The Doors: The Soft Parade


2 LP

180 grams audiophile vinyl

runs at 45 rpm

Gatefold cover

new & sealed

Label: Analogue Productions, USA

"The Soft Parade" - Jim Morrison (voc); Ray Manzarek (keyb); Robby Krieger (g); John Densmore (dr)

Rolling Stone described two songs from "Soft Parade" as gems of a string/brass arrangement to the sonorous baritone of Jim Morrison, "Touch Me" and "Follow Me Down". The distinctive Doors sound was described as pure, solid and, above all, a particularly recognizable sound within rock music, which was undoubtedly due to Morrison's energy - but the rest of the Doors were equally responsible for it. Ray Manzarek contributed virtuoso keyboard soundscapes, Krieger bold, expressive, delicate guitar playing and Densmore rich, dynamic drum grooves.
Half of the songs on Soft Parade, the Doors' fourth LP, were written by Morrison and the other half by Krieger. "Touch Me" became one of the Doors' most popular singles. This was released in December 1968 and reached No. 3 on Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on Cashbox Top 100 at the beginning of 1969. This was the third American No. 1 among the band's singles.
Analogue Productions and Quality Record Pressings are proud to release all six studio LPs - "The Doors", "Strange Days", "Waiting For The Sun", "Soft Parade", "Morrison Hotel" and "LA Woman" - on 180g / 45rpm. All lacquer transparencies were cut by Doug Sax from the original analog master tapes, except "The Doors", which was mastered from the best existing tape copy.
Truly an authentic reissue project in which the original recordings were made with tube devices, the tape recorder for playing the master tapes is a tube device and the cutting system is equally: all tubes!
Now is not the time to mope - the Doors now on Analogue Productions!

Date of release: December 3rd, 2012

Tracklist:

A1 Tell All The People 3:24 
A2 Touch Me 3:15 
A3 Shaman's Blues 4:45 
A4 Do It 3:01 
A5 Easy Ride 2:35 
B1 Wild Child 2:36 
B2 Runnin' Blue 2:27 
B3 Wishful Sinful 2:56 
B4 The Soft Parade 8:40


Rolling Stone described two songs from "Soft Parade" as gems of a string/brass arrangement to the sonorous baritone of Jim Morrison, "Touch Me" and "Follow Me Down". The distinctive Doors sound was described as pure, solid and, above all, a particularly recognizable sound within rock music, which was undoubtedly due to Morrison's energy - but the rest of the Doors were equally responsible for it. Ray Manzarek contributed virtuoso keyboard soundscapes, Krieger bold, expressive, delicate guitar playing and Densmore rich, dynamic drum grooves. Analogue Productions and Quality Record Pressings are proud to release all six studio LPs - "The Doors", "Strange Days", "Waiting For The Sun", "Soft Parade", "Morrison Hotel" and "LA Woman" - on 180g / 45rpm. All lacquer transparencies were cut by Doug