The Doors - The Doors (1967) US Specialty Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
The Doors - The Doors
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz | 800mb & 200mb
Mastered At Elektra Sound Recorders By Terry Dunavan
Label: Elektra / EKS-74007 | Released: 1967 | This Issue: 1979 | Genre: Psychedelic-Rock
A1 Break On Through (To The Other Side) 2:25
A2 Soul Kitchen 3:30
A3 The Crystal Ship 2:30
A4 Twentieth Century Fox 2:30
A5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 3:15
A6 Light My Fire 6:50
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B1 Back Door Man 3:30
B2 I Looked At You 2:18
B3 End Of The Night 2:49
B4 Take It As It Comes 2:13
B5 The End 11:35
Companies, etc.
Record Company – Warner Communications Inc.
Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Engineered At – Sunset Sound Recorders
Mastered At – Elektra Sound Recorders
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Published By – Nipper Music
Published By – Witmark
Published By – Arc Music (2)
Credits
Art Direction, Design – William S. Harvey
Drums – John Densmore
Engineer [Engineering] – Bruce Botnick
Guitar – Robby Krieger
Mastered By – Terry Dunavan
Organ, Piano, Bass – Ray Manzarek
Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Joel Brodsky
Photography By [Front Cover Photo] – Guy Webster
Producer – Paul A. Rothchild
Supervised By [Production Supervisor] – Jac Holzman
Vocals – Jim Morrison
Notes
Specialty Records Corporation pressing. 1979 reissue with medium sized white “E” on red label.
Warner logo in rim text on label.
‘Printed in U.S.A.’ logo on back cover.
All songs © Copyright Nipper Music ASCAP, except: “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)” Witmark ASCAP, “Back Door Man” Arc Music BMI.
Recording first published January 1967.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A, label): EKS-74007-A SP
Matrix / Runout (Side B, label): EKS-74007-B SP
Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout – variant 1): [stamped SRC logo] EKS-74007-A SP
Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout – variant 1): [stamped SRC logo] EKS-74007-B SP ESR TD 51876
Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout – variant 2): EKS-74007-A -01 SP
Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout – variant 2): EKS-74007-B -SP ESRTD 5187C
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz | 800mb & 200mb
Mastered At Elektra Sound Recorders By Terry Dunavan
Label: Elektra / EKS-74007 | Released: 1967 | This Issue: 1979 | Genre: Psychedelic-Rock
A1 Break On Through (To The Other Side) 2:25
A2 Soul Kitchen 3:30
A3 The Crystal Ship 2:30
A4 Twentieth Century Fox 2:30
A5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 3:15
A6 Light My Fire 6:50
–
B1 Back Door Man 3:30
B2 I Looked At You 2:18
B3 End Of The Night 2:49
B4 Take It As It Comes 2:13
B5 The End 11:35
Companies, etc.
Record Company – Warner Communications Inc.
Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Engineered At – Sunset Sound Recorders
Mastered At – Elektra Sound Recorders
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Published By – Nipper Music
Published By – Witmark
Published By – Arc Music (2)
Credits
Art Direction, Design – William S. Harvey
Drums – John Densmore
Engineer [Engineering] – Bruce Botnick
Guitar – Robby Krieger
Mastered By – Terry Dunavan
Organ, Piano, Bass – Ray Manzarek
Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Joel Brodsky
Photography By [Front Cover Photo] – Guy Webster
Producer – Paul A. Rothchild
Supervised By [Production Supervisor] – Jac Holzman
Vocals – Jim Morrison
Notes
Specialty Records Corporation pressing. 1979 reissue with medium sized white “E” on red label.
Warner logo in rim text on label.
‘Printed in U.S.A.’ logo on back cover.
All songs © Copyright Nipper Music ASCAP, except: “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)” Witmark ASCAP, “Back Door Man” Arc Music BMI.
Recording first published January 1967.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A, label): EKS-74007-A SP
Matrix / Runout (Side B, label): EKS-74007-B SP
Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout – variant 1): [stamped SRC logo] EKS-74007-A SP
Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout – variant 1): [stamped SRC logo] EKS-74007-B SP ESR TD 51876
Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout – variant 2): EKS-74007-A -01 SP
Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout – variant 2): EKS-74007-B -SP ESRTD 5187C
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
The Doors - The Doors (1967) US Specialty Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
The Doors - The Doors (1967) US Specialty Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
The Doors - The Doors (1967) US Specialty Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
This Rip: 2020
Cleaning: RCM Moth MkII Pro Vinyl
Direct Drive Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK2 Quartz
Cartridge: SHURE M97xE With JICO SAS Stylus
Amplifier: Marantz 2252
ADC: E-MU 0404
DeClick with iZotope RX5: Only Manual (Click per click)
Vinyl Condition: NM-
This LP: From my personal collection
LP Rip & Full Scan LP Cover: Fran Solo
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How exciting it must have been to experience the musical developments in the second half of The Sixties when bands broke with the tradition of the predictable pop and rock songs in the charts and started to experiment with longer compositions, improvisations, extended soli on a wide range of instruments and blending different genres.
For me exciting examples are Vanilla Fudge, The Nice, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Pink Floyd and … The Doors! Their debut album is generally considered as their best effort, it’s also the best rated The Doors studio album on Prog Archives. I love it madly because it features the very distinctive The Doors sound at its pinnacle, in my opinion The Doors never succeeded to generate so much excitement on later albums although Strange Days and L.A. Woman are also good ones.
The first track Break On Through is a dynamic, often propulsive blend of rock (raw guitar riffs) and psychedelic (Vox Continental organ play), topped by Jim his expressive vocals and John his adventurous and powerful drumming. Next is the bluesy Soul Kitchen, a song that features the distinctive Manzarek/Krieger interplay and mellow vocals and sexual lyrical references by Jim. Then Jim his most romantic effort ever made, the dreamy and very wonderful ballad The Crystal Ship with a beautiful classical piano interlude by Ray which gives this moving song an extra emotional dimension. The tracks Twentieth Century Fox, Back Door Man, I Looked At You, End Of The Night and Take It As It Comes are basically rock and blues (with hints from CCR, The Kinks and Them) but The Doors made it very special with Ray his swirling organ sound and Jim his crooner-like vocals and primal screams. The Alabama Song contains a cheerful climate with funny piano work and a strong vocal performance by Jim. My favorite composition on this eponymous debut album is Light My Fire delivering a compelling atmosphere, a catchy organ intro and great soli on organ and guitar. But the most acclaimed song on this album is the final one, The End. It’s no coincidence that Francis Ford Coppola was struck by the sultry and hypnotic climate and used it for his movie Apocalypse Now: Robby his guitarwork has a captivating Eastern undertone, Jim his vocals sound melancholical and dramatic and gradually the atmosphere turns into an ecstatic climax with mindblowing interplay between organ, guitar and drums with Jim on an almost shamanic level.
To me this albums sounds as one of the best rock album debuts, so dynamic and captivating, this is a masterpiece, an awesome progressive effort!Review by erik neuteboom, progarchives.com
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