Now, The Best of The Doors had been released on SACD by Audio Fidelity a number of years back but this is the first time (as far as I know) that it is showing up on Blu-ray Disc.These recordings are presented here in 192 kHz, 24-bit fidelity and they sound quite terrific in all their 4.0 quadrophonic splendor! Making this even more of a “no brainer” purchase, this new three disc set is priced affordably on Amazon and other places online. Instead, today we will focus on the third - Blu-ray - disc included in certain editions of this collection containing the rare Quadrophonic mix of The Best of The Doors, a single disc compilation first issued in 1973. There are plenty of reasons to want to hear those single mixes - including many exclusive Mono mixes - but that is beyond the scope of this review. Called simply The Singles, this bare bones package - issued as part of a larger 50th Anniversary celebration that year including a lovely looking boxed set reproducing all the original discs - packs a surprising punch. A few weeks ago I saw someone in a social media music fan group post a picture of a two-CD collection by The Doors which I’d never seen before.
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