The Doors catalog available now in Dolby Atmos! ("Best of The Doors" Atmos Blu-Ray out 4/26!)

[himey]

Amazon Music left out some critical tracks The End, Light My Fire, Road House blues, etc.
WEIRD!
Overall, pretty good mixes
still like my Perception 5.1 box set better

What are you listening through on Amazon Music in Atmos?

 

[CPR]

What are you listening through on Amazon Music in Atmos?

Me too!

 

[GOS]

Five To One is bad ass. Turn it up

 

[GOS]

Five To One is bad ass. Turn it up

Get Together One More Time in the rears....whoa

 

[GOS]

Holy shit, waiting for the sun. You all need this. Can I vote 11 just on this song?

 

[GOS]

Sorry. When The Music's Over.....about midway. Shit man, super trippy,. Never heard it this good. OK, I'm voting 12.

 

[GOS]

Sorry. When The Music's Over.....about midway. Shit man, super trippy,. Never heard it this good. OK, I'm voting 12.

One more thing. We Want The World comes in the left surround. I mean, this is some scary shit. Wow. OK, voting 15 now.

 

[GOS]

OK, even Hello I Love You has some killer surround movement that doesn't exist in any other surround format. WOW

 

[GOS]

LA Woman. Come on. This is top shelf.

 

[4-earredwonder]

I'll have to check out Apocalypse Now again, for some reason my memory of that song in that movie felt like there was a lot more going on than what is happening on this mix (or the perception box). Maybe there was a lot of extraneous sound effects filling it out in the movie and my impression isn't accurate.

Regardless, it doesn't change the fact that there isn't much discrete activity.

When I saw Apocalypse Now at the Ziegfield Theater in 70mm with 6 track Dolby in Manhattan upon its release, I was quite literally blown away by Walter Murch's sound design. Every nuance was articulated both in music and dialogue and I do believe Bill with those sound effects so skillfully blended in especially the segue from the overhead ceiling fan to the whirling helicopter blades I swear I never heard the Door's THE END sound so spine tingly magnificent!

Walter Murch, BTW, is a genius in sound design!

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[marpow]

I suggest that lack of the ‘73 Quad mix is a miss, here.
Those who agree that the Quad is best, or want to explore whether it is, are forced to pick up The Singles on the OOP market.

Cheap, for now, but very limited supply…

OK, now I feel crazy. I own The Singles, clearly says 1973 Quadrophonic Mix (11 tracks) but my rip is 5.1, did I rip wrong, I should go back and throw it in MKV and see what I did.

I also own the The Best Of The Doors, Audio Fidelity, 4.0.

 

[esimms86]

Not to mention that Manhattan's Ziegfield Theater at the time was afforded a meticulous fine grain 70mm print and had a state of the art sound system which made the experience absolutely jaw dropping!

And to begin the film with The Doors THE END was prophetic in itself considering the outcome of the Viet Nam 'conflict'.....as the futility of that ill advised conflagration ended the age of innocence for the US on the world stage!

BTW, I likewise like Morrison's spoken intro to Riders On The Storm. As Jonathan suggests, it does add a new layer of studio banter absent from previous versions especially when Jim suggests we need some thunder......and thunder front to rear and overhead is what we get...as the song begins!

The good Reverend Jim!

Years ago I saw “Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones” at the Ziegfeld. What an experience!

 

[edisonbaggins]

OK, now I feel crazy. I own The Singles, clearly says 1973 Quadrophonic Mix (11 tracks) but my rip is 5.1, did I rip wrong, I should go back and throw it in MKV and see what I did.
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I also own the The Best Of The Doors, Audio Fidelity, 4.0.
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Maybe silent center and LFE, for compatibility?

 

[esimms86]

You have to give Rhino credit for jumping into Dolby Atmos. I hope that Best Of The Doors and Rumours sell a zillion copies, thus paving the way for more Atmos from Rhino!

 

[marpow]

Maybe silent center and LFE, for compatibility?

I re-ripped and have correct 4.0, not sure what I did before, but all fixed.

Moderators, if you would like to pull my off topic to this poll, feel free.

 

[edisonbaggins]

And who knows the Doors better than BRUCE BOTNICK who remixed this latest compilation into Dolby ATMOS?

The original Quad mixing engineers…

 

[sjcorne]

The original Quad mixing engineers…

Botnick and Paul Rothchild were the original quad mixers.

 

[key_wiz]

The original Quad mixing engineers…

Wasn’t that also Botnick?

 

[key_wiz]

Botnick and Paul Rothchild were the original quad mixers.

They were the original producers. The original quad LP credits only Botnick as the engineer, IIRC

 

[edisonbaggins]

Botnick and Paul Rothchild were the original quad mixers.

I love it.
Here’s my thing: if we could get these 19 songs, or even better all six albums, mixed like that ‘73 Quad, THAT would make for gems in anybody’s collection.
Utilize the heights for spaciousness and certain accents, sure. Meaning, pan stuff more like classic Quad and nix the notion of aping modern mixes. Not enough multitracks for that.
This Atmos is super inconsistent. And that is unnecessary. The Quad is great and consistent. They could have leaned way closer to that style, which works, instead of pushing into territory that mainly doesn’t.