The Doors Forum

Let's Make A Date

You've been patient - very patient - and we appreciate it. At long last, we have for you some dates for our much anticipated Doors 45-RPM and SACD reissue series. The first two LP titles - The Doors and Strange Days are right around the corner.

A note to our customers: Again, we appreciate your patience in waiting for these products to come to market. We know it's been a long wait, and believe us, nobody's more excited than we are. But please understand, whenever we set out to do a reissue project, our goal is to surpass any issue or reissue that's been done previous to ours. Doing that takes a lot of time, effort and money.

Beginning with securing the absolute analog masters and on to getting approval for the artwork, the printing of the labels and jackets, the manufacturing of the product, etc., etc. the process involves a lot more back-and-forth negotiating, prodding and waiting than many people may realize. Many of the steps in the process are out of our control. But know this: We would rather have our products come out a year late and be proud of those products than to meet a street date. We don't cut corners. When a record label tries to tell us a tape copy or digital file we'll do, we tell them that no, it won't. You wouldn't believe what kind of an effort this can involve. We fight for quality, but it often means waiting a little longer. When our proofs are held up in a label's legal approval department, we're calling and emailing continuously to keep the project moving. We call it stokin' the coals. Sometimes we get results; other times we've got to push a little harder. In many cases, we're dealing with major corporations and major artists. Often, we need to get approval from the label, from the artist's management and from the artist themselves. Any one step can significantly hold up the process.

The point is this: We know it can be frustrating when we announce products far in advance of when they come out. We know it can be frustrating when we don't meet the street dates we initially published. Listen, we're trying, and we're trying hard. And so while we hope we'll hit all of these dates and while we'll do everything we possibly can to make that happen, street dates are subject to change. It's the nature of the game we play.

Thank you for your support. Thank you for your patience. And thank you for your business.

antero wrote:LP at 45 RPM? what's the point?

The Royal Sperm wrote:From the acousticsounds newsletter:

We don't cut corners. When a record label tries to tell us a tape copy or digital file we'll do, we tell them that no, it won't.

mystery_train67 wrote:What happened to the original tape?

The Royal Sperm wrote:i still think that these releases will fill the year of the doors

Porsche wrote:

The Royal Sperm wrote:i still think that these releases will fill the year of the doors

I don't believe these releases are actually connected to "The Year Of The Doors." They aren't directly handled by The Doors or BMA. Otherwise The Doors/Management would have issued the press release and not this other company.

midnightx wrote:"The Year of The Doors"....now that is funny.

jdlaw wrote:I pre-ordered the vinyl box.

I think these have the potential to be the best sounding versions of the Doors studio albums...EVER. Well, at least as good as first pressings or the DCC issues.

Correct. This is a separate issue (or, should I say, "reissue")!

Acoustic Sounds and Analogue Productions are pressing THE highest-quality audiophile vinyl and high-end SACDs in the business, bar none, and they have taken a lot of time, spent a lot of money and gone all out for these releases (which, as Pat's Radio and others have stated, are not an official part of the "Year Of The Doors").

They sound SPEC.TAC.ULAR.

But, they are not "official" Doors product - they were licensed to Analogue Productions. And AP sets all pricing, parameters and other aspects. We just approve the mastering, licensing and artwork.

great!

Porsche wrote:I'll be interested to hear how these compare to the DCCs. For those audiophiles who don't have the DCC discs, it should be an easy way to get a great sounding set without searching for all those OOP titles and paying a collector's mark-up. But I wish they would do something about those box set prices. An extra $100 is steep. Are these sold exclusively through their store?

midnightx wrote:"The Year of The Doors"....now that is funny.

davis wrote:

midnightx wrote:"The Year of The Doors"....now that is funny.

It seems like I've been reading/hearing about that for at least 2 years. Is there more to it than the Riders single & 2-CD LA Woman releases?

The Royal Sperm wrote:

davis wrote:

midnightx wrote:"The Year of The Doors"....now that is funny.

well, in fact were the same ROTS single in different covers, the workshop sessions vinyl Lp, the making of l.a.woman in DVD and BD, the 2 cd and also some digital only bonus tracks!

davis wrote:Direct me to the digital-only tracks, please