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This collection, originally available only as a bonus disc in The Doors: The Complete Studio Recordings box set (fleshed out here with another outtake track, "Woman Is a Devil", from that set) is split just about evenly between a sometimes motley collection of outtakes and demos and a better slate of live material. It also argues that while most rock bands cut their teeth on blues and other roots music, then develop a distinct sound (or sell out to pop fashion trends), the Doors seemed to evolve backwards, the band's--and particularly Jim Morrison's--college poet-nihilist pretensions slowly givingmore… way to more blues-based influences. Indeed, after a few legendary years of late-1960s success and excess, Morrison had more than enough reasons to sing the blues. The studio leftovers here underscore why they're called "outtakes" (1965 demos of "Hello, I Love You" and "Moonlight Drive" are historically interesting, if a bit bubble-gummy) though there are some highlights. "Whiskey, Mystics and Men" showcases another side of the band's tastefully odd Kurt Weill fetish; a 1969 alternate of "Queen Of The Highway" is almost lounge hipster chic; and "Orange County Suite" is a dirge from 1970. Live cuts (all from 69 and 70) range from a baroque, affected telecast of "The Soft Parade" to an apocalyptic, overwrought "The End". --Jerry McCulley

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The Doors - Essential Rarities (2000) Retail CD

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