Doors Box Set on LP - Bernie Grundman

I haven't heard the vinyl but the Rhino CD remasters are better than the last mini vinyl boxset. They have added bonus tracks that are sometimes very good as well as being newly mixed from the original 16 track masters. Some purists dislike them because of the added vocals and intrumentation, but it is how the music was originally mixed.

These are excellent very well done and worth buying. Many of the type big online retailers are out of stock until August but www.SoundstageDirect.com have a few left. Excellent place to buy sealed lp's.

There's a pretty huge thread at the Steve Hoffman about these as well as a smaller one at vinyl asylum. Opinions seem to be split around 50-50 or possibly 60-40 in favor of the box set over the DCC's or originals.

In light of the fact that the box set has been manipulated digitally, I have no interest in it. I have originals or early re-issues of most of the albums and if I want any others I'll seek originals of those.

On top of that, there have been huge quality control issues with the box set.

My DCC copy (#936 - or so) of the first LP is clearly better than the first lp in the boxed set (#2345 - or so) and also better than a second pressing I have. It was probably due to the difficulty they were having with the tape. I sense no digital artifacts in the LP though. Some of the other LP's in the box set are better than the original and subsequent pressings.

My reading of the press on these was that the vinyl box was 'remastered' digitally with original mix while the Rhino Cd box was 'remastered' and 'remixed' digitally.

I am neutral on the remixing with the cd box, some tracks are improved some tracks sound modernized in a bad way. The remastering on cd box is an improvement especially if you play the DVDA versions.