You've been patient - very patient - and we appreciate it. At long last, we have for you some dates for our much anticipated Doors 45-RPM and SACD reissue series. The first two LP titles - The Doors and Strange Days are right around the corner.
The Doors - The Doors
LPs Coming July 2, 2012
SACD Coming September 10, 2012
The Doors - Strange Days
2 LPs Coming July 2, 2012
SACD Coming September 10, 2012
The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
2 LPs Coming August 2, 2012
SACD Coming October 10, 2012
The Doors - The Soft Parade
2 LPs Coming August 2, 2012
SACD Coming October 10, 2012
The Doors - L.A. Woman
2 LPs Coming September 3, 2012
SACD Coming November 12, 2012
The Doors - Morrison Hotel
2 LPs Coming September 3, 2012
SACD Coming November 12, 2012
The Doors - Infinite Box Set
12 LPs Coming October 2, 2012
6 SACDs Coming December 12, 2012
A note to our customers: Again, we appreciate your patience in waiting for these products to come to market. We know it's been a long wait, and believe us, nobody's more excited than we are. But please understand, whenever we set out to do a reissue project, our goal is to surpass any issue or reissue that's been done previous to ours. Doing that takes a lot of time, effort and money.
Beginning with securing the absolute analog masters and on to getting approval for the artwork, the printing of the labels and jackets, the manufacturing of the product, etc., etc. the process involves a lot more back-and-forth negotiating, prodding and waiting than many people may realize. Many of the steps in the process are out of our control. But know this: We would rather have our products come out a year late and be proud of those products than to meet a street date.
We don't cut corners. When a record label tries to tell us a tape copy or digital file we'll do, we tell them that no, it won't. You wouldn't believe what kind of an effort this can involve. We fight for quality, but it often means waiting a little longer.
When our proofs are held up in a label's legal approval department, we're calling and emailing continuously to keep the project moving. We call it stokin' the coals. Sometimes we get results; other times we've got to push a little harder.
In many cases, we're dealing with major corporations and major artists. Often, we need to get approval from the label, from the artist's management and from the artist themselves. Any one step can significantly hold up the process.
The point is this: We know it can be frustrating when we announce products far in advance of when they come out. We know it can be frustrating when we don't meet the street dates we initially published. Listen, we're trying, and we're trying hard. And so while we hope we'll hit all of these dates and while we'll do everything we possibly can to make that happen, street dates are subject to change. It's the nature of the game we play.
Thank you for your support. Thank you for your patience. And thank you for your business.