THE DOORS The Doors LP VEDETTE 1967 ITALY orig 1st press+stereo VRMS 355 RARE

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THE DOORS

 RAY MANZAREK, ROBBY KRIEGER, JIM MORRISON, JOHN DENSMORE

The Doors, one of the most influential and controversial rock bands of the 1960s, 

were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by UCLA film students Ray Manzarek, keyboards, 

and Jim Morrison, vocals; with drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger. 

The group never added a bass player, and their sound was dominated by Manzarek's electric organ work 

and Morrison's deep, sonorous voice, with which he sang and intoned his highly poetic lyrics

"THE DOORS"

Produced by Paul A. Rothchild      Production Supervisor Jack Holzman

Engineering Bruce Botnick, Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood

1967     LP     VEDETTE RECORDS      VRMS 355  STEREO

MADE IN ITALY    ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE COVER

WITH COMPANY INNER SLEEVE

This version: on the runout, the release date is: 30-8-67 (August 30, 1967)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL: VEDETTE -  BLACK LABEL & SILVER LOGO - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: (front, rear & spine) VRMS 355      

Catalog on labels: VRMS 355-A / VRMS 355-B

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): VRMS 355 A     (Etched): 30-8-67

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): VRMS 355 B     (Etched): 30-8-67

On labels: Made in Italy - Tutti i diritti riservati

?     STEREO    33 giri

An Elektra U.S.A. Recording

SEDRIM

Parole e musica dei Doors

Rights Society: SEDRIM

On Front & Back Cover (bottom right corner): il suono vive su Vedette records

On Company Inner: Sacchettificio Italiano Rho

On back cover: Words & music to all songs by The Doors (unless otherwise indicated

© Copyright Nipper Music ASCAP

Vedette Records C.so Europa, 5 - Milano

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: BREAK ON THROUGH (To The Other Side) - SOUL KITCHEN

THE CRYSTAL SHIP - TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

ALABAMA SONG (Whisky Bar) - LIGHT MY FIRE

Side B: BACK DOOR MAN - I LOOKED AT YOU - END OF THE NIGHT

TAKE IT AS IT COMES - THE END

  grading

RECORD NEAR EX  but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

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", 

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...(AllMusic)