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THE DOORS

45 RPM

ELEKTRA RECORDS
SPUN GOLD  SERIES
45051

OUT OF PRINT
GETTING HARD TO FIND

 

A-SIDE

LIGHT MY FIRE

PEAK  # 1  [1967]  BILLBOARD HOT 100  17  WEEKS ON CHART

B-SIDE

LOVE ME TWO TIMES

PEAK  # 25  [1967]  BILLBOARD HOT 100  7  WEEKS ON CHART

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CONDITION:  VINYL  MINT-  

CONDITION:  LABEL  MINT-

COMES  with  WHITE SLEEVE  and  PLASTIC COVER

FORMAT: 7" 45 SINGLE  JUKEBOX SERIES  
ARTIST:  THE DOORS                    
TITLE:  LIGHT MY FIRE / LOVE ME TWO TIMES
LABEL:  ELEKTRA  SPUN GOLD  SERIES                                                                    
NUMBER:  45051   
LABEL DESCRIPTION:   Oldies Series 
GRADE:  MINT-  (old store stock!)   LOOKS  "UNPLAYED"
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ADDITIONAL INFO:  

The Doors
Promotional photo of the Doors in late 1966
(l–r: Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek and Morrison) Background informationOrigin, , , , Years active1965–1973
(Reunions: 1978, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2011), Associated acts, , , , WebsitePast members

The Doors were an American band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with , , and . The band took its name from the title of 's book , which itself was a reference  to a quotation, from his famous work : "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite." They were among the most controversial, influential and unique rock acts of the 1960s and beyond, mostly because of Morrison's wild, poetic lyrics and charismatic but unpredictable stage . After Morrison's death in 1971, the remaining members continued as a trio until finally disbanding in 1973.

They were signed to in 1966. The 1967 release of was the first in a series of top ten albums in the US, followed by (1967), (1968), (1969), (1970), (1970) and (1971), with 20 Gold, 14 Platinum and 5 Multi-Platinum album awards in the United States alone. Although the Doors' active career ended in 1973, their popularity has persisted. According to the , they have sold 35.5 million certified units in the US and over 100 million albums worldwide. The band is one of the . The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold LPs.

Three of the band's studio albums, (1967), (1967), and (1971), were featured in the list of , at positions 42, 407 and 362 respectively.

The band, their work, and Morrison's celebrity continue to be considered inexorably embedded within the larger .

In 1993, the Doors were inducted into the .

History 1965–68 Origins and Information

The origins of The Doors began with a meeting between acquaintances and , both of the , on in , California in July 1965. Morrison told Manzarek he had been writing songs (Morrison said "I was taking notes at a fantastic rock'n'roll concert going on in my head") and, with Manzarek's encouragement, sang "".

Keyboardist Manzarek was in a band called with his brothers Rick and Jim Manzarek, while drummer John Densmore was playing with The Psychedelic Rangers and knew Manzarek from meditation classes. In August, Densmore joined the group, renamed The Doors, and the five, along with bass player Patty Sullivan (later credited using her married name Patricia Hansen in the 1997 box CD release) recorded a six-song demo in September 1965. This has circulated widely since then as a . The band took their name from a line in 's book ; "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite". The line comes originally from 's .

In mid-1965, after Ray Manzarek's two brothers left, the group recruited guitarist Robby Krieger and the final lineup — Morrison, Manzarek, Krieger and Densmore — was complete.

By 1966, the group was playing the Los Angeles club . The club was not as prestigious as the and did not attract many customers. The Doors used the nearly empty club as an opportunity to hone and, in some cases, lengthen their songs and work out the musical intricacies of "The End," "When the Music's Over" and "Light My Fire," becoming the epic pieces the world soon come to know. (In 2011 a 30-minute tape was discovered of The Doors performing at the London Fog.) The Doors soon graduated to the more prestigious Whisky a Go Go, where they were the house band, supporting acts including 's group . On their last night together the two bands joined up for "" and a twenty-minute jam session of Them's "". Prior to graduating to Whisky a Go Go, Morrison went to many record labels trying to land a deal. He did score one at Columbia Records but it did not pan out. On August 10, they were spotted by president , who was present at the recommendation of singer , whose group was with Elektra Records. After Holzman and producer saw two sets of the band playing at the Whisky a Go Go, they signed them to the Elektra Records label on August 18 — the start of a long and successful partnership with Rothchild and . The Doors were fired from the Whisky on August 21, 1966 when Morrison added an explicit retelling and profanity-laden version of the Greek myth of Oedipus during "".

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