Original early U.S. pressing of The Doors' landmark self-titled debut album, released on Elektra Records.
This is an early gold-label Elektra stereo pressing, catalog number EKS-74007, with dead-wax markings indicating an Allentown Record Co. pressing.
This should not be confused with the later red-label Elektra pressings, nor is it being represented as the earliest 1967 Monarch first pressing. Based on the label configuration and matrix information, this is an early Allentown gold-label pressing, circa 1968.
RECORD DETAILS
Artist: The Doors
Album: The Doors
Label: Elektra Records
Catalog Number: EKS-74007
Format: 12" Stereo LP
Country: United States
Pressing: Early Gold Label / Allentown Record Co.
Era: Circa 1968
Original Elektra company inner sleeve included
The gold Elektra label retains the early Witmark ASCAP publishing credit for “Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)” and states “Recording first published January 1967.”
TRACKS INCLUDE
Break On Through (To the Other Side)
Soul Kitchen
The Crystal Ship
Twentieth Century Fox
Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)
Light My Fire
Back Door Man
I Looked at You
End of the Night
Take It as It Comes
The End
CONDITION
Vinyl: Excellent playing condition. The record remains exceptionally clean and glossy with no scratches observed. It has been played and plays excellent.
Jacket: Original jacket shows noticeable vintage wear, including surface/ring wear, rubbing, edge and corner wear and wear along the spine. Please examine the photographs carefully for exact condition.
Inner Sleeve: Includes the vintage Elektra Records company sleeve shown in the photographs. Sleeve has age-related handling wear and creasing.
The photographs show the actual album, record and sleeve you will receive.
A desirable early pressing of one of the defining albums of 1960s rock, featuring Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore, with classics including “Break On Through,” “Light My Fire,” “The Crystal Ship” and “The End.”
Price includes U.S. shipping.