Rare 1967 The Doors Strange Days Mono Gold Label Deep Groove #EKL-4014 1st Press
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Up for auction is a beautiful copy of the second LP by The Doors entitled "Strange Days" in very sought after mono. This was released in 1967 by Elektra Records #EKL-4014 and very hard to find the original mono edition. This LP says mono in the front and back as well as on the gold labels, but has the stereo call letters on the spine and the original inner sleeve. Visually graded using Goldmine standards, the vinyl is a VG++/EX with beautiful shine and very light surface wear which looks to be some minor scuffing from the inner sleeve. The initials CP are scribed in the dead wax along with the EKL4014 A/B. The jacket rates a VG+ with minor ring and edge wear, no splits and one small area on right side of cover where there is some graphic missing (see pics). Overall a truly nice copy of this hard to find original. Don't miss out!!!
Strange Days is the second album by American rock band The Doors, released in September 1967. It was a commercial success, earning a gold record and reaching #3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Despite this, the album's producer, Paul Rothchild, considered it a commercial failure, even if it was an artistic triumph: "We all thought it was the best album. Significantly, it was also the one with the weakest sales. We were confident it was going to be bigger than anything The Beatles had done. But, there was no single. The record died on us." Nonetheless, the album managed two top 30 hits, a top three placing on the US charts, and a platinum certification. Furthermore, the album certainly did nothing to derail the overall success of the Doors, as demonstrated the next year by their chart-topping follow-up Waiting for the Sun.
Strange Days consists of songs that were written in 1965-66, but did not make it onto their debut album, such as "Moonlight Drive", which was one of the first songs written by Jim Morrison. The song was recorded in 1965 (demo) and 1966 (intended for their first album). In 1967, a final version was recorded and released on this album. Strange Days contains some of the Doors' most psychedelic songs. It includes songs such as "Strange Days", "People Are Strange", "Love Me Two Times" and "When the Music's Over".
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