The Doors Lot Waiting for the Sun vinyl lp UK press & Touch Me single L K HEAR

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Summary

This is a 2 lot Doors offering.

1. “Waiting for The Sun” vinyl LP by The Doors.  This is a hard to find 1976 UK stereo pressing released on the Elektra green butterfly label EKS 74024. The record condition is near mint, the play grade is excellent, and the cover is in excellent condition

2. “Touch Me” b/w “Wild Child” vinyl 45 single by the Doors

 Elektra EK-45646 Released 1968

(Matrix EK-45646-A MON. ?74278/EK-45646-B MON. ?74278-X)

Record Grade-VG/Play Grade-VG/Cover Grade-Excellent generic

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Waiting for the Sun

Tracklist

A1

Hello, I Love You

2:22

A2

Love Street

3:06

A3

Not To Touch The Earth

3:54

A4

Summer's Almost Gone

3:20

A5

Wintertime Love

1:52

A6

The Unknown Soldier

Bass – Kerry Magness

3:10

B1

Spanish Caravan

Acoustic Bass – Leroy Vinegar*

Electric Bass – Douglas Lubahn*

2:58

B2

My Wild Love

2:50

B3

We Could Be So Good Together

2:20

B4

Yes, The River Knows

2:35

B5

Five To One

4:22

Companies etc

•           Copyright (c) – Nipper Music

•           Distributed By – WEA Records Ltd.

•           Printed By – Gothic Print Finishers Ltd.

Credits

•           Art Direction, Design – William S. Harvey

•           Bass [Occasional] – Douglas Lubahn*

•           Drums – John Densmore

•           Engineer – Bruce Botnick

•           Guitar – Robby Krieger

•           Keyboards – Ray Manzarek

•           Photography By [Back] – Guy Webster

•           Photography By [Front] – Paul Farrara*

•           Producer – Paul A. Rothchild

•           Production Manager [Production Supervisior] – Jac Holzman

•           Vocals – Jim Morrison

Notes

Text from the backcover:

Copyright © by Nipper Music Co., Inc. Public performance cleared through ASCAP.

?&© 1976 Elektra/Asylum Records, Distributed by WEA Records Ltd. A Warner Communications Company.

Sleeve printed and made in England by Gothic Print Finishers Ltd., London SE9 2EQ.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

•           Matrix / Runout (A-side, stamped. ): K 42041A1

                      Matrix / Runout (Side B, scratched): K-42041.B2 

Need to know more about “Waiting for the Sun” and “Touch Me”? See below

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About “Waiting for the Sun”

From Wikipedia

Waiting for the Sun is the third studio album by American rock band The Doors, recorded from February to May 1968 and released in July 1968. It became the band's first and only No. 1 album, spawning their second US number one single, "Hello, I Love You". It also became the band's first hit album in the UK, where it peaked at No. 16 on the chart.

Background and recording

With the exception of two songs, "Hello, I Love You" and "Summer's Almost Gone", which were recorded for the band's original 1965 demo the material for Waiting for the Sun was written after the band's initial songs from the formation of the group had been recorded for their debut album and second album Strange Days.

The centerpiece of this album was supposed to be the lengthy theatrical piece "Celebration of the Lizard", but in the end only the "Not to Touch the Earth" section was used. "Celebration of the Lizard" was intended to take up an entire album side, but the group was never able to capture a studio recording that they liked. (The band would revisit it later in its full-length form on their 1970 album Absolutely Live).

The title track "Waiting for the Sun" was left off this album, but would be included on the 1970 album Morrison Hotel.

This album marked keyboardist Ray Manzarek's transition from a Vox Continental to Gibson G-101, the organ he is best known for playing live. The brighter sound of the Vox does appear on a few songs, most notably "We Could Be So Good Together."

Guitarist Robby Krieger's skills with the flamenco guitar can be found present in "Spanish Caravan", with Granainas intro and a reworking of the melody from the classical piece Asturias (Leyenda) composed by Isaac Albéniz.

Release

Waiting for the Sun was released on July 3, 1968. The album has sold over 9 million copies.

The US monophonic pressing, though only a fold down of the stereo mix to mono, is one of the rarest pop/rock LPs and has been sought after by collectors for years. Waiting for the Sun ended up being the shortest studio album by the band.

A studio run-through of "Celebration of the Lizard" (subtitled "An Experiment/Work in Progress") and two early takes of "Not to Touch the Earth" were included as bonus tracks on the 40th anniversary expanded edition release of this album.

