THE DOORS

Light My Fire 7:05

Written by Robby Krieger. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Robby: I couldn't imagine a Doors Box Set without this song. I was the last member of The Doors to join up with the band. Shortly thereafter, Jim said, "Hey guys, we don't have enough original songs, why don't you try writing." I went home and wrote 'Light My Fire'.

Peace Frog 2:57

Written by The Doors. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Robby: The sound on the opening guitar lick is perhaps the first use of out of phase pickups. I didn't want to wait for Jim to come up with lyrics, plus I couldn't come up with anything, so we decided to record the track without any idea of what the lyrics would be. Unusual for us. Later, Paul Rothchild and Jim found the lyrics in Jim's notebooks - the poem called 'Abortion Stories' fit perfectly.

Wishful Sinful 2:55

Written by Robby Krieger. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Robby: When Jim suggested that I write songs, I figured that I would stick to his style of using universal images. So I decided I would write about the four elements - earth, air, fire, and water. 'Light My Fire' utilized this advise as did 'Yes the River Knows', another water song.

Take It As It Comes 2:14

Written by The Doors. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Robby: John and I were into transcendental meditation, that's where we first met Ray, and some of my meditation friends were pressuring me to use my influence to help the TM movement and 'Take It As It Comes' just happened to be one of the Maharishi's favorite sayings. And Jim wrote the words' I wrote the music.

L.A. Woman 7:49

Written by The Doors. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Robby: To me, this is one of the true Doors songs. One day we just started playing. I don't remember how it started but it just kept evolving. Jim made up the words as we went along and the song just grew (without the luxury of playing it live on stage). A true group effort.

I Can't See Your Face In My Mind 3:22

Written by The Doors. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Ray: This is part one of a trilogy I'm dedicating to Jim and Pam This is their story, A doomed and yet incandescent couple. They were barely adults when they were taken from us. Far too young-Far too tragic. I love Robby's guitar on this song and I love the mood i!: creates. The trilogy is called Tragic Love.

Land Ho! 4:06

Written by The Doors. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Ray: The Doors at sea again, i see a small whaling fleet on the China Sea. Riding the waves, the great currents, the winds of the Pacific. Robby's guitar sets the jaunty tempo and we're running with the wind, bound for ports unknown. In this song Jim is both the little boy on his grandpa's knee and the grandfather himself. He can't stay locked to the land. He needs adventure and danger on the high seas. He's got to get his men and move on. Into the unknown. I love the joyous ride out when Jim shouts out "Land Ho!" and we ride and ride on Robby's great guitar solo and John's ecstatic, propulsive drums. In Jungian psychology, the sea represents the unconscious... an area of the mind with which Jim was most enthralled.

Yes, The River Knows 2:34

Written by Robby Krieger. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Ray: The second song of my Tragic Love trilogy for Jim and Pain. The piano and guitar interplay is absolutely beautiful. I don't think Robby and I ever played so sensitively together. It's as close as we ever came to being Bill Evans and Jim Hall. We were so attuned to each other that the jazz-like progressions came alive and shimmered that day in the recording studio when we were young and golden. As were Jim and Pam.

Shaman's Blues 4:47

Written by The Doors. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Ray: A jazz/rock waltz in 6/8 time. Densmore cooks on this one driving the band with his drum shots on the two beat a la Cannonball Adderley's 'Dis Here'. A favorite of mine and John's. I'm in the pocket, Robby wails and Jim is right on top of his very strange, very mystical lyrics, He's in great voice and gives a great reading. The whole band is in great form. Jazz/rock... yes!

You're Lost Little Girl 2:59

Written by Robby Krieger. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Ray: We wanted Frank Sinatra to cover this song after he got his divorce from Mia Farrow. It would have been very appropriate. I dedicate this to Jim and Pam as the third song of my Tragic Love trilogy. May they rest in the peace of each other's arms.

Robby: This is Ray's choice. I just wanted to add that 'You're Lost Little Girl"was one of the first songs I ever wrote. I had trouble doing the guitar solo on this one so Paul Rothchild had everyone leave the studio. We lit some candles and turned out the lights. 'Try it now," he said. I got it in one take.

Love Me Two Times 3:15

Written by Robby Krieger. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

John: I enjoyed finding a unique way of shuffling across the drum kit, instead of playing the traditional 2&4.

When The Music's Over 10:56

Written by The Doors. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

John: Having a musical dialogue with Jim, besides keeping the tempo, was my forte. As Tom Robbins captures in his early review of the band, it felt like we were takin' over - we want the world and WE WANT IT NOW!

The Unknown Soldier 3:21

Written by The Doors. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

John: Criticizing the Vietnam War wasn't embraced by the mainstream when this was released (there's still some Americans who want to go back and win it!), and 1 am extremely proud of us taking a clear position. Yes, we did inhale, and we were VEHEMENTLY against this war. I still don't think this country has recovered from not being able to swallow the loss. Sometimes, David does slay Goliath.

Wild Child 2:35

Written by The Doors. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

John: Great track. Another Art Blakley press roll, as on 'Moonlight Drive', which kept the groove rolling. Great lyrics, great bottleneck... gosh, it smells like my head is filling with helium.

Riders On The Storm 7:09

Written by The Doors. Published by Doors Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

John: It was really fun recording this one. Dropping in thunder claps and rain was sort of like playing God. Ray does an excellent piano solo, and I was pleased that my and Bruce's idea of Jim overdubbing a "whisper" vocal under the main one, added to the mysterious ambiance.