Question regarding Doors remasters

I just recently won the Doors Complete Studio Recordings (cube) on ebay. When I got the package the paper sleeve was missing from the 1st album and the cd sliding around within the cardboard cover arrived scratched. The rest of the box and cds are perfect.

I am hoping not to have to make a trip back to the post office.

If the seller has the missing sleeve, and will offer me a partial refund to cover the cost of the damaged cd, is the individual cd of the Doors 1st album the same as the one in the cube. Is there a particular serial number to look for. Does it have the matching Elektra label?

Thanks for your help.

Neil

 

The current remaster (1999) of The Doors 1st is the same master used in the studio sessions boxed cube. The packaging in that cube is frustrating to say the least. I immediately removed the discs from those tight little sleeves and placed them in jewel boxes to prevent the type of damage that your Doors 1st seems to have suffered. The box itself is great but the design of the individual lp style sleeves makes it almost impossible to use without damaging the discs in some way.

Does it have the matching Elektra label? I can't answer that one.

 

I got real frustrated with the mini LP sleeves which were warped from the git-go. And the way they fit in the box was a poor design IMO.

So I got rid of mine.

I like the DCC discs much better anyway.

 

I say... the Grundman remasters and Steve's remasters for DCC are on the top!!! The differences are sooooo marginal (IMO)

 

I know the disc's in the box set are HDCD encoded. Are the individual CD's HDCD encoded as well?

 

Yes they are. Make sure you get the latest individual releases though.

 

I have the box set, I was just asking for Neil! Still good to know! Thanks Ted.

 

Is this the latest release?

Edit: Sorry if it´s to big. I don´t know how to change the size!

 

Yes that is it. It is HDCD.

 

Any individual Door's disc that says digitally remastered from the original masters at 24bit/96khz is HDCD.

 

Ok, thanks a lot. I also have LA. Woman. They are quite cheap! Like $9.

 

Thanks everyone. I sent the box back today.

Neil

 

Wonder why they left the HDCD logo off the box set?

 

Though I've bought some of the remasters, I also have some on the non-remastered versions and I wonder if I should keep them or replace them as well for remastered versions.

My non-remasters:

Strange Days
Waiting for the Sun

 

My advice is to send it back and get a refund, and just get a copy of the new long box version.

I bought a sealed copy of the Doors cube super cheap and I regret it even at that price. Two of the sleeves were not glued at the seams. Many of the inner sleeves had bent corners. After a few weeks, the artwork surrounding the cube peeled off at all corners and seams.

Worst design/manufacturing ever.

 

FWIW the DCC Doors discs don't seem fetch as high a price on Ebay as some DCC's. I'd try to find those and buy the single disc remasters of Soft Parade and Morrison Hotel - better yet try and find the lucky guy that won SH's CDR's of his mastering of Soft Parade. I will do anything for a copy of this disc!!

 

I thought "Waiting For The Sun" was the best example of the DCC's being superior.

The remaster sounds weak in comparison to these ears.

 

I own the DCC Doors CD... I just bought a HDCD player. Is there any point in buying the HDCD Doors titles if I have the non-HDCD DCC's???

 

No Steve's are mastered better than the HDCDs IMO.

 

Just bought this individual Soft Parade cd. It doesn't have the HDCD code, but it has the 96KHZ 24 bit digital by Bruce Botnick and Bernie Grundman, 1999. Could it be HDCD anyway, but no code? Could someone report if they bought this individual cd and it didn't have the HDCD logo and you played it, consequently identifying itself as HDCD cd. I hate to open it if it's not the right one.

 

That should be the right one...it's the same as mine. None of
the remasters mention HDCD on the cover, just the 24/96 info...

Cnath

 

You ain't gonna know until you open and play the disc. As I said in another thread yesterday - some copies of the 'remastered' Soft Parade had included the earlier 80's mastering by mistake, despite all appearances that you were getting the remaster. Most likely yours is correct, since I doubt this problem was too widespread, although it's been reported here by a few people, myself included. For what it's worth, none of the 1999 remasters that I have say HDCD on the case, yet they all have HDCD encoding, including my just-arrived copy of the 'correct' Soft Parade. Hope this helps.

 

Mark Perko,
I would like to try and play this Door's Soft Parade in my Mac. I have Window media player 9 OSX. I have read in other Door's threads that you can verify the HDCD(light comes on) encode by playing it in the Windows Media Player. Forgive my computer illiteracy, but I have never played a c.d. in the player. I've always played them in Toast. I put the disc in my computer and open the cd file and picked a song.
A message comes up saying " Cannot open file. Verify that the path and filename are correct and try again". What's causing this? What would solve the problem? Do I need any upgrades?

 

I know there are some "Soft Parade" CD's that don't show up as HDCD in WMP. However, I've listened to the one's that show up HDCD, and the ones that don't, and I could tell no difference of one from the other.

Just get the ones Steve did for DCC. Once you have those, you need not search any further.

 

I'm on a Mac as well and unfortunately HDCD playback in WMP is a PC only thing.