Reception

Waiting for the Sun has been generally well received by critics, though with most citing it as a step down in quality for the band's earlier records. Jim Miller of Rolling Stone wrote, "After a year and a half of Jim Morrison's posturing, one might logically hope for some sort of musical growth, and if the new record isn't really terrible, it isn't particularly exciting either."

In his retrospective review, Richie Unterberger of AllMusic wrote, "The Doors' 1967 albums had raised expectations so high that their third effort was greeted as a major disappointment. With a few exceptions, the material was much mellower, and while this yielded some fine melodic ballad rock [...] there was no denying that the songwriting was not as impressive as it had been on the first two records."In his review of the 2007 reissue, Sal Cinquemani of Slant wrote "Despite the fact that Morrison was becoming a self-destructing mess, Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore were never more lucid -- perhaps to compensate. This was a band at its most dexterous, creative, and musically diverse".

On the cover of the album, Jim Morrison is seen wearing Glen Buxton's black sweater. Having been intoxicated the night before the shooting of the cover photo, the next morning Jim "started freaking out because the band wanted a picture of them at dawn, and he didn't have enough time to go home and get his clothes".

About “Touch Me”

From Wikipedia

"Touch Me" is a song by The Doors from their album The Soft Parade. Written by Robby Krieger, it is notable for its extensive usage of brass and string instruments (including a solo by featured saxophonist Curtis Amy) as well as a Christmas Music like sound to accent Jim Morrison's vocals. Ray Manzarek played harpsichord and organ on the song. The song also borrowed the guitar riff from the 1967 Four Seasons' "C'mon Marianne" and used it on keyboards. The song is also noted for the last sung line, "stronger than dirt," which was taken from a 1962 Ajax commercial. The Ajax company sued the Doors for plagiarizing the ad's trademark tune. The Doors paid the financial damages in a settlement to the Ajax company.

It was released as a single in December 1968 and reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in the Cashbox Top 100 in early 1969 (the band's third American number-one single). The single also did well elsewhere, peaking at #1 in the RPM Canadian Singles Chart and at #10 in the Kent Music Report in Australia. However, despite the band's commercial success the previous year, "Touch Me" did not chart in the UK Singles Chart.

A remixed version with added bass and compression appeared on a 1974 compilation called Heavy Metal released via Warner Bros. Special Products.

Working titles

According to Bruce Botnick's liner notes the song was initially referred to by its various working titles; "I'm Gonna Love You," from a line in the chorus, or "Hit Me," a reference to blackjack. The opening line was originally "C'mon, hit me...I'm not afraid," the line thus reflecting the first person vantage point of a blackjack player.[1] Morrison reportedly. changed the lyric out of concern that rowdy crowds at their live shows would mistakenly believe that "hit me" was a challenge to physically assault him.

In Oliver Stone's 1991 biopic The Doors, Morrison is portrayed as having modified the lyrics at a concert while drunk to make the song about oral sex.

The song's main keyboard riff was also featured in the 2003 film School of Rock when Jack Black's character, Dewey Finn, teaches a child how to play the keyboard. It is included in the film's soundtrack.

At the end of the song, Morrison can be heard saying, "Stronger than dirt," which was the slogan of the Ajax household cleaning company, because the last four notes of "Touch Me" were the same as those in an Ajax commercial and as a mocking criticism of Krieger, John Densmore, and Ray Manzarek wanting to accept an offer from Buick to use "Light My Fire" in a commercial. The deal was aborted when Morrison opposed it. This vocal was omitted on the single version, which was a different mix.

Even More About “Touch Me” from Songfacts

Doors guitarist Robby Krieger wrote this song as "Hit Me," based on fights he had with his girlfriend. In a rare show of restraint, Jim Morrison insisted on changing it to "Touch Me."

This was released as a single 7 months before the album came out.

Many critics claimed this was a sellout, as the horn and string sections were not typical of The Doors. The band admitted they were trying to broaden their audience and achieve commercial success with this album, which they did.The sax part was played by Curtis Amy, who was a popular session horn and flute player who got his biggest exposure playing on Carole King's famous Tapestry album.

This song was popular around the time Jim Morrison was arrested in Miami for indecent exposure. The song had nothing to do with Morrison's arrest, apart from an unfortunate title, but some radio stations refused to play it as a result. Morrison was convicted and sentenced to 6 months in jail for the incident, but he died while the case was being appealed. In 2010, the governor of Florida pardoned Morrison, believing that the conviction was politically motivated and that no conclusive evidence showed that the Doors frontman exposed himself.

The album took 9 months to record, which was a very long time by 1969 standards. Their producer, Paul Rothchild, was very particular throughout the process, which drove the band nuts. Their next album they produced themselves.

The Doors performed this on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Curtis Amy recreated the sax solo he played on the studio recording.

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