THE DOORS • THE DOORS • 1st ALBUM, RARE 1967 MONO ELEKTRA EKL 4007 IN SHRINK

$ 478

$ 478 Sold For

Feb 22, 2015 Sold Date

Feb 15, 2015 Start Date

$ 50 Start price

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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”

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. THIS OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD LP IS OFFERED IN ITS ORIGINAL AND RARE
1967 FIRST MONO ISSUE ON THE “ELEKTRA” GOLD LABEL WITH JACKET STILL HOUSED IN
IN SHRINKWRAP AND RECORD IN VERY NICE CONDITION PLUS “ELEKTRA” INNER SLEEVE.
MATRIX NUMBERS IN THE TRAIL-OFF DEAD WAX ARE :   ELK-4007-A , mono , ELK-4006-B ,
TRIANGLE (DELTA SYMBOL) 10046 , TRIANGLE (DELTA SYMBOL) 10046-X.

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