Item specifics

Condition:

Near Mint LP, EX Cover

Artist:

The Doors

Record Label:

Elektra

Format:

Vinyl

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Release Date:

Detailed item info

Album Features

UPC:

Artist:

The Doors

Format:

Vinyl

Release Year:

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Genre:

Rock, Blues Rock

Track Listing
Side One: Hard Rock Cafe A1 Roadhouse Blues 4:04 A2 Waiting For The Sun 3:58 A3 You Make Me Real 2:50 A4 Peace Frog 2:52 A5 Blue Sunday 2:08 A6 Ship Of Fools 3:06 Side Two: Morrison Hotel B1 Land Ho! 4:08 B2 The Spy 4:15 B3 Queen Of The Highway 2:47 B4 Indian Summer 2:33 B5 Maggie M'Gill 4:24

Details

Producer:

Paul A. Rothchild

Distributor:

Elektra

Recording Type:

Studio

Recording Mode:

Stereo

SPAR Code:

n/a

Album Notes

Morrison Hotel (sometimes referred to as Hard Rock Café from the title of the first side of the LP, whose second side is titled Morrison Hotel) is ' fifth album. It was released in 1970. After their experimental work was not as well-received as anticipated, the group went back to basics and back to their roots. On this album, there is a slight steer toward blues, which would be fully explored by the band on their next album, . The strategy worked; even though no major hit singles were drawn from the album, Morrison Hotel reestablished The Doors as favorites of the critics, peaking at #4 on the US album chart, and when they followed with L.A. Woman the next year, they were rewarded with two more US Top 20 hits. The album also became the band's highest charting studio album in the UK, where it peaked at #12.

Additional musicians include (credited as "G. Puglese," for contractual reasons) on harmonica and on bass and guitar.

The cover photo was taken at the actual Morrison Hotel located at 1246 South Hope Street in . The band asked the owners if they could photograph the hotel and they declined, so the band went inside when nobody was looking and took the photograph. The rear cover features a photograph of the Hard Rock Café on 300 East 5th Street, Los Angeles. The founders of the later and otherwise unrelated chain used the name, having seen it on the Doors' album. The original cafe is no longer open for business.

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 Grading Scale

We use Goldmine® visual grading and do our best to accurately grade, although one persons EX could be another persons VG+. Please contact us if you have any issues at all. 

M (mint) Record is new, shiny, never played.

 NM (near mint) Record is like new, probably played a few times, but it doesn't effects on the quality of a sound.

 EX (excellent) Record in great shape, may have light marks, played more than a few times but low in surface noise or no surface noise.

 VG+ (very good plus) Record has been played more times, it has more marks and surface noise, it doesn't skip.

VG (very good) Record has been played many times, may be more surface noise, but it shouldn't skip while playing.

G (good) Record is in bad condition, this is worth only for archive items - just to have until you find better

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