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The Doors – Morrison Hotel

🎵 Original 1970 French pressing – Elektra / Disques Vogue – Boxed BIEM 🎵

An original French issue of one of The Doors' essential albums, presented in its distinctive French flipback sleeve with price code T and original SLVLXEK 497 catalogue number.

🎼 Details

Artist: The Doors

Title: Morrison Hotel

Label: Elektra / Disques Vogue

Catalogue number: SLVLXEK 497

Format: Vinyl, LP, album, stereo

Country: France

Released: 1970

Genre: Rock

Style: Blues rock, psychedelic rock

Morrison Hotel marked a forceful return to a blues-oriented rock sound for The Doors. From the opening “Roadhouse Blues” through “Waiting for the Sun”, “Peace Frog”, “The Spy” and “Maggie M'Gill”, the album combines the band's darker atmosphere with direct, powerful blues-rock performances.

This French 1970 issue is particularly identifiable by its gold Elektra labels with boxed BIEM, SLVLXEK 497 catalogue number, original -30 A / -30 B matrices and French flipback sleeve carrying the price code T.

🎵 Tracklist

Side One – Hard Rock Cafe

• Roadhouse blues
• Waiting for the sun
• You make me real
• Peace frog
• Blue Sunday
• Ship of fools

Side Two – Morrison Hotel

• Land ho!
• The spy
• Queen of the highway
• Indian summer
• Maggie M'Gill

A powerful sequence balancing hard-driving blues rock with the hypnotic and atmospheric character associated with The Doors, and one of the band's most immediately physical-sounding studio albums.

🎤 Personnel

• Jim Morrison – vocals
• Robby Krieger – guitar
• Ray Manzarek – piano & organ
• John Densmore – drums
• Ray Neapolitan – bass
• Lonnie Mack – bass on “Roadhouse Blues” and “Maggie M'Gill”
• G. Puglese – harmonica on “Roadhouse Blues”
• Paul A. Rothchild – producer
• Bruce Botnick – engineering

💡 Technical details

Format: Vinyl LP

Speed: 33 1/3 rpm

Record size: 12"

Audio: Stereo

Catalogue number: SLVLXEK 497

Side A dead wax: SLVLXEK 497-30 A

Side B dead wax: SLVLXEK 497-30 B

Label: Gold Elektra – boxed BIEM

Sleeve: French flipback sleeve

Price code: T

Manufactured: Mfd. in France by Vogue P.I.P. S.A.

✨ Condition

Record condition: VG++ — slight surface marks and visible surface hairlines. Plays very well, with soft surface noise. Beautiful sound.

Cover condition: VG+++ — slight wear marks; the right edge shows wear. The original French flipback construction remains clearly visible.

A very enjoyable playing copy with a strong, attractive sound. The visual hairlines and light surface marks are reflected in the VG++ record grade; playback remains very good, with only soft surface noise as noted.

🔒 Buy with confidence

• Carefully inspected and play-checked
• Exact dead-wax matrices stated for precise identification of this copy
• Original 1970 French Elektra / Disques Vogue pressing with boxed BIEM labels, flipback sleeve and price code T
• Handled and securely packed with particular care for collectible vinyl

📦 Shipping

• Secure and robust packaging for safe delivery.
• Combined shipping available for multiple purchases.
• Airmail priority, insured, and tracking number provided.

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