RARE 1969 "GOLD" ELEKTRA THE DOORS = The Soft PARADE = Psych RAVING MORRISONRA

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           RARE AND SOUGHT 1969 "GOLD" ELEKTRA                

                    THE DOORS

            THE SOFT PARADE

                                     GERMANY - (GOLD) - ELEKTRA RECORDS - EKS 75005

RARE and sought after...

...This is a unique combination as we have here the strikingly clean, thick USA gatefold cover with superior 1969 German ORIGINAL "GOLD" ELEKTRA pressing having fantastic wide range sound...Not many copies pressed with the Gold Elektra label as so many of you know -- a top sought collectible...

= Contains the original photo/lyrics Elektra inner sleeve...

After considerably broadening their sound on Waiting for the Sun, the Doors decided to continue pushing the envelope with their next release, The SOFT PARADE. Incorporating a nasty but mellodic edge, The Soft Parade is easily the most challenging album in the Doors' catalog--if not the most accomplished. Though the hit "Touch Me" and other tracks ("Shaman's Blues," and "Wild Child") hearken back to the band's edgier self, the title track is a multipart rock suite that evokes the awakening of the beast in Jimbo Morrison some of the psychedelic era's most ear-popping. "Wishful Sinful" serves up some uncharacteristic melancholy, while the tour-de-force epic The Soft Parade showcases tuneful varied blends that end in Morrison's gone mad ravings... howling at the moon

Side one

• "Tell All THe People" – 3:23
• "Touch Me" – 3:12
• "Shaman's Blues" – 4:49
• "Do It" – 3:08
• "Easy Ride" – 2:41

• Side two

• "Wild Child" – 2:38
• "Runnin' Blue" – 2:33
• "Wishful Sinful" – 3:02
• "The Soft Parade" – 8:37

CONDITION: The cover: The thick gatefold cover isin great shape, usually found with wear, here's a top copy, rated M- sharp & stiff all over = really hard to find without shelf wear, this copy has no split seams, no bends, no writing and TOP level...

The vinyl: still glossy on both sides, primarirly clean but has very fine light paper like scuffs from probably sliding in & out of cover(?)...anyway, grade visual VG+(+) plays with excellent audio and has CLEAN GOLD Elektra labels

keeper!