EAGLES: HOTEL CALIFORNIA, TRUE 1st ("IS IT 6 O'CLOCK YET?"), w POSTER, ALL MINT

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From Asylum Records (6E-103) this is HOTEL CALIFORNIA by The EAGLES, an original (first) US pressing from December 8, 1976; playing time, 43:28.  Gatefold is beautiful (NEAR MINT+); original inner sleeve is NEAR MINT MINUS; poster (folded as issued) is MINT.  The LP is a true first pressing with “Is It 6 O'Clock Yet?" written in the matrix, Side One, and “V.O.L. is Five-Piece Live" written in matrix, Side Two.   Labels are clean (MINT) and playing surfaces are solidly MINT.  You'll not find a more beautiful example of this true first Eagles masterpiece!  Low opening bid with NO RESERVE.

The Cuts:

1. ”Hotel California” (Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey) – 6:30
   • Lead vocal by Don Henley, percussion by Don Henley, guitar solos by Don Felder and Joe Walsh
2. ”New Kid in Town” (J.D. Souther, Henley, Frey) – 5:03
   • Lead vocal by Glenn Frey, guitarron by Randy Meisner, electric piano and organ by Joe Walsh, lead guitar by Don Felder
3. ”Life in the Fast Lane” (Joe Walsh, Henley, Frey) – 4:46
   • Lead vocal by Don Henley, lead guitar by Joe Walsh, clavinet by Glenn Frey
4. ”Wasted Time” (Henley, Frey) – 4:55
   • Lead vocal by Don Henley, piano by Glenn Frey, organ by Joe Walsh, lead guitar by Don Felder

1. ”Wasted Time (Reprise)” (instrumental) (Henley, Frey, Jim Ed Norman) – 1:22
   • Strings arranged and conducted by Jim Ed Norman
2. ”Victim of Love” (Felder, Souther, Henley, Frey) – 4:11
   • Lead vocal by Don Henley, first guitar solo by Don Felder, slide guitar by Joe Walsh
3. ”Pretty Maids All in a Row” (Walsh, Joe Vitale) – 3:58
   • Lead vocal and piano by Joe Walsh, slide guitar by Don Felder, synthesizers by Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh
4. ”Try and Love Again” (Randy Meisner) – 5:10
   • Lead vocal by Randy Meisner, lead guitar by Glenn Frey, Gretsch guitar by Joe Walsh
5. ”The Last Resort” (Henley, Frey) – 7:28
   • Lead vocal by Don Henley, piano by Glenn Frey, synthesizers by Joe Walsh and Don Henley, pedal steel guitar by Don Felder

First Pressing

True first pressings had custom picture labels of a blue Hotel California logo with a yellow background. They also had text engraved in the carry-out groove (matrix) on each side:

1. “Is It 6 O'Clock Yet?"
2. “V.O.L. Is Five-Piece Live” to indicate that the song “Victim of Love” was recorded live, with no overdubbing. Joe Walsh and Glenn Frey confirm this on the inner booklet of “The Very Best of The Eagles”.

Personnel & Instrumentation:

• Don Felder – guitars, vocals
• Glenn Frey – guitars, keyboards, vocals, piano
• Don Henley – drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards
• Randy Meisner – bass guitar, guitar, guitarron, vocals
• Joe Walsh – guitar, slide guitar, keyboards, vocals, organ