The Doors – Strange Days
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Elektra – EKL-4014 |
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US |
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Rock |
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Psychedelic Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Strange Days | 3:05 | |
| A2 | You're Lost Little Girl | 3:01 | |
| A3 | Love Me Two Times | 2:23 | |
| A4 | Unhappy Girl | 2:00 | |
| A5 | Horse Latitudes | 1:30 | |
| A6 | Moonlight Drive | 3:00 | |
| B1 | People Are Strange | 2:10 | |
| B2 | My Eyes Have Seen You | 2:22 | |
| B3 | I Can't See Your Face In My Mind | 3:18 | |
| B4 | When The Music's Over | 11:00 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Nipper Music
- Engineered At – Sunset Sound Recorders
- Mastered At – Madison Sound Studios
- Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – △11089
Credits
- Art Direction, Cover [Cover Concept] – William S. Harvey
- Bass [Occasional] – Douglas Lubahn*
- Drums – John Densmore
- Engineer – Bruce Botnick
- Guitar – Robbie Krieger*
- Keyboards, Marimba – Ray Manzarek
- Mastered By – Ray Hagerty
- Photography By [Cover] – Joel Brodsky
- Producer – Paul A. Rothchild
- Supervised By – Jac Holzman
- Vocals – Jim Morrison
- Written-By, Arranged By, Performer – The Doors
Notes
Gold Elektra label. Pressed by Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
Sleeve has mono code EKL-4014 on front and back with an error of stereo EKS-74014 on spine.
Original inner sleeve comes with picture of the band on one side and song lyrics on the other with stereo code EKS-74014 (error) on bottom-right.
Sleeve has mono code EKL-4014 on front and back with an error of stereo EKS-74014 on spine.
Original inner sleeve comes with picture of the band on one side and song lyrics on the other with stereo code EKS-74014 (error) on bottom-right.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A hand etched): EKL 4014A (MON) △11089
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B hand etched): EKL 4014B (MON) △11089-X
- Other: Both sides with round imprint with MR inside on trail-off vinyl that identify a Monarch pressing.
- Pressing Plant ID (Monarch): (MON) △
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Strange Days (LP, Album, Stereo, CTH (Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute)) | Elektra | EKS-74014 | US | 1967 | ||
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Strange Days (LP, Mono, Album) | Elektra | EKL-4014, EKS-74014 | UK | 1967 | ||
| Strange Days (LP, Album, Stereo) | Elektra | EKS-7 4014, EKS-74014 | UK | 1967 | |||
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Strange Days (Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, Stereo, Album) | Elektra | EKX 4014, EK 4014 | US | 1967 | ||
| Strange Days (LP, Album, Stereo, Allentown Pressing) | Elektra | EKS-74014 | US | 1967 |
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Reviews
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Per Doors 1967-1971 box, on this album Paul Beaver, of Beaver & Krause fame, plays moog on Strange Days, Doug Lubahn from Clear Light plays bass on this album x found out Ray’s keyboard bass was great live but didn’t’t cut it in the studio
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Edited one year agoAny have any on the quality of this mono pressing? Does anyone have a 1st Monarch and any of the other 1st monos and see any difference? Does the Monarch 1st Mono have more separation / clearer than the others as is the case with the stereo?
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The Doors faced a huge challenge in mid-1967 as they were still riding high on the success of their debut album but needed to cut the follow-up. ‘Strange Days’ falls short in any comparison to the first record but can you really blame them? That being said, LP number two is an extraordinary album that most bands would kill to have in their discographies. It really is a continuation of the debut in many respects as most if not all of the songs were written during the band’s genesis. Released in the fall of the same year, ‘Strange Days’ included its fair share of classics – “Love Me Two Times”, “People Are Strange”, the title track and of course; the apocalyptic closer “When the Music’s Over” – which could almost be considered the book end to the debut’s “The End” in of its epic scope and doomy feel. The summer of love this may have been but not when you listen to Jim Morrison screaming about wanting the world and wanting it now! “Moonlight Drive” is another unsung classic from this period and it almost comes as a welcome relief after Morrison’s apocalyptic poem “Horse Latitudes” (I guess it’s about a lost ship that had to jettison its horses in order to stay afloat, crazy weird!) If ‘Strange Days’ was thrown together out of discards from ‘The Doors’ then the 1965-1966 period must have been an extremely productive period for the band, especially considering that they were trying to make their mark on the LA club scene at this time. Both records could be considered essential pieces to any survey of 60’s psychedelic but ‘Strange Days’ is an important album in its own right and deserves its status as a landmark recording. Love me one time, could not speak…
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