THE DOORS - MORRISON HOTEL

Dear Doors collector, please check my other auctions for and ultra-rare LP-vinyl format of The Doors soundtrack (Oliver Stone's movie) that was available only for a very limited time, exclusively through the Columbia House mail order.

If you was waiting for a truly mintish copy of the original press of this often trashed album, this might be your ticket. Obviously one of the last, if not the last title in catalog to appear on the tan label, before Elektra switched for the solid red label.

Before you ask, this is not a Canadian pressing: the cover is an old-style cardboard cover with pasted-on slicks, not a thin cardboard one with the art printed directly on, and it has the "1855 Broadway, New York, NY 10023" address on back, with no mention of anything else that would even suggest another origin. Also has a printed spine. I had Canadian copies in many occasions and it was nowhere like it: it's the first time I ever saw this one, and I've never saw it mentioned anywhere. May well be the cleanest copy in the known universe of this rarity.

No reserve, you lucky guys. Auction ends on sunday, april 24 at 4:05 PM, Pacific time.

Original US pressing, on the Elektra label # EKS-75007, 1970.

Record is M-: it only has two thin, barely noticeable hairline type, short and soft scuffs on beginning of side 1. They are so light and discreet that they were probably made by the pressing plan employee when packing the set. Many folks wouldn't even mention this as it is so very faint, but I prefer to do so, as this piece is a potential investment. Remaining is pristine, probably unplayed and 100% flat.

Cover is M-: shrink is covering the cover in totality and isn't broken anywhere, the cover is unopened and the corners are sharp as a shark teeth.

This is a "Mission Impossible" find, and you have more chance of being hit by an asteroid in a cave than finding another copy like it. Please e-mail for further infos, pictures, close-ups or love letter.

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Regular AIR-MAIL shipping for one single record (up to 500 gr. w/ mailer) WORLDWIDE is US$13.  For 500 grams to 1 KG it’s US$23 (you can usually fit up to 3 LPs in the same mailer without hitting this 1 KG mark.)

Regular SURFACE shipping for one single record (up to 500 gr. w/ mailer) to continental NORTH-AMERICA excluding Mexico is US$6. For 500 grams to 1 KG it’s US$8 (you can usually fit up to 3 LPs in the same mailer without hitting this 1 KG mark.)

Regular SURFACE shipping for one single record (up to 500 gr. w/mailer) WORLDWIDE is US$6. For 500 grams to 1 KG it’s US$10 (you can usually fit up to 3 LPs in the same mailer without hitting this 1 KG mark.)

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