Orig 1967 Gold THE DOORS Dark Psych JIM MORRISON THE END "Light My Fire"
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$ 64
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Mar 1, 2020
Sold Date
Feb 27, 2020
Start Date
$ 10
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USA
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Description
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STEREO FIRST PRESSING
1967 GOLD LABEL ORIGINAL!
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DARK MAGIC CALIFORNIA PSYCH LEGEND ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
THE DOORS
..|/\|...............................................|/\|.. USA - (tan label) Elektra Records - EKS 4007 - STEREO
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NOTE: Preferred West Coast (brownish/gold) Elektra =MONO= pressing which, by far, reproduces better sound quality, less background surface, than the reflective-gold east coast pressed Elektra issue - which seems to contain surface noise of some variant in even the cleanest of copies.
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A stoned, immaculate classic !
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SCARCE FIRST PRESS COLLECTION COPY ::::
RARE First Press 1967 original in stunning stereo that delivers speaker separation production and different song mixes from the mono issue ...
Includes also the original Elektra gold inner sleeve as pictured in photos
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The opening act by the dark magic of the DOORS on the highly collected gold label of Elektra Records...a highly collectible item, from 44 years ago, standing up in timeless fashion....
The first Doors album was an important development in the evolution of rock, representing the dark underbelly of the '60s counterculture, the Jekyll to the Beatles/Beach Boys' Hyde. Morrison's drinking, exhibitionistic performances, and drug-taking affected his input at recordings. "Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality," The Doors were the antithesis of windblown Californian pop. Dark, brooding and alienated, every element of the quartet's metier was unveiled on their debut album. In Jim Morrison they posessed one of rock's authoritative voices, while the group's dense instrumental prowess reflected his lyrical mystery. Highly literate, they wedded Oedipian tragedy with counter-culture nihlism and, in "Light My Fire", expressed exotic images previously unheard in pop. The 11-minute Oedipal drama "The End" was the group at its most daring and, some would contend, overambitious. It was nonetheless a haunting cap to an album whose nonstop melodicism and dynamic tension would never be equaled by another group again, let alone bettered. Howlin' Wolf, Brecht and Weill are acknowledged as musical reference points, a conflict between the physical and cerebral that give THE DOORS its undiluted tension. Or you can just enjoy it as a brilliant album that sucks you in as it breathes out the '60's.
Break On Through (To The Other Side)
Soul Kitchen
The Crystal Ship,
Twentieth Century Fox
Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
Light My Fire
II
Back Door Man
I Looked At You
End Of The Night
Take It As It Comes
The End
"Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality,"
CONDITION: The cover: rated: Solid all over; rated: VG+(+) light wear to part of front & back cover, see photos,nothing alarming, but there and it's so hard to find a first pressing without wear as well known to be highly wear-prone cover. Should you be lucky enough to find a copy with no wear - consider that really special. Overall still a collection addition, having no split seams, no bends, no writing, no delete marks.
The vinyl: Rated: "EX" (excellent) appears very clean, item just in and no time to test,by clean appearance; there's loads of clear bright shine and anyone looking would assume very nice play grade, with at worse minimal (if that) audio surface. This is a true STEREO west coast first pressing that is noted superior over the brighter gold label issue. Pressing plants (such as for this LP) can vary in quality.
SEE PHOTOS!
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