THE DOORS Absolutely Live EX 1970 Elektra EKS-9002 2LP JIM MORRISON SPECIALTY
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Vinyl: EX Play Graded. Sounds Excellent! Has some marks that don't affect the sound quality. Elektra Labels are Clean and Bright, with light stamp marks on side 2 and 3. These don't obscure any of the printing on the labels. This is the 1970 Elektra Double Album! EKS-9002. This is the audiophile acclaimed Specialty Recording Corp Pressing!! Recorded when they were at the height of their powers, this was a great addition to the Doors' discography as it adds some songs that never made it onto their studio recordings. This is an Underground Classic and Stone Groove!!...Instant Psychedelic Party!
See Review Below!
In the Dead Wax: Matrices, etched. Also has the SRC glyph for Specialty Records Corp. (Pressed by Specialty Records Corp of Olyphant, PA)). Complete Dead Wax information cheerfully provided upon request.
Cover: EX (see photos) Gatefold. Nice gloss on cover. Front, gatefold and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright, with minor shelf wear. Seams, corners and spine are solid and clean, with minimal wear. No splits. No writing. No stickers. Spine print is crystal clear.
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Absolutely Live Review
by William Ruhlmann
[-]This sprawling collection demonstrated that, in concert, the Doors could be an enervating as well as an elevating experience. There are no hits, but there's a lot of Morrison -- improvising, reciting poetry, sometimes singing -- not a record for the uninitiated. Recorded at concerts in 1969 and 1970, this was an era in which Jim Morrison was becoming increasingly dissolute and increasingly disinterested in the whole rock machine. During much of this set, he seems not to be taking himself or the songs too seriously, tossing flippant asides to the audience, and seeming to treat the whole exercise as a charade. As for the music, the haunting "Universal Mind" and the basic blues-rocker "Build Me a Woman" are originals that are not found on their proper albums; "Close to You" is a dull Muddy Waters cover sung by Ray Manzarek; "Who Do You Love?" is a fair cover of the Bo Diddley standard, and the controversial "The Celebration of the Lizard" is a drawn-out opus that is as much poetry recitation as music. There are also extended versions of "Soul Kitchen," "Break on Through," and "When the Music's Over" that give the band an opportunity to expand on the studio recordings and stretch out musically.
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