The Doors – Waiting For The Sun

Looking for the sleeve of this only, if you have one or a copy with a rough record but a good sleeve message me please.

Looking for the sleeve of this only, if you have one or a copy with a rough record but a good sleeve message me please.

Damn. Poor chap below 🥺👇

Me however... im MADE UP with this one. Theres a mild dish warp but it matters not... playback is nigh silent. I would understand the dishwarp complaint more if it wasnt for the fact a crap compound thats pressed dead flat will have groove roar/noise floor issues that a quiet compound with a slight dishing just doesnt. Do these dish warp moaners ever play their records without jumping on here to moan?

Anywhoo.... yes.... the mastering. One of KPG's best of the series so far. Better than my Rhino Bernie 33. Better than my AP Bernie 2x45. High praise.

This series seems to have a thing for putting the HIGH in high fidelity by boosting the upper ends to provide clarity no matter the cost. Its worked with some cuts, its ruined others. The Doors earlier stuff is not that well recorded. Along with the self titled debut, Waiting For The Sun has really benefitted from the added high fidelity (EQ'ing).

Glad to have another RHF title i can recommend without any doubt!

This a cool one to have. Music is fine ofcourse, but the main selling point is the different artwork.

Unfortunately my copy is just an absolute hunk of shit. Looks great visually but plays like a G+ or even G record for the most part across both sides. It’s got to be a pressing error though because the actual music sounds phenomenal. Reached out to Rhino about it but since I bought my copy secondhand, they basically said fuck off. Womp womp.

Amazing pressing. If you see it, buy it. Ummm, goodbye

Query, extended mixes.
I needed to replace my original 1985 Europe/USA CD but did not want to purchase any recently manufactured CD that has new/inferior mixes. This is the CD that I ended up with, it has "IFPI 0557" identifier and reading the notes here I would guess puts the manufacturing date sometime mid 1990s.
The CD does seem to have a slightly different mix, for instance (if you can believe it) Jim's voice sounds a little different, but also loudness differs on certain songs, and fades are sometimes longer on the original CD.
However, the most obvious difference is slightly extended versions of the songs "My Wild Love" (3:01 here, vs 2:52 on the original CD) and "We Could Be So Good Together" (2:24 here, vs 2:10 on the original CD). Comparing the versions side by side using Audacity proves that both have extra vocal bits inside the songs!! (Audacity also shows that there are differences in the mixing).
Can anyone with an original vinyl LP tell me which versions are right, (as originally intended)?
Thank you

Really wish I never bought this. I knew about it being a remix. But figured maybe it wouldn't be as bad. Nope. I didn't even want to listen to it, and Jim hasn't even said Hello. Went to play Love Street and I'm like, why is his vocal double tracked? Will the next song be any better. Nope. Didn't even make it 30 seconds into it before I took the disc out. They are nowhere even close to what the original versions sounded like. And looks like I will be avoiding every single version in this series of their remixes and will be looking out for the older discs instead.

The Unknown Soldier (final track on side A) sounds terrible! Or did i just receive a bad copy?

Other than this, i did not notice any issues with any of the 6 Doors RHF albums i bought....clean, flat and great sounding releases!

This is an Outstanding pressing. Beautiful detail, crystal clear highs and mids and strong bass. Dead quiet vinyl. Packaging is top notch, though I wish Rhino would get the tightness of the sleeves right. The record is a mutha to get in and out! Had me cussing, scared I’d destroy the inner sleeve. Definitely not the best Doors album musically, but the sound makes it even better. This certainly lives up to every bit of the hype. Fantastic. Rhino High Fidelity proves that these albums can outdo Acoustic Sounds without going to 45 RPM! I Knew it could be done. DCC did it years ago, lol