DOORS, L.A. Woman USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP [Riders On The Storm]

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Doors – L.A. Woman Label: Elektra – EKS-75011 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing Country: US Released: 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Classic Rock Tracklist A1 The Changeling 4:20 A2 Love Her Madly 3:18 A3 Been Down So Long 4:40 A4 Cars Hiss By My Window 4:10 A5 L.A. Woman 7:49 B1 L'America 4:35 B2 Hyacinth House 3:10 B3 Crawling King Snake 4:57 B4 The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) 4:12 B5 Riders On The Storm 7:14 Companies, etc. Copyright © – Elektra Records Published By – Doors Music Company Published By – Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc. Recorded At – The Doors Workshop Printed By – Shorewood Packaging Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders Credits Bass – Jerry Scheff Design Concept [Album] – Carl Cossick Drums – John Densmore Guitar – Robby Krieger Piano, Organ – Ray Manzarek Producer – Bruce Botnick, The Doors Rhythm Guitar – Marc Benno (tracks: A3 to A5, B3) Vocals – Jim Morrison Written-By – The Doors Notes 2-color burgundy & black varnish-print sleeve, with radius corners and embossed "Doors" text . The front has a cut-out window with clear acetate, on which the band photo is printed black half-tone. The disc is contained in a yellow radius corner liner, which provides a yellow background to the cover image when inserted into the sleeve. The back of the liner has a black-print 'crucifix' image. 1. This issue has the 'Columbus Circle' address on Sleeve back and Labels. 2. This issue does not have the Warner Bros 'W' imprint on the 'butterfly' labels.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN EMBOSSED DIE-CUT WINDOW SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL YELLOW INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: T EKS-75011 A CTH [Artisan] / SIDE B: T 1 EKS-75011 B CTH [Artisan].

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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