The Doors To Release The Soft Parade 50th Anniversary Reissue

The Doors To Release The Soft Parade 50th Anniversary Reissue

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The Doors will include a trove of previously unreleased recordings on the upcoming 50th-anniversary deluxe edition of their 1969 album, The Soft Parade, due out October 18th. Pre-order available here. 

The Soft Parade gave The Doors their fourth straight Top Ten album when it was first released 50 years ago and features one of the band’s biggest hits – “Touch Me”. It is also considered one of the most controversial albums in their catalogue thanks to the brass and string arrangements that embellish some tracks.

"Touch Me" [Live]

The 50th-anniversary edition of The Soft Parade will notably include ‘Doors only’ versions of five tracks … “Tell All the People,” “Touch Me,” “Wishful Sinful,” “Runnin’ Blue” and “Who Scared You” … with the strings and horns removed. There will also be additional stripped-down versions of “Touch Me,” “Wishful Sinful” and “Runnin’ Blue” featuring new guitar parts from Robby Krieger.

Other rarities on the set include two more that also feature Manzarek on vocals, “(You Need Meat) Don’t Go No Further” and “I’m Your Doctor.” That trio of tunes (including Manzarek’s “Roadhouse Blues”) also features newly recorded bass parts by the Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert DeLeo. The final disc of the set comprises a handful of studio outtakes, 

The collection has also uncovered three previously unreleased songs recorded during studio rehearsals and outtakes as well as some bootlegs. including the Doors’ famous and long-bootlegged hour-long jam, “Rock Is Dead.” You can see a full track-listing HERE.

The band teased the project with a raucous early version of their 1970 track “Roadhouse Blues” sung by organist Ray Manzarek, who's cheekily billed as “Screamin’ Ray Daniels.” Listen on Spotify:

Listen to The Soft Parade on Apple Music:

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