Out today (December 3rd) is the Doors’ L.A. Woman: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. The set, which was the band’s final work with frontman Jim Morrison prior to his death on July 3rd, 1971, includes the original album newly remastered by the Doors’ longtime engineer and mixer Bruce Botnick, two bonus discs of unreleased studio outtakes, and the stereo mix of the original album on 180-gram virgin vinyl. The tracks are all available from digital and streaming services along with a new Dolby Atmos mix of the original album by Botnick.
The legendary original album has been expanded with more than two hours of unreleased recordings taken from the sessions for L.A. Woman, “allowing the listener to experience the progression of each song as it developed in the studio.” An early demo for “Hyacinth House” recorded at Robby Krieger’s home studio in 1969 is also included.
According to the press release: “Among the outtakes of album tracks, you can also hear the band joyously ripping through the kinds of classic blues songs that Morrison once described as ‘original blues.”’ There are great takes of Junior Parker’s ‘Mystery Train,’ John Lee Hooker’s ‘Crawling King Snake,’ Big Joe Williams’ ‘Baby Please Don’t Go,’ and ‘Get Out Of My Life Woman,’ Lee Dorsey’s funky 1966 classic, written by his producer Allen Toussaint.
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