The Doors

Originally released as part of the completed recorded works 2006 box set Perception, this deluxe edition of the Doors' 1968 third album, Waiting for the Sun, is a double-disc set containing one CD featuring a newly remastered version of the album with bonus tracks and a DVD with a 5.1 Surround mix, bonus video footage, and a photo gallery. Given that the Doors catalog was remastered just seven years before this box, the sonics of these 2006s remasters are noticeable but not radically different -- the kind of subtle remastering that is significant to audiophiles who know this music intimately. Of all the 2006 Doors reissues, this is one of the discs that contains the most bonus tracks: "Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor," a stretch of dialogue before two takes of "Not to Touch the Earth," then a 17-minute "Celebration of the Lizard." The bonus videos contain a Hollywood Bowl performance of "Spanish Caravan" from 1968 and a Denmark performance of "The Unknown Soldier" from the same year. While there are no huge revelations here, apart from arguably "Celebration of the Lizard," this deluxe edition nevertheless lives up to its title: this is the best-sounding, best-presented reissue of this album yet. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide