The Doors – Strange Days

Only perfect early Doors record I found in a thrift. Mint. Found many moons ago.

If you take out "Horse Latitudes" this is the perfect Doors album.

All of the blues and psychedelic rock influence of their debut, but with an even more honed in, original experimental sound. Yes, its classics are very strong (When the Music's Over, People Are Stange, Strange Days) but "lesser-known" tracks are totally catchy and spellbinding.

You're Lost Little Girl, Unhappy Girl, My Eyes Have Seen You and I Can't See Your Face In My Mind are all somehow near radio-friendly but also totally give off the same independent rock vibes as any Velvet Underground offering.

This is peak Doors!

I finally got my hands on a VG++ copy of this, and with a bit of tone adjustment, this is a super-clear pressing, albeit a little hot on the treble (hence the tone adjustment). I don’t know that this recording can sound much better than this. Very enjoyable. Highly recommended, but good luck finding a clean pressing. If not the definitive version, at least a top 3.

I just cleaned this record and here my sound review.
I was really impressed by the wonderful wall of sound in stereo, even if I had to reduce the treble a bit.
On the first song "Strange Days" I could hear some rumbling, as if they were having problems with a mic stand. But maybe it's just the pressing. The rest of this LP is comlete perfect mixed. All in all, a very good sounding record that transports the feeling of the past.

so who and why an unofficial release with fake radio edition label?

I find this second studio offering from The Doors overall unsatisfying. It has three or four classics on it but some of the other songs seem to be like snippets of not completed ideas, if not songs. Those songs, such as "Unhappy Girl" showed promise but never seemed to be totally fleshed out. You do have to give the group credit I think for taking chances on most of their albums. They could have easily sat around trying to remake "Light My Fire" or "Hello, I Love You" on every track but they recorded what they felt like recording.

Is this the first rock/pop LP to expressly credit the mastering engineer?

This doesn't work quite as well as their début; it's similar in style, but not quite as direct or powerful. Still fairly decent but not quite a classic.

strange release of "strange days" i hold in my hands!! white radio station copy label whos pasted over another. no country, no release date and no matrix/runout. looks like a near mint copy.