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The Doors – The Soft Parade / Audio CD 2007
UPC 081227999810
Product Details:
2. Touch Me (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 3:12
3. Shaman's Blues (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 4:48
4. Do It (Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison) – 3:09
5. Easy Ride (Jim Morrison) – 2:43
6. Wild Child (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 2:36
7. Runnin' Blue (Robby Krieger) – 2:27
8. Wishful Sinful (Robby Krieger) – 2:58
9. The Soft Parade (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 8:36
40th Anniversary Edition CD bonus tracks:
10. Who Scared You 3:58
11. Whiskey, Mystics and Men (Version 1) 2:28
12. Whiskey, Mystics and Men (Version 2) 3:04
13. Push Push (previously unreleased Doors jam) 6:05
14. Touch Me (Dialogue) 0:28
15. Touch Me (Take 3) 3:40
Ray Manzarek – piano, Gibson G-101 organ, Hammond organ
Robby Krieger – guitar, chorus vocal
John Densmore – drums
Curtis Amy – saxofon
Reinol Andino – conga
George Bohanan – trombone
Harvey Brooks – bass
Jimmy Buchanan – fiddle
Doug Lubahn – bass
Jesse McReynolds – mandolin
Champ Webb – English horn
Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements
The Soft Parade is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Doors, released on July 18, 1969, by Elektra Records. Most of the album was recorded following a grueling tour during which the band was left with little time to compose new material. Producer Paul A. Rothchild recommended a total departure from the Doors' first three albums: develop a fuller sound by incorporating brass and string arrangements provided by Paul Harris. Lead singer Jim Morrison, who was dealing with personal issues and focusing more on his poetry, was less involved in the songwriting process, leaving guitarist Robby Krieger to increase his own creative output.
The album peaked at number six on the Billboard 200, but it failed to retain audiences in the UK and other European countries that their previous album, Waiting for the Sun, had succeeded in engaging. Three preceding singles, "Touch Me", "Wishful Sinful", and "Tell All the People", were included on The Soft Parade, with the former becoming another Top 10 hit for the Doors. Another single, "Runnin' Blue", also followed the album's distribution. Upon release, The Soft Parade was denounced by both music critics and the band's underground music scene followers, who viewed the album as the Doors' trending into popular music. Over time, historians have reassessed the album and its critical standing has slightly improved, but it is still widely considered the group's weakest effort with Morrison.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Tell All The People
Written-By – Robby Krieger |
3:21 |
| 2 | Touch Me
Written-By – Robby Krieger |
3:12 |
| 3 | Shaman's Blues
Written-By – Jim Morrison |
4:50 |
| 4 | Do It
Written-By – Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger |
3:10 |
| 5 | Easy Ride
Written-By – Jim Morrison |
2:40 |
| 6 | Wild Child
Written-By – Jim Morrison |
2:38 |
| 7 | Runnin' Blue
Vocals [Chorus] – Robby Krieger, Written-By – Robby Krieger |
2:29 |
| 8 | Wishful Sinful
Written-By – Robby Krieger |
3:00 |
| 9 | The Soft Parade
Written-By – Jim Morrison |
9:41 |
| Bonus Tracks | ||
| 10 | Who Scared You
Written-By – Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger |
3:58 |
| 11 | Whiskey, Mystics And Men (Version 1)
Written-By – Jim Morrison, Doors |
2:28 |
| 12 |
Whiskey, Mystics And Men (Version 2)
Written-By – Jim Morrison, Doors |
3:04 |
| 13 | Push Push
Written-By – Doors |
6:05 |
| 14 | Touch Me (Dialogue) | 0:28 |
| 15 | Touch Me (Take 3)
Written-By – Robby Krieger |
3:40 |
More Details:
- A&R [A&R Supervision] – Robin Hurley
- Arranged By – Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger
- Arranged By [Orchestra] – Paul Harris (2)
- Art Direction [Deluxe Edition], Design [Deluxe Edition Package] – Hugh Brown (3), Jimmy Hole
- Art Direction, Design – William S. Harvey
- Bass – Doug Lubahn, Harvey Brooks
- Congas – Reinol Andino
- Coordinator [Production Coordinator] – Jac Holzman
- Drums – John Densmore
- Engineer – Bruce Botnick
- English Horn [Solo] – Champ Webb
- Fiddle – Jimmy Buchanan
- Guitar – Robby Krieger
- Illustration – Peter Schaumann
- Keyboards – Ray Manzarek
- Legal [Legal Representation] – David Byrnes, Esq., John Branca, Esq.
- Liner Notes – Bruce Botnick, David Fricke
- Management – Jeffrey Jampol
- Mandolin – Jesse McReynolds
- Mastered By [Deluxe Edition] – Bruce Botnick
- Photography By – D. Levine*, Edgar Bernstein, Frank Lisciandro, Gunter Zint, Joel Brodsky, Ken Regan, Mike Barich, Star File
- Producer – Paul A. Rothchild
- Producer [Deluxe Edition], Engineer [Deluxe Edition], Mixed By [Deluxe Edition] – Bruce Botnick
- Product Manager – Kenny Nemes
- Research [Photo Research] – Alessandra Quaranta, Steven P. Gorman
- Saxophone [Solos] – Curtis Amy
- Supervised By [Editorial Supervision] – Cory Frye
- Trombone [Solo] – George Bohanan
- Vocals – Jim Morrison
About the Band:
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s, mostly because of Morrison's lyrics and voice along with his erratic stage persona, and the group was widely regarded as an important part of the era's counterculture.
The band took its name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, itself a reference to a quote by William Blake. After signing with Elektra Records, the Doors with Morrison released six albums in five years, some of which are considered among the greatest of all time, including The Doors (1967), Strange Days (1967), and L.A. Woman (1971). They were one of the most successful bands during that time and by 1972 the Doors had sold over 4 million albums domestically and nearly 8 million singles.
Morrison died in uncertain circumstances in 1971. The band continued as a trio until disbanding in 1973. They released three more albums in the 1970s, two of which featured earlier recordings by Morrison, and over the decades reunited on stage in various configurations. In 2002, Manzarek, Krieger and Ian Astbury of the Cult on vocals started performing as the Doors of the 21st Century. Densmore and the Morrison estate successfully sued them over the use of the band's name. After a short time as Riders on the Storm, they settled on the name Manzarek–Krieger and toured until Manzarek's death in 2013.
The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold LPs. According to the RIAA, they have sold 33 million records in the US and over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. The Doors have been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by magazines including Rolling Stone, which ranked them 41st on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In 1993, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
