The Doors Strange Days Orig'67 Elektra EKL-4014 Mono 1st Monarch Press Shrink

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ORIGINAL 1st US ELEKTRA RECORDS MONAURAL EKL-4014 RELEASE

 THE DOORS ~ STRANGE DAYS (1967)

 MONARCH RECORD MFG. CO. LOS ANGELES PLANT PRESSING

 1st MISPRINT MONO COVER WITH THE STEREO CATALOG NUMBER ON THE SPINE

 Original very early 1st US Mono pressing of The Doors’ 2nd studio album “Strange Days” released by Elektra Records on September 25, 1967.

 From the Internet:

 "It’s practically impossible to find a copy of this album that would be pressed at the Monarch, Los Angeles pressing plant. The majority of the copies were pressed at the Columbia Records, Pitman, Allentown and Terre Haute plants. As a rule, after the playback, the Monarch copies tend to remain in a private collection due to its well-balanced mix. Unlike the 1966 session when The Doors debut album was being recorded, during the recording of “Strange Days” engineer Bruce Botnick used a then cutting-edge 8-track recording machine."

There’s also a few more details that highlight this copy among the others. It’s got the original factory shrink wrap with the 1st print gold Elektra Records labels, the Monarch 2.75” pressing ring and characteristic Monarch font with the “EKL-4014” catalog number and side number located together on the right from the spindle hole. Unlike the other Mono pressings, this Monarch pressing not only has the gold background but also contains the “®” trademark not on the left but on the right of the large “E” logo. This rare Monarch copy contains the original Elektra Records logo gold/white inner sleeve that came with the earliest Monarch pressing copies instead of the custom inner sleeve with a photo of the band. Very early 1st Monarch pressing vinyl with the following matrix numbers:

Side 1 – EKL 4014A (Mon) “MR in a Circle” Δ11089 (Ray Hagerty's signature); Side 2 – EKL 4014B (Mon) “MR in a Circle” Δ11089-X (Ray Hagerty's signature). The vinyl of this copy contains all of the identifiers of the Monarch plant including the “(Mon)” abbreviation, “MR in a Circle” stamp and Delta (△) numbers in the runout grooves on both sides.

The cover remaining in the original factory shrink wrap is graded as EX Minus with just some light edge/corner wear along the opening as seen in the pics; I grade the vinyl also as EX minus; It retains its beautiful factory gloss only having some very light non-feelable surface scuffs as well as a couple superficial “sleeve scuffs” as seen in the last pic, which don't affect the sound or playback in any way. The labels are very clean, basically scuff- and wear-free, and are in Excellent condition only having just a couple almost undetectable “squiggles” around the spindle holes that can only be seen under a strong light source. The vinyl sounds great, (especially “People Are Strange”  and you can tell this is a great mix, with punchy and vivid highs & lows.., It is also very quiet-

I’ve included a video with the beginning of “People Are Strange” playing so that you can hopefully hear how great the sound quality is and awesome mix! (probably the best available at the time)

 I’ve given this a basic cleaning but of course this could use professional cleaning using something like a VPI cleaning machine. The original Elektra inner sleeve is in EX minus condition with factory creases still..

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 *LP will be double-packed (inside a standard record mailer with two cardboard spacers, all within a larger extra-padded box) and sent free USPS Priority Mail in the Continental U.S. -

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 Thanks for looking!

Leoslespaul