THE DOORS MORRISON HOTEL INSANELY RARE SEALED ORIG '70 ELEKTRA LP FIRST PRESS

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·       THE DOORS - MORRISON HOTEL – ORIGINAL ELEKTRA RECORDS 1970 STEREO LP EKS-75007

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM COMES FROM THE INCREDIBLE, SINGLE-OWNER COLLECTION WE ACQUIRED A WHILE AGO, IN WHICH ITEMS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT BY THE OWNER FROM THE MID-'60s to THE MID-'70s WERE KEPT STILL SEALED IN A NEAR-LABORATORY, TIME-CAPSULE CONDITIONS AND IN PRACTICALLY CLIMATE- AND HUMIDITY- CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.  CONDITIONS OF SOME OF THESE ITEMS RANGE FROM IMPECCABLE TO TRULY UNBELIEVABLE. SOME OF THESE BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM PIECES LOOKED SO PERFECT THAT WE HAD TO REINSPECT AND RE-EXAMINE THEM A FEW TIMES TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT RECENT REISSUES (REST ASSURED THEY ARE NOT -- THESE ARE ALL 40-50 YEAR OLD STILL SEALED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSINGS AS YOU MAY NEVER FIND AGAIN!!)

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL RED ELEKTRA LABEL WITH THE LARGE “E” LOGO ON TOP  , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION 

·       WE ESTIMATE THAT THE ODDS OF WINNING BIDDER FINDING THE RARE WEST PRESSING (MONARCH, LOS ANGELES PRESSING PLANT) INSIDE ARE AROUND 40%

·       NOTE: over the years, we have heard reports that this album originally came out on GOLD (tan)  Elektra label with the large "E" logo . Unfortunately, there is no such animal:  U.S. GOLD LABEL pressing of The Morrison Hotel DOES NOT EXIST, IT NEVER EXISTED AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO NOT EXIST. ALL GOLD LABEL PRESSINGS OF THIS TITLE ARE CANADIAN PRESSINGS.

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       TWO “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       THICK CARDBOARD GATEFOLD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE.

·       ORIGINAL TEXTURED (CRUDE FINISH) COVER [THIS IS NOT A MID-TO-LATE '70s PRESSING WITH SMOOTH COVER]

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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The Doors returned to crunching, straightforward hard rock on Morrison Hotel, an album that, despite yielding no major hit singles, returned them to critical favor with hip listeners. An increasingly bluesy flavor began to color the songwriting and arrangements, especially on the party'n'booze anthem "Roadhouse Blues." Airy mysticism was still present on "Waiting for the Sun," "Queen of the Highway," and "Indian Summer"; "Ship of Fools" and "Land Ho!" struck effective balances between the hard rock arrangements and the narrative reach of the lyrics. "Peace Frog" was the most political and controversial track, documenting the domestic unrest of late-'60s America before unexpectedly segueing into the restful ballad "Blue Sunday." "The Spy," by contrast, was a slow blues that pointed to the direction that would fully blossom on L.A. Woman.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY RICHIE UNTERBERGER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

Jim Morrison sings da blooz!!! A truly psychedelic experience, if ever we had one. This album proves that all Jim ever secretly wanted to be was a soul crooner and/or blues shouter!!! I mean, the album is replete with Etta James and John Lee Hooker impersonations and paraphrases. By 1970 when this masterwork was recorded, long gone were pills, grass , mirth and psychedelic elements.  Nevertheless, in our view this is BY FAR - by leaps and bounds - the best album Doors ever recorded, period!!!

What else can be said of this Doors masterpiece that hasn't been said over the past 44 years since it was recorded?. Not much, we believe. As we said, to our ears at least , this is the best DOORS studio album the band ever made - and we are sure many of you out there will wholeheartedly agree with our assessment. Classic rock does not get any more classic than this.    Finding a still sealed original copy?!?! Forget it – not even a HOPE!!! This may be the last one you will ever see.

Heed these wise words of Jim Morrison, folks: you  wanna have your kicks before the whole sh!thouse goes up in flames! Bid on your kicks right here and now, or suffer the pangs of sh!thouse  later!!!

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)            The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           The record comes in the original black Elektra stock inner sleeve, ALWAYS found with the original pressings of this title, , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION  (we can see it through the opening)

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

COVER IS STONE MINT, STILL SEALED AND NOTHING SHORT OF ABSOLUTE PERFECTION, WITHOUT EVEN A HINT OF A FLAW OR DEFECT; A KIND OF BEAUTY YOU ONLY GET TO SEE ONCE IN A LIFETIME.

NO IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No yellowing from aging

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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