M 1967 ORIG ~ Gold THE DOORS ~ Dark Psych JIM MORRISON ~ THE END "Light My Fire

Sold Date: April 22, 2018
Start Date: April 19, 2018
Final Price: $167.50 (USD)
Bid Count: 12
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                      STEREO FIRST PRESSING       

                 1967 GOLD LABEL ORIGINAL!

       DARK MAGIC CALIFORNIA PSYCH LEGEND

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                         THE DOORS

                       

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              A stoned, immaculate classic !

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 =  MINTY ... FINAL COLLECTION COPY ::::

RARE First Press 1967 original in stunning stereo that delivers speaker separation production and different song mixes from the mono issue ...

Includes also the original Elektra gold inner sleeve as pictured in photos

The opening act by the dark magic of the DOORS on the highly collected gold label of Elektra Records...a highly collectible item, from 44 years ago, standing up in timeless fashion....

The first Doors album was an important development in the evolution of rock, representing the dark underbelly of the '60s counterculture, the Jekyll to the Beatles/Beach Boys' Hyde. Morrison's drinking, exhibitionistic performances, and drug-taking affected his input at recordings. "Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality," The Doors were the antithesis of windblown Californian pop. Dark, brooding and alienated, every element of the quartet's metier was unveiled on their debut album. In Jim Morrison they posessed one of rock's authoritative voices, while the group's dense instrumental prowess reflected his lyrical mystery. Highly literate, they wedded Oedipian tragedy with counter-culture nihlism and, in "Light My Fire", expressed exotic images previously unheard in pop. 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 another group again, let alone bettered. Howlin' Wolf, Brecht and Weill are acknowledged as musical reference points, a conflict between the physical and cerebral that give THE DOORS its undiluted tension. Or you can just enjoy it as a brilliant album that sucks you in as it breathes out the '60's.




Break On Through (To The Other Side)




Soul Kitchen




The Crystal Ship,




Twentieth Century Fox




Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)




Light My Fire

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Back Door Man




I Looked At You




End Of The Night




Take It As It Comes




The End

           "Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality,"


CONDITION
: The COVER: Solid all over; rated: near M- very sharp ... It's so hard to find a first pressing THIS clean when known to be very wear-prone. Here a FINAL collection worthy cover having no split seams, no writing, no delete marks, no fading...stiff - strong - sharp corners, immaculate!! 

THE VINYL: loads of shine, rated: M- supremely clean looking with bright glossy luster on both sides, so expect to play highly enjoyable. The gold Elektra labels are both clean...

The album is getting real hard to find for the 50 year old first issue -- most (nice) surviving copies are in private collections...

      
          

                               STEREO SONG MIXES

                            1967

              THE DOORS

            No limits No laws

     A cool addition to anyone's music library!

      








 

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