Courtesy of RhinoThis Friday, August 3, marks the 50th anniversary of The Doors‘ classic hit “Hello, I Love You” reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in conjunction with the milestone, a new maxi-single featuring two versions of song was released today as a digital download and via streaming services.
The release includes three tracks: a newly remastered version of the original tune, and previously unreleased “rough mixes” of “Hello, I Love You” and “Love Street.”
In addition, a seven-inch vinyl single featuring rare mono mixes of “Hello, I Love You” and “Love Street” — which was the original 1968 single’s B-side — will be available for purchase on the actual anniversary date. The mono mixes originally were provided to radio stations for airplay back in ’68.
The remastered version of “Hello, I Love You” and the rough mixes of that song and “Love Street” also will appear on the previously announced 40th anniversary deluxe reissue of The Doors’ Waiting for the Sun album, which is due out on September 14.
The collection will feature a CD and an LP boasting a newly remastered stereo mix of Waiting for the Sun, plus a bonus CD containing rough mixes of nine of the album’s 11 tracks, and five live performances from a September 1968 concert in Copenhagen, Denmark.
You can check out the full rough mix of “Hello, I Love You” at RollingStone.com.
Waiting for the Sun, The Doors’ third studio effort, was released in July 1968, and became the band’s first album to reach #1 on the Billboard 200. “Hello, I Love You” spent two weeks atop the Hot 100.
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