THE DOORS LIVE AT BOWL '68 RARE LTD EDITION ORIG 2012 180gr AUDIOPHILE 2-LP SET

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·       THE DOORS - LIVE AT THE BOWL '68 (RECORDED IN HOLLYWOOD BOWL, HOLLYWOOD, CA)  -   MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG STEREO MASTERS AND PRESSED ON AUDIOPHILE-GRADE 180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL  - ORIGINAL, LONG OUT OF PRINT, 2012 RHINO/ELEKTRA/BRIGHT MIDNIGHT STEREO  2-LP SET R1-532513

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL GOLD/TAN ELEKTRA/RHINO LABEL (THE LABEL MIMICS ELEKTRA'S ORIGINAL MID-'60S LABEL)

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

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Two years after the Beatles rolled out the hits for the final time further up the West Coast at Candlestick Park -- and over a year into a Rolling Stones touring hiatus -- the Doors played a set at the Hollywood Bowl that is widely regarded to be their finest ever captured on film. Although they weren’t necessarily filling a gap on the live circuit left by their contemporaries -- with their third album, Waiting for the Sun, already in the can and under a week away from release -- it’s clear from this recording that they were keen to impress the 18,000 people who filled the Bowl on July 5, 1968. It’s a tight, musically impressive, well-paced set that falls at that sweet spot in the Doors’ career, between the laid-back hesitancy of early club performances -- such as those found on Live at the Matrix ’67 -- and the often overblown, strident, and bluesy improvisation of later gigs like the two-hour plus 1970 set released as Live in Detroit. Here, the band are well-rehearsed, locked-in, and ooze intensity with Bruce Botnick’s expert remastering giving John Densmore’s dexterous drumming a more prominent focus than it has previously been warranted. It’s not just improved sound that we benefit from here, either. As Jim Morrison’s vocals were not originally captured for large chunks of “When the Music’s Over,” “The Wasp,” and “Hello, I Love You,” Botnick has managed to reconstruct his vocals from recordings that were made in preparation for the Absolutely Live album. Furthermore, while 1987’s Live at the Hollywood Bowl lasted 22 minutes, here we get the entire set: over an hour of music. Live at the Matrix ’67 might have displayed the breadth of their repertoire in a club environment -- cherrypicking the best performances from four nights' worth of material -- but Live at the Bowl ’68 is by far the best Doors concert recording available to date. From Morrison’s primal scream and the explosive drum fill that kickstarts “When the Music’s Over,” they play to the back of the Bowl, and in turn get the back of the Bowl to lean in a little on the more introspective, tempered passages of “Light My Fire” and “The End” that appear toward the latter part of the set. Although the Doors built on the drama that was inherent in the music of the Beatles and the Stones, neither of those acts could match their unequivocal gift for portraying mystery and intrigue on record, or for that matter, in a live context. While Mick Jagger -- who looked on from the front row -- stayed in L.A. for the rest of month to oversee the final mix of the Stones’ satanic blues rock cornerstone Beggars Banquet, Paul McCartney was back in London that night adding the bassline to “Ob La Di Ob La Da.” The Doors returned to perform at the Hollywood Bowl in September 1972, very sadly without Morrison.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY JAMES WILKINSON, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORDS

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The records are  pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           The records come in hi-grade MFSL PVC inner sleeves, which have - apparently with success - shielded the records from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

·                               THE COVER

THE COVER IS NEAR MINT !

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1  (front side) and 2 (back side).

-         The cover has a few tiny scratch marks on the front side  (BARELY VISIBLE; must be viewed  under certain angle to notice)

-         Cover has a minor 'bump' (dent) on the spine (nothing significant)

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the top and bottom seams (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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