The band’s first six albums are available in Dolby Atmos
The Doors’ 60th anniversary celebration continues on October 24th with The Doors – Immersed 1967–1971, featuring Dolby Atmos mixes of the band’s six studio albums on Blu-ray for the first time. Available exclusively through the band’s website and Rhino Records, the set includes Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround, and high-resolution stereo (192/24), alongside remixes in 5.1 surround sound and immersive 12-channel Dolby Atmos versions of The Doors, Strange Days, Waiting for the Sun, The Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel, and L.A.Woman. Each disc is housed in a mini-jacket with the original album artwork.
Bruce Botnick, the band’s longtime engineer and mixer, created the immersive mixes, and in a short note in the set shared, “With Atmos, having loudspeakers on the ceiling allows ‘Riders on the Storm’ to come alive with rain and thunder, and on ‘Horse Latitudes,’ it highlights the theatrical claustrophobia of Jim’s poetry.”
Spanning 1967 to 1971, the set’s six albums trace The Doors’ evolution from the chart-topping single “Light My Fire” to the gritty blues of L.A.Woman. In just five years, the band pushed the boundaries of rock with its poetic lyricism and adventurous arrangements. More than half a century later, those albums comprise one of the most commercially successful and artistically daring catalogs of the era.
On October 17th, a week before the Blu-ray set, Rhino’s annual Rocktober celebration will spotlight The Doors as Greatest Hits joins the label’s premium Rhino Reserves vinyl series. Newly certified quadruple platinum in the U.S., this 10-track compilation has been a gateway for new fans since 1980 with classics like “Light My Fire,” “People Are Strange,” “Roadhouse Blues,” and more.
This Rhino Reserves edition is cut from the original analog masters by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Fidelity Record Pressing. The sound quality is matched by impeccable packaging, creating a definitive vinyl edition of this essential album. It’ll be available through the band’s website and at independent record store locations.
