The Doors - Waiting For The Sun - MONO Rarest UK Issue - MONO 1st Press. A/1 B/1

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	$		187

THE DOORS - WAITING FOR THE SUN

Extremely Rare UK MONO 1st Pressing

MONO Cat No EKL 4024

This Rare UK First Pressing Was The Last DOORS Album To Be Pressed In Glorious MONO And Sold In Very Small Quantities.

The track "Celebration Of The Lizard" was intended to take up an entire album side, but the group was never able to get it right (they would revisit it later in its full-length form on their 1970 album Absolutely Live). Many fans have suggested once "Celebration of the Lizard" was shelved, two of the band's earliest tracks were resurrected and re-recorded for use to fill in the void, those tracks being "Hello, I Love You" and "Summer‘s Almost Gone". These two tracks had been recorded in an earlier arrangement for the band's original 1965 demo. Waiting for the Sun ended up as the shortest studio album by the band.

"Celebration of the Lizard" and two early takes of "Not to Touch the Earth" were included as bonus tracks on the 40th anniversary expanded edition release of this album.

Though a strong album lyrically, musically it has often been criticized for its softer, mellow sound, a departure from the edgier, more ambitious sound for which the band had become well-known (and notorious). Nonetheless, the album contains some rarely disputed classics, most notably the menacing "Five To One", the controversial anti-war anthem "The Unknown soldier", and the evocative "Not to Touch the Earth".

The title track "Waiting for the Sun" was left off this album, but would be included on the 1970 album Morrison Hotel.

This album marked keyboardist Ray Manzarek's transition from a Vox Continental to Gibson G-101, the organ he is best known for playing live.

The Mono pressing - though only a fold down of the stereo mix to mono - is one of the rarest Doors LPs and has been sought after by collectors for years.

COMING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS :-

STRANGE DAYS (UK MONO - EKL 4014)

MORRISON HOTEL

L.A. WOMAN (WINDOW SLEEVE - YELLOW INNER)

AN AMERICAN PRAYER

ABSOLUTELY LIVE

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Matrix Numbers: -

EKL 4024 A1

EKL 4024 B1

Cat No EKL 4024

Vinyl weight: 166g

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The original UK Elektra Issue Comes In A Full Colour Gatefold Sleeve

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Comes With White Poly-Lined Inner Sleeve.

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CONDITION

Record: VG+

Record is in VG+ condition, Visually there Are A Couple Marks Across The Playing Surface On Side 2 Where The Vinyl Is “Dull” This Looks Like A Manufacturing Fault and does Not Effect Playback In Any way. There are No Deep Scratches or Bad Marks Just A Few Hairlines Caused by Removal From the Poly-Lined Sleeve, As Far As Sound Is Concerned, The Record plays Very Well with No Jumps or Loud Clicks, There is Some Noticeable Crackle in the Quietest Segments but Nothing to Detrimental To The Listening Pleasure, All in all a Very Good Playable Record.

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Labels: Excellent

The Orange Textured Large "E" Elektra Labels Are in Great Condition with No Rips, Tears, Writing or other Damage, Some Light Spindle Marks.

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Sleeve : VG+

The Original Mono Gatefold Sleeve Is In VG+ Condition With No Splits or Tears, There Is Minor Wear To The Edges and Spine and Just A Tiny Amount of Ring Wear. The Original Owners Name Is Written Neatly On The Front Cover, All of Which Can Be Seen In the Pictures Below.

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ALTHOUGH THIS RECORD HAS BEEN CAREFULLY STORED FOR MANY YEARS I RECOMMEND THAT IT IS CLEANED BEFORE PLAYING.

I HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN IT MYSELF AS I KNOW MOST COLLECTORS HAVE THERE OWN PREFERRED METHODS.

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PLEASE NOTE ALL ABOVE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY MYSELF AND ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM FOR SALE.

I HAVE TRIED TO BE AS THOROUGH AS POSSIBLE WITH THIS LISTING, BUT IF YOU REQUIRE ANY MORE INFORMATION OR PICTURES PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK.

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Record Will Be Professionally Packaged and Any Selling For More Than £50 Sent Recorded Delivery In The UK and International Signed For Worldwide.