Doors of Perception

In the largest class action suit of it’s kind, roughly 4 million disgruntled purchasers of 2005’s “The Best of the Doors” sued publisher Rhino UK upon the release this week of “The Very Best of the Doors”, claiming they’d been duped. George Beavers long time Doors fan and self-proclaimed mega collector, put it this way:

“It’s a sham and I’m sick of it. This is school yard trickery. This is ‘infinity plus one’ and we’re not going to take it anymore.”

Charles Swartzman, lawyer for the plaintiff, pointed to Amazon.com’s editorial notes on the release:

“It's for the listener who wants a bigger picture of the Doors without investing in the actual albums or a box set and, in that sense, this "Very Best of the Doors", does its job well. If you're looking for an introduction or just the hits, take either of the 2001 or 2007 single discs; if you're looking for most of the best, pick the double-disc set, either with or without the DVD.”

“Most of the best!? This is an audio shell-game and my clients are through being ripped off.”

Hearing word of the suit, Capitol Records rushed to change the name of its forthcoming “Best of the Eagles” to “The Best of the Eagles, We Really Mean It, We Swear to Christ.”