Doors 45 versions from master tape on CD!
Printed From: Top 40 Music on CD
Category: Top 40 Music On Compact Disc
Forum Name: Chat Board
Forum Description: Chat away but please observe the chat board rules
URL: https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4807
Printed Date: 28 July 2025 at 11:53pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.07 - https://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Doors 45 versions from master tape on CD!
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: Doors 45 versions from master tape on CD!
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 7:31pm
|
April Fools!
Hey, someone had to do it... |
Replies:
Posted By: Roscoe
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 7:45pm
|
Maybe it won't be a joke after all? I thought I read on the Hoffman forum some time ago that there was a set of Doors 45 versions in the works. I think the rumor got started on a Doors forum via some sort of semi-official post from a member of the Doors camp. It was unclear if this was going to be a CD release or vinyl.
As was posted some time ago, the mono 45 version of "Light My Fire" was released on a CD single in the UK in conjunction with the Oliver Stone movie. That CD is now very rare. "Riders On The Storm" and "Love Me Two Times" can be edited from the LP versions to create the 45s, although "Love Me Two Times" was mono on the 45. The "People Are Strange" 45 sounds quite different than the LP, and not just because it is mono. Some sort of odd effect was applied to Morrison's vocal on the 45. "Touch Me" is the 45 version that I would most like to have on CD. I have done needledrops from 2 different 45s, an original and a Spun Gold reissue, but they both have some vinyl-related distortion that I was not able to clean up. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 7:56pm
I've done needledrops on that one, too, and I think all 45 copies sound bad. They are pressed way too loud and have bad EQ. Those two problems combined make for some bad distortion, even on mint copies. |
Roscoe wrote:Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 11:28pm
|
Little did I know that Touch Me actually exists on the earlier Elektra label style (i guess the 2nd style the label used, the 3rd was the one that was most common for the hit), and is a vinyl pressing too -- unfortunately my copy of that pressing is in less than stellar condition. ------------- Live in stereo. |
Posted By: Bill Cahill
Date Posted: 02 April 2009 at 4:12am
|
Couple of notes:
I have the Light My Fire import CD single and it sounds like a tenth generation tape with slight Electronic Stereo via EQ added and lots of drop outs. I'm not sure about "Touch Me" but "Wishful Sinful", had a mono release for radio only. It even says on the label "Mono for AM Airplay". Even though the stock 45 says it's Compatable Stereo I think the mono version was released for radio to make sure there was no compatability issue, or for badly wired AM stations that only had the left channel or right channel coming out of some turntables. (We've all heard those). I don't think it's a remix, it sounds like it was just summed. Maybe someone else would know if it was an actual mono mix. |
Posted By: bwolfe
Date Posted: 02 April 2009 at 6:42am
|
Its rather pathetic that the remaining members of the Doors have such a problem with alternate mixes of their hits.
Those 45's were the hits. What's the big deal! Oh yeah their "artists"! ------------- the way it was heard on the radio |
Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 02 April 2009 at 9:58am
|
Touch Me did have a mono promo, i believe... i saw one on ebay once but i can't remember if it was stereo or not. ------------- Live in stereo. |
Posted By: jcr102
Date Posted: 03 April 2009 at 5:05pm
| As bwolfe wonders, why are the remaining Doors hung up on hiding the 45's? Those singles made them money, got them attention, helped sell the albums. They sure don't mind making money endlessly re-releasing the rest of their music in various configurations. |
Posted By: Roscoe
Date Posted: 03 April 2009 at 6:39pm
I can appreciate that they may not have cared for the "Light My Fire" 45 edit, which excised almost the entire instrumental break. But some of those other 45s had great mixes, particularly "Touch Me". That one is a fantastic mix, better than the LP version. Not sure why they would be opposed to a re-release of that (maybe they were really in love with the "stronger than dirt" tag, which was mixed out on the 45). |