Sold Date: January 24, 2014
Start Date: January 17, 2014
Final Price: $30.00 (USD)
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·       THE DOORS - THE DOORS (SELF-TITLED FIRST ALBUM) - ORIGINAL 1967 ELEKTRA RECORDS STEREO LP EKS-74007

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL TAN (BROWN) ELEKTRA LABEL

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

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE) 

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

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A tremendous debut album, and indeed one of the best first-time outings in rock history, introducing the band's fusion of rock, blues, classical, jazz, and poetry with a knock-out punch. The lean, spidery guitar and organ riffs interweave with a hypnotic menace, providing a seductive backdrop for Jim Morrison's captivating vocals and probing prose. "Light My Fire" was the cut that topped the charts and established the group as stars, but most of the rest of the album is just as impressive, including some of their best songs: the propulsive "Break on Through" (their first single), the beguiling Oriental mystery of "The Crystal Ship," the mysterious "End of the Night," "Take It as It Comes" (one of several tunes besides "Light My Fire" that also had hit potential), and the stomping rock of "Soul Kitchen" and "Twentieth Century Fox." The 11-minute Oedipal drama "The End" was the group at its most daring and, some would contend, overambitious. It was nonetheless a haunting cap to an album whose nonstop melodicism and dynamic tension would never be equaled by the group again, let alone bettered.

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

What else can be said of this vintage 60's masterpiece that hasn't been said over the past 44 years since it was recorded?. Not much, we believe. By now, this album should be known to every man, woman and child on earth. This VERY FIRST PRESSING of the album, with its sparkling analog sound will leave you begging for more. You will hear all of those "Summer of Love" songs like you've heard them for the first time, 46 years ago.

For its extraordinary contribution to the contemporary music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, songwriters and general public, or for some other inherent quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, show business professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, the legendary BBC Radio A&R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals (including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye, Bruce Morrow (a/k/a "Cousin Brucie"), Tim Rice , Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton, Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc.). For more details, see: "Critics Choice: Top-200 albums" , Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565 (or ►  for the complete album listing)

The nicest copy of this rare album I have ever handled!  Comes direct from an amazing collection out of Pebble Beach, California.  The only thing this collector did wrong was to write his name on the covers of albums that had the shrinkwrap removed.  Cover shows almost no ring wear and is near mint except for name.  Vinyl looks unplayed and is nice and glossy.  Dust is present and a few very light fingerprints as I have not cleaned the album.  Don't miss out on this one!  Bargain opening bid with no reserve!