The Soft Parade 50th Anniversary Numbered Deluxe Edition 3CD + 180g LP – THE DOORS

The Doors The Soft Parade 50th Anniversary Numbered Deluxe Edition 3CD + 180g LP

Overview:

The Doors fourth studio album, The Soft Parade was released 50 years ago today on July 18, 1969. Despite featuring one of the groups biggest hits Touch Me it remains the most-polarizing record of The Doors career thanks to the brass and string arrangements that embellish several tracks.

To commemorate the albums 50th year anniversary, Rhino reimagines The Soft Parade on a newly expanded 3CD/1LP set that will be available on October 18. THE SOFT PARADE: 50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION includes the original studio album and the B-side Who Scared You newly remastered by Bruce Botnick, The Doors longtime engineer and mixer. The collection is a limited edition of 15,000 individually numbered copies and also includes the original album on 180-gram vinyl along with liner notes by noted rock journalist David Fricke.

The core of the new collection is comprised of more than a dozen unreleased songs. Among the highlights are stripped down Doors Only versions of five tracks where the horns and strings have been removed (Tell All The People, Touch Me, Wishful Sinful, Runnin Blue, and Who Scared You.) The set also features three of those stripped-back versions with new guitar parts added by Robby Krieger (Touch Me, Wishful Sinful, and Runnin Blue).

Featured Tracks:

Disc: 2
1. Tell All the People (Doors Only Mix)
2. Touch Me (Doors Only Mix) [Robby Krieger Overdub]
3. Runnin’ Blue (Doors Only Mix) [Robby Krieger Overdub]
4. Wishful Sinful (Doors Only Mix) [Robby Krieger Overdub]
5. Who Scared You (Doors Only Mix)
6. Roadhouse Blues (Screamin’ Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals)
7. (You Need Meat) Don’t Go No Further [Screamin’ Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals]
8. I’m Your Doctor (Screamin’ Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals)
9. Touch Me (Without Horns & Strings)
10. Runnin’ Blue (Without Horns)
11. Wishful Sinful (Without Horns & Strings)

Disc: 3
1. I Am Troubled (2019 Remaster)
2. Seminary School (a.k.a. Petition the Lord with Prayer)
3. Rock Is Dead (Complete Version)
4. Chaos

LP Side A:

1. Tell All The People (2019 Remaster)
2. Touch Me (2019 Remaster)
3. Shaman’s Blues (2019 Remaster)
4. Do It (2019 Remaster)
5. Easy Ride (2019 Remaster)

LP Side B:

1. Wild Child (2019 Remaster)
2. Runnin’ Blue (2019 Remaster)
3. Wishful Sinful (2019 Remaster)
4. The Soft Parade (2019 Remaster)