Rhino's double-disc 40th Anniversary Edition of the Doors' final album, L.A. Woman, may not have the two bonus cuts from the 2007 reissue of the record -- "Orange County Suite" and "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" -- but it does have a full disc of bonus material, including alternate takes of every one of the album's ten songs, plus the unreleased original "She Smells So Nice" and a cover of Muddy Waters' "Rock Me." (This bonus material was released separately as The Workshop Sessions.) Neither of the new discoveries feels finished -- there's little polish on the cover, while "She Smells So Nice" seems invented as the Doors play -- but the charm of this edition is that the unreleased material is considerably looser than the finished album. Given that there are no great differences in either arrangements or lyrics -- almost none on the former, nothing notable on the latter -- it is the general vibe of these rough run-throughs that counts, as each alternate take amplifies the comfortably assured virility that is L.A. Woman's calling card. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
Track Listing:
| A1 | The Changeling (Alternate Version) | 4:48 | |
| A2 | Love Her Madly (Alternate Version) | 3:56 | |
| A3 | Cars Hiss By My Window (Alternate Version) | 4:41 | |
| A4 | L.A. Woman (Alternate Version) | 8:51 | |
| B1 | The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) (Alternate Version) | 5:34 | |
| B2 | Been Down So Long (Alternate Version) | 5:07 | |
| B3 | Riders On The Storm (Alternate Version) | 9:05 | |
| C | She Smells So Nice / Rock Me | 9:19 |