The Doors Debut Album - Vinyl Record - Still Sealed No bar code Store sticker

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The Doors (Self titled debut)

Catalog: Electra EKS 74007

Front Cover: Mint (Still Sealed - Never Opened)

Back Cover: Mint (Still Sealed - Never Opened)

Spine: Mint (Still Sealed - Never Opened)

Vinyl Side 1: Mint (Still Sealed - Never Opened - Never Played)

Vinyl Side 2: Mint (Still Sealed - Never Opened - Never Played)

Label Side 1: Mint (Still Sealed - Never Opened)

Label Side 2: Mint (Still Sealed - Never Opened)

Additional Notes: Has the Korvettes department store sticker. There are breath holes in the shrink wrap.

Studio album by the Doors

Released

January 4, 1967

Recorded

August 24–31, 1966 at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California

Genre

Psychedelic rock

Length

44:48

Label

Elektra

Producer

Paul A. Rothchild

the Doors chronology

The Doors
(1967)

Strange Days
(1967)

Singles from The Doors

"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"/"End of the Night"
Released: January 1, 1967
"Light My Fire"/"The Crystal Ship"
Released: April 1967

The Doors is the debut album by American rock band the Doors, recorded in August 1966 and released on January 4, 1967 (it is important to note that the album was available in various record stores in New York City as early as the third week in December, 1966 as part of a special promotion). It was originally released in different stereo and mono mixes, and features the breakthrough single "Light My Fire", extended with an instrumental section mostly omitted on the single release, and the lengthy song "The End" with its Oedipal spoken word section. The Doors credit the success of the album to being able to work the songs out night after night at the Whisky a Go Go and the London Fog nightclubs.

The album has become one of the most influential albums in the progression of psychedelic rock, and remains one of the most prolific and popular albums in all of popular music. The original album has sold 20 million copies and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and "Light My Fire" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame under the category Rock (track). It has been reissued several times on CD, including a remix in 2007 becoming the Doors' most successful studio album in commercial sales. The Doors was ranked number 42 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

In 2015, the Library of Congress selected The Doors for inclusion in the National Recording Registry based on its cultural, artistic or historical significance.[2]

Background

The Doors' final lineup was formed in mid-1965 after Ray Manzarek's two brothers left and Robby Krieger joined.[3] The band was initially signed to Columbia Records under a six-month contract, but agreed to a release after the record company failed to secure a producer for the album.[4] After being released from the label, the Doors played club venues, including the London Fog and Whisky a Go Go until they were signed to Elektra Records by Jac Holzman.

The album was recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California over six days, with producer Paul A. Rothchild and audio engineer Bruce Botnick. A four-track tape machine was used for recording using mostly three tracks: bass and drums on one, guitar and organ on another and Jim Morrison's vocals on the third. The fourth track was used for overdubbing. Rothchild brought in session musician Larry Knechtel to play his Fender Precision Bass on "Light My Fire" and a few other songs in order to give some "punch" to the sound of Manzarek's Fender Rhodes piano bass. For "The End", two takes were worked and cut together to achieve the final song.

Writing and composition

Although composition credit went to the band as a whole, the album's primary writers were Morrison and Krieger. "The End"'s Oedipal climax was first performed live at the Whisky a Go Go, but the band was thrown out as a result of Morrison screaming "Mother... I want to fuck you!" toward the end of the song.

"Alabama Song" was written and composed by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in 1927, for their opera Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny); "Back Door Man" was written by Willie Dixon and originally recorded by Howlin' Wolf. The line "Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night" from "End of the Night" is a quote from William Blake's poem "Auguries of Innocence".

Release

The Doors was released on January 4, 1967 by Elektra in both mono and stereo versions. The album made a steady climb up the Billboard 200, ultimately becoming a huge success in the US once "Light My Fire" scaled the charts, with the album peaking at No. 2 on the chart in September 1967 (stuck behind The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) and going on to achieve multi-platinum status. In Europe the band would have to wait slightly longer for similar recognition, with "Light My Fire" originally stalling at No. 49 in the UK singles chart and the album failing to chart at all. However, in 1991, buoyed by the high profile Oliver Stone film The Doors, a reissue of "Light My Fire" reached No. 7 in the singles chart and the album reached No. 43. It eventually spent more time on the UK chart than any other Doors studio album.

Censorship

Two songs were censored for the album. On "Break On Through", the repeated line "She gets high" was edited to remove the final word, as it was considered a reference to drug use and Elektra feared radio stations might not play the song. In "The End" the vocal interlude of the final minutes was edited to remove Morrison's repeated use of the word "fuck". Most remasters from 1999 onward have the original portions of both songs restored.

Mono version

The mono LP (Elektra EKL-4007) has unique mixes that sound different from the stereo version (EKS-74004). The mono LP version was deleted not long after its original release and remained unavailable until 2010, when it was reissued as a limited edition 180 gram audiophile LP by Rhino Records. This version has never been officially released on compact disc; it is, however, available for purchase through digital media outlets such as iTunes and Amazon.

Reissues

Speed discrepancy

The 40th anniversary mix of the debut album presents a stereo version of "Light My Fire" in speed-corrected form for the first time. The speed discrepancy (i.e., about 3.5% slow) was brought to Bruce Botnick's attention by a Brigham Young University professor, who noted that all the video and audio live performances of the Doors performing the song, the sheet music and the statements of band members show the song in a key almost a half step higher (key of A) than the stereo LP release (key of Ab / G#). Until the 2006 remasters, only the original 45 RPM singles ("Light My Fire" and "Break On Through") were produced at the correct speed.

Surround releases

The Doors has been released in 2006 in multichannel DVD-Audio, and on September 14, 2011, on hybrid stereo-multichannel Super Audio CD by Warner Japan in their Warner Premium Sound series.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores

Source

Rating

AllMusic

Robert Christgau

B–

Rolling Stone

The Rolling Stone Record Guide

Slant

The album is ranked number 42 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and also on "The Rolling Stone Hall of Fame". It is ranked number 75 on Q magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever" and ranked number 226 in NME magazine's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" In 2007, Rolling Stone ranked it number 1 on their list of the 40 essential albums of 1967.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by the Doors (Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore), except where noted.

Side A

No.

Title

Length

"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"