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What do you collectors know about the first(?) "Break On Through" single? I think it has a yellow label. I remember some years ago that Rainer M was looking for a copy. Is it a very rare 45?

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Hello you !

Porsche wrote:What do you collectors know about the first(?) "Break On Through" single? I think it has a yellow label. I remember some years ago that Rainer M was looking for a copy. Is it a very rare 45?

Was it this Yellow/Black label? Here is a scan from the 45 in my collection. Yes, it could be considered rare especially in NM cond.

TheDoorsMusic wrote:

Porsche wrote:What do you collectors know about the first(?) "Break On Through" single? I think it has a yellow label. I remember some years ago that Rainer M was looking for a copy. Is it a very rare 45?

Was it this Yellow/Black label? Here is a scan from the 45 in my collection. Yes, it could be considered rare especially in NM cond.

Do you know if originally this "yellow /black " label came w/ the well known picture sleeve??? Mine (w/ pic sleeve) has "pink/ red "label, seems to be the 2nd press of this single.

john christopher wrote:

TheDoorsMusic wrote:

Porsche wrote:What do you collectors know about the first(?) "Break On Through" single? I think it has a yellow label. I remember some years ago that Rainer M was looking for a copy. Is it a very rare 45?

Was it this Yellow/Black label? Here is a scan from the 45 in my collection. Yes, it could be considered rare especially in NM cond.

Do you know if originally this "yellow /black " label came w/ the well known picture sleeve??? Mine (w/ pic sleeve) has "pink/ red "label, seems to be the 2nd press of this single.

mine has got the same label as yours as well w/picture sleeve....which of these is the first pressing?

That looks like the single I'm talking about that RM wanted. He posted a picture of the LMF version and said he wanted BOT with the same label.

I've always thought that the above Yellow/Black label was a Canadian pressing. Other's would say it's the first American Elektra pressing.

Heinz Gerstenmeyer ( a freaky German collector of Doors vinyls)claimed in his book(" sounds for your soul", a great book in my opinion)that this single , the yellow/ black label was released in USA in April 67, & the pink/ red one in June 67.

universalmind69 wrote:

john christopher wrote:

TheDoorsMusic wrote: Was it this Yellow/Black label? Here is a scan from the 45 in my collection. Yes, it could be considered rare especially in NM cond.

Do you know if originally this "yellow /black " label came w/ the well known picture sleeve??? Mine (w/ pic sleeve) has "pink/ red "label, seems to be the 2nd press of this single.

mine has got the same label as yours as well w/picture sleeve....which of these is the first pressing?

Here's another variation of that yellow label.

hey doorsmusic, can you post the artwork of the LP classics? please?

Are you looking for the jacket & sleeve pics as well?

TheDoorsMusic wrote:Are you looking for the jacket & sleeve pics as well?

yes, please

and thanks a lot!!

i ask for them 'cause i want make a reconstruction of the artwork to fit onto cd, (something ala XSU artwork)

thanks!

The LP jacket is too big for the scanner and the photo's are not turning out so good. Sorry.

scan from an Electric Factory, PA booklet advertising the Spectrum, PA concert in 1970:

Nice! Thanks for that, never seen it before.

Very cool Andreas !

Signed Monday in Chicago:

Nice! And, I see Phil's sig.

TheDoorsMusic wrote:Nice! And, I see Phil's sig.

That's right, your buddy Phil.

did robby say something about the pic??? i mean it's not a common one.

Mystery Train wrote:did robby say something about the pic??? i mean it's not a common one.

He was quite surprised, and he wanted to know where I got it and if I could email it to him.
I'm just going to print off all of the pictures on photo paper and bring them to Cleveland.
He showed it to Ray and Brett, and told Ray the names of some of the guys in the band.

jim4371 wrote:

Mystery Train wrote:did robby say something about the pic??? i mean it's not a common one.

He was quite surprised, and he wanted to know where I got it and if I could email it to him.
I'm just going to print off all of the pictures on photo paper and bring them to Cleveland.
He showed it to Ray and Brett, and told Ray the names of some of the guys in the band.

hey, now that's way cool man!

Mystery Train wrote:

jim4371 wrote:

Mystery Train wrote:did robby say something about the pic??? i mean it's not a common one.

He was quite surprised, and he wanted to know where I got it and if I could email it to him.
I'm just going to print off all of the pictures on photo paper and bring them to Cleveland.
He showed it to Ray and Brett, and told Ray the names of some of the guys in the band.

hey, now that's way cool man!

yeah, very nice man!The jug band... he must have had a good, long retrospective laugh


here`s my newest:

I like that, UM69. Is that a flyer or booklet?

TheDoorsMusic wrote:I like that, UM69. Is that a flyer or booklet?

Thanks, it`s a two page program advertising a show at SUNY, New York 23rd sept, 1967.Tim Buckley also performed at this gig which is promoted inside the program..I`ll try to post some scans later this week.

Hey, this is a real cool thread. Here are some photos of my Ray junk... sorry for the weak quality on the photos

Sealed 8 track of The Whole Thing and a sealed long box of The Golden Scarab.



Sealed copies of The Whole Thing. I bought the first one of these a while back, way before I had ever transfered an LP to digital. I wish I would have saved it for when I knew what I was doing... oh well. The second copy was indeed also sealed, but it came to me in warped, unplayable shape. That was a bummer.



Sealed LP of the golden scarab. This one I've never opened up, so I cant verify if the seal is legit, but I think I picked it up for $10 or less, so I wouldnt be too heartbroken either way



1983 Press Release for Carmina Burana. Came across this at a flea market and snagged it for $4



Not Ray related, but here's the Butts Band debut album, still sealed

Welcome to Nite City

The debut album... one of these is a US pressing, one is made for the Canadian market (has a little maple leaf flag on it)



Nite City: Golden Days, Diamond Nights. I've owned two copies of this... the first one I paid $105 for (outbidding Kerry H) and then the second one I managed to snag for $15 shipped from Germany. I ended up selling one of them when I was strapped for cash. The one I kept has a nice jacket, but both had pretty beat up records inside





Two Nite City prints. These are cool prints that are in need of some restoration. I've wanted to get nice scans of them made and/or have them re-mounted, but I've never followed through with it. They were found in the crawl space of a record label employee in Phoenix. I really like these





A jumbo, oversized Nite City matchbook.





Flip it open and it's autographed by the band

cool stuff..."New Age Purveyors Of The Endless Night"

Nite City promo folder. Inside the folder is 3 articles about the band, 3 8x10 glossy promo photos and 2 backstage passes. I used to have nice scans of these I made in college, but I think I lost those in a reformat. Sorry for the shitty photo quality









I think one of those backstage passes came with the kit... the other I probably picked up somewhere else.

Probably my favorite thing... the infamous Nite City belt buckle. Wore it to my first D21c show in July of 2003. Met Ray after the show and he really dug it... told me that it was hip. In August of 03 in Atlanta, I got Ray to sign it for me. I wish I could find another one to wear... it's a sweet looking buckle.





And last but not least, a turtle flute that Ray played during the South American D21c tour of fall 2004. This particular one was played in Mexico, during When The Music's Over. It really added a cool effect during the song. In April of 2005, I had it signed by Ian, Ty and Robert Mirabal- the indian flute player that the D21c had for an opening act. Robert was really cool and played the flute before signing it. This past week, i brought it with me to the Riders show in Chicago and finally got Ray to sign it. Robby, Phil and Brett added their names to it as well. All I'm missing is Angelo.