:04
5. "Blue Sunday" (Morrison) - 2:13
6. "Ship of Fools" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:08
7. "Land Ho!" (Morrison, Krieger) - 4:10
8. "The Spy" (Morrison) - 4:17
9. "Queen of the Highway" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:47
10. "Indian Summer" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:36
11. "Maggie M'Gill" (Morrison) - 4:23
12. "Talking Blues" (Morrison) - 0:59
13. "Roadhouse Blues" (Takes 1-3, 11/4/69) (Morrison) - 8:47
14. "Roadhouse Blues" (Take 6, 11/4/69) (Morrison) - 9:26
15. "Carol" (Chuck Berry) - 0:56
16. "Roadhouse Blues" (Take 1, 11/5/69) (Morrison) - 4:32
17. "Money Beats Soul" (Morrison) - 1:04
18. "Roadhouse Blues" (Takes 13-15, 11/5/69) (Morrison) - 6:21
19. "Peace Frog" (False Starts & Dialogue) (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:00
20. "The Spy" (Version 2) (Morrison) - 3:48
21. "Queen of the Highway" (Jazz Version) (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:36

Discs eleven and twelve: L.A. Woman

1. "The Changeling" (Morrison) - 4:21
2. "Love Her Madly" (Krieger) - 3:20
3. "Been Down So Long" (Morrison) - 4:41
4. "Cars Hiss By My Window" (Morrison) - 4:58
5. "L.A. Woman" (Morrison) - 7:57
6. "L'America" (Morrison) - 4:37
7. "Hyacinth House" (Ray Manzarek, Morrison) - 3:11
8. "Crawling King Snake" (Anon, arr. by John Lee Hooker) - 5:00
9. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" (Morrison) - 4:16
10. "Riders on the Storm" - 7:09
11. "Orange County Suite" (Morrison) - 5:45
12. "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" (Dixon) - 3:41

• Discs two, four, six, eight, ten and twelve are DVDs that are exclusive to the box set.

Personnel

• Jim Morrison – lead vocals
• Ray Manzarek – piano, organ, keyboards & bass
• John Densmore – drums
• Robby Krieger – guitar
• Paul A. Rothchild – producer of all albums except L.A. Woman
• Bruce Botnick – co-producer of L.A. Woman
• Larry Knechtel (uncredited) – bass guitar on tracks 2, 4, 6-8, & 10 of The Doors
• Douglass Lubahn – bass guitar on tracks 1-3, 6-9 (of Strange Days), 1-5, 7, 9-11 (of Waiting for the Sun), 5-6, & 8 (of The Soft Parade)
• Kerry Magness – bass guitar on track 6 of Waiting for the Sun
• Leroy Vinnegar – acoustic bass on track 7 of Waiting for the Sun
• Curtis Amy – saxophone solo on track 2 of The Soft Parade
• Reinol Andino – conga on track 9 of The Soft Parade
• George Bohanan – trombone on tracks 1, 2, 7, and 8 of The Soft Parade
• Harvey Brooks – bass guitar on tracks 1-4, 7 and 9 of The Soft Parade
• Jimmy Buchanan – fiddle on track 7 of The Soft Parade
• Jesse McReynolds – mandolin on track 2 of The Soft Parade
• Champ Webb – English horn solo on track 8 of The Soft Parade
• Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements on tracks 1, 2, 7, and 8 of The Soft Parade
• Lonnie Mack – bass guitar on tracks 1 and 11 of Morrison Hotel
• Ray Neapolitan – bass guitar on tracks 2-9 of Morrison Hotel
• John Sebastian (credited as "G. Puglese") – harmonica on track 1 of Morrison Hotel
• Jerry Scheff – bass guitar on L.A. Woman
• Marc Benno – additional guitar on tracks 3-5 & 8 from L.A Woman

References

1. "Perception –Review". AllMusic . Retrieved October 12, 2017.
2. Lewis, Jonathan (December 2006). "Open Sesame!: The Doors Perception (40th Anniversary Box)". Classic Rock . p. 98.
3. "The Doors: Perception Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
4. Berman, Stuart (December 5, 2006). "The Doors Perception". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
5. Cavanagh, David. "The Doors – Perception". Uncut Magazine . Retrieved November 28, 2018.