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The Doors Anthology

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I'd like to first point out, that reviews for both the 'Guitar Recorded Version' guitar tablature compilation of 'Doors Anthology', and the vocal/piano/guitar chord version of 'Doors Anthology' - are conjoined herein Amazon under both titles. However, both titles are clearly different in content, albeit sharing the same name.

While one reviewer states this title contains selections from "Other Voices", know that the 'Guitar Recorded Version' most certainly does not. For the similar-in-appearance-and-name piano/vocal/guitar chord 'Doors Anthology' of 69 tunes, does contain selections from the post-Morrison "Other Voices". While the 'Guitar Recorded Version' compilation contains only 20 tunes - all original Doors.

And all but two songs in the 'Guitar Recorded Version' compilation, 'Love Street' and 'Blue Sunday', can be found on the 'Legacy: Absolute Best' 2-CD set.

Robbie Krieger contributed greatly to the Doors. His guitar style and fretboard sensibility was crucial to the Doors success. And the 'Guitar Recorded Version' is well written and accurate. While the piano/vocal/guitar chord version of this title is unsuitable for learning Krieger's guitar parts. The 'Guitar Recorded Version' is about 140 pages, while the piano book is about 400 pages. And the 'Easy Tab' version is another animal as well. But I never recommend 'Easy Tab' versions of anything.

So, order carefully.

Contents of 'Guitar Recorded Version': Blue Sunday, Break On Through To The Other Side, Crystal Ship, Five To One, Hello I Love You, L.A. Woman, Light My Fire, Love Her Madly, Love Me Two Times, Love Street, Not To Touch The Earth, People Are Strange, Riders On The Storm, Roadhouse Blues, Soul Kitchen, Spanish Caravan, Touch Me, Twentieth Century Fox, The Unknown Soldier, You Make Me Real

The Hal Leonard Company really did an excellent job in putting together this songbook. Most if not all of the music in this book is letter accurate. Many of the songs have the solos written out so a keyboard player does not have to work very hard. Light My Fire is a rare exception but I doubt any source would ellaborate on the four minute instrumental solo.

What's interesting here is that songs from the Other Voices LP are included in this songbook. Other Voices is the first Doors record that was released after Jim Morrison died. It features the vocals of Robbie Kreiger and Ray Manzarek. Too bad that record is so difficult to find. Also included are stories about the Doors music/recording history as well as an interview with Robbie Krieger.

Overall an excellent resource for musicians who like the Doors.

The doors are a great band to play along to if you like blues guitar!!!!! its not very hard to play, for ne one from beginners to advanced i really like it
clinton

I did not buy but I saw contents and I do not whY do they seperate Peace frog and Blue sunday,one on mY he Doors
favorites,which I have a problem to cover by myself. To me they go naturaly together end sound togetehr great much beter then separatly.so I want it

its a nice book but the guitar parts are quite minimal, it shows only the chords, no riff tabs. Also this isnt acurate, i didnt try al the song but waiting for the sun isnt correct, and love me 2 times. Its totaly different then ray manzarek plays them. and waiting for the sun has the vocal line notes in the piano cleff, its kinda disapointing that it isnt correct

Bought for my 18 year-old grandson who loves all music of that era and enjoys the book immensely.

I was considering giving this book 3 stars, but realized this is the only Doors piano book with such a wide variety of songs spanding the short career of one of the 60s most popular and influential bands. The songs are all really set up well and arranged nicely, such as Break on Through, and Soul Kitchen, and do include a lot of the actual part that is played on the keyboard. Other songs are just cut much shorter than their original versions like Light my Fire's 3 minute Keyboard solo in the middle or Riders in the Storm. In short the books about half and half, half the songs in this book are full and complete, but the other half exclude really awesome solos and feel like they were cut too short, which is kind of upseting seeing this is the only real Doors book for piano/keyboard. I just wish they had a book with actual keyboard solos measure by measure with no parts cut out or improvised, note for note, but I guess that is something you can only wish for in the future from Hal Leonard.

There are two Doors Anthologies (I have now discovered), one with guitar tabs and one with piano music. I bought the wrong one. I have not returned it. It would be more to ship it back than it's worth. I will give the book to my son who plays the guitar. Unfortunately, the books' physical descriptions and images are nearly identical - very difficult to tell what you are actually buying.

I still have not received my refund! This is the first time that I am returning something to Amazon and I am very disappointed by how long it's taking to get my refund.