The Doors - Touch Me

Sunday and it's time for a classic.

As I highlighted yesterday, today's tune is picked from one of the purchased Record Store Day album from the RSD Drop 2 that was on Friday.

Here is what I got. As with a limited budget, I couln't by all the one I wanted, but still a decent pile.

The one we pick today's tune from is the fourth studio album "The Soft Parade" by the American rock band THE DOORS, released on July 18, 1969, by Elektra Records. Most of the album was recorded following a grueling tour during which the band was left with little time to compose new material. Producer Paul A. Rothchild recommended a total departure from THE DOORS' first three albums: develop a fuller sound by incorporating brass and string arrangements provided by Paul Harris. Lead singer Jim Morrison, who was dealing with personal issues and focusing more on his poetry, was less involved in the songwriting process, leaving guitarist Robby Krieger to increase his own creative output.

Today's tune "Touch Me" is a song taken from the album "The Soft Parade". Written by Robby Krieger, it is notable for its extensive usage of brass and string instruments, including a solo by featured saxophonist Curtis Amy. Ray Manzarek played harpsichord and organ on the song; he also interpolated the guitar riff from the 1967 Four Seasons song "C'mon Marianne" in his part.

It was released as a single in December 1968 and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 (their last Top Ten hit in US) and No. 1 in the Cashbox Top 100 in early 1969 (the band's third American number-one single). The single also did well elsewhere, peaking at No. 1 in the RPM Canadian Singles Chart and at No. 10 in the Kent Music Report in Australia. However, despite the band's commercial success the previous year, "Touch Me" did not chart in the UK Singles Chart.

A remixed version with added bass and compression appeared on a 1974 compilation called Heavy Metal released via Warner Bros. Special Products. The song was released as one of the first downloadable content songs for Rock Band 3, along with several other songs by the band.

For Record Store Day, Drop 2 was a limited and numbered edition of "The Soft Parade/Stripped", pressed on vinyl for the first time and includes DOORS only mix, on all tunes, that means no orchestral on the songs. Adding both tunes below so you can see the diffrent, enjoy!

First clip is the "DOORS only Mix", audio only.



Second clip is orginal, great video from a a TV show.



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