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·      THE DOORS - SOFT PARADE - ORIGINAL 1969 ELEKTRA RECORDS STEREO LP EKS-75005

 

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

 

 

·      ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL PRESSING ON THE GOLD ELEKTRA LABEL (THIS IS THE LAST DOORS ALBUM EVER TO BE RELEASED ON THIS CLASSIC, MID-60’S ELEKTRA LABEL)

 

 

·      ORIGINAL ELEKTRA GOLD (TAN) LABEL, MID-'60s STYLE WITH THE LARGE "E" LOGO ON TOP (IN USE BETWEEN 1966 AND 1969)

 

·      ALLENTOWN RECORD CORP. (ARC/AL), ALLENTOWN, PA  PRESSING (ARC WAS THE ONLY PRESSING PLANT IN THE UNITED STAES TO PRODUCE THIS TITLE ON GOLD LABEL; BY THE TIME THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED ALL MAJOR ELEKTRA'S PRESSING VENDORS (MONARCH, COLUMBA, ETC) HAD ALREADY MIGRATED TO THE  SHORT-LIVED RED ELEKTRA LABEL, WHICH WAS IN USE FOR BARELY A YEAR, BETWEEN 1969 AND 1970.

 

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

 

·      ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE) 

 

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 

·      CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

 

·      THE RECORD HAS A (BARELY VISIBLE) DATE STAMP OF 9-4-69 HAND-ETCHED IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX)

 

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

 

 

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The band is on their experimental trip with this release. The heavy use of brass instruments as you can hear on 'Do It' or 'The Soft Parade' is a step in a new direction by The Doors. Although it's a musical way that needs to get used to, especially for The Doors heritage, in my opinion, it's not bad at all. There still is the blues in some of their songs presented here, like on the great 'Shaman's Blues' or 'Wild Child' with a nice slide guitar by Robby Krieger. 'Touch Me' is bedded into an string arrangement that fits perfect to this emotional interpretation. 'Runnin' Blue' provides a Honky Tonk sound by using a fiddle in the main chorus. After all this is a complex LP by the Doors.

 

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·      CONDITION:

 

·      THE RECORD

 

 (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 STRONG VERY GOOD+(+) . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters)

 

(a)         The record comes in its original, custom, inner sleeve, which is UNIQUE to this album

 

(b)         The record is 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)         Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

 

 

·      THE COVER

 

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD+(+)

 

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

 

-       Cover has some ring wear.  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 5.

 

-       Visible shelf wear noted on the bottom seams and the opening side

 

-       Minor shelf wear noted on the spine (nothing significant)

 

-       Cover has some fraying/wear along the upper seam

 

-       Cover has one corner slightly worn / dinged

 

 

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

 

 

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POSTAGE & SHIPPING:

 

We offer three postage rates for domestic orders: USPS Media Mail, USPS Priority Mail and USPS Express Mail and three rates for international shipments:  USPS First Class, USPS Priority International Mail, and USPS Express International Mail (in a small number of cases, we will, at our discretion and for purely technical reasons, substitute First Class Mail with eBay's Global Shipping, which is fundamentally the same service at about the same cost). INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS PLEASE NOTE: WE RECOMMEND (BUT DO NOT INSIST) that you select USPS International Priority Mail when making a payment.

 

INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE rates vary from one region of  the world to another. For SPECIFIC international and domestic postage rates, please click on " Shipping, returns, and payments" tab in the header of our listing.

 

 

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CRITICALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

 

(A) All orders valued at $50.00 or more will be shipped fully insured against loss, damage or theft by ShipCover, eBay's contracted insurer, at our expense (B) Yes, we do combine items into a single shipment; in order to enable this feature, the winning bidders should WAIT until their last item of interest ends and ONLY THEN make a payment. Doing otherwise will result in multiple shipments to the same customer and forfeiture of multiple shipping charges already paid. (C) Because we do not play-grade our items, we do not know how the purchased item will play on the buyer's equipment. We can only make reasonable inference on the record's playing condition based on its visual appearance. (D) This seller will NOT cancel erroneous, frivolous and prank bids. The bidders can do so on their own, by visiting eBay's Site Map, then clicking on Bid Retractions link. (E) This seller does not specifically grade or describe certain items, such as: shrink (cellophane) wrap and accompanying extras (inserts, booklets, etc.); however, the presence of these items WILL be noted and accompanied by the gallery photo(s). (F) Please do not submit any bids on our items if you have insufficient user history. (G) Other than in very rare justified cases, failure to pay for the item you won amounts to a fraud and will result in a permanent ban on bidding on our future listings. (H) We will NEVER deliberately, knowingly or willingly provide a false, deceitful or misleading information.

 

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OUR REFUND POLICY :

 

WE OFFER UNCONDITIONAL MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE (POSTAGE INCLUDED) WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE RECEIPT OF THE MERCHANDISE, NO QUESTIONS ASKED; STILL SEALED ITEMS MUST BE RETURNED SEALED IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REFUND.   NO EXCEPTIONS!

 

 

FINE (BUT IMPORTANT!) PRINT

 

 (1) The year indicated in the title bar is the year of the original release,  NOT necessarily the year of the actual pressing; for the actual generation of the pressing, please see our item description (top section, the text in red letters). (2) Please do NOT bid based on the title bar, subtitle bar or item specifics box alone; instead, please read the entire description before bidding; (3) Absolutely NO order cancellations after the auction closes. ever, under any circumstances. We can ONLY cancel bids before the item closes. (4) We are unable to provide matrix-, stamper- or other pressing  information in the final 24 hours of the auction. (5) All disagreements and miscommunications can be - and will only be - solved in a civil and mutually respectful manner; please avoid puerile, offensive, abrasive or menacing language (6) This seller will accommodate all reasonable requests and - unless seriously molested - is generally a flexible, pragmatic and agreeable person.

 

Our love & appreciation for your trust, loyalty and business, always and forever;  Thank You & Good Night!

 

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On Oct 10, 2024 at 21:24:32 PDT, seller added the following information: