The Doors – Strange Days

Another awesome Bernie G mastering triumph! Unreal ####ing sonics on my LP, which also has whisper-quiet vinyl. Some songs have so much space to them it's unreal. The driving, pounding bass on 'Moonlight Drive' is unbelievable. Jim & The Boys hit a god-damned grand-slam homer with this album...

Let's wait for another anniversary & come again vith a "special"edition for lot of money .
They know that there are people wanting to pay for this nonsense & there will be re-issues untill the end of time !!!

I picked up a fairly clean Allentown mono copy and found it, like almost all Allentown copies I have contained in decent condition, to be of excellent sound quality. I compared this with a 1st Pitman mono I have and it is much punchier, clearer and with better instrument separation. The 1st Pitman is on par with the 2017 mono rerelease - good and worth picking up to have a copy. The Allentown trumps both.

BEWARE VARIANT 1 MATRIX!

I went through 2 copies from 2 different stores in town and they both have the exact scratchy staticky sound that is audible throughout especially during quieter tracks and intros. Even after a good wet-vac cleaning the horrible scratchy sounds still exist on both A & B sides. One thing I can definitely confirm is that both of these pressings are of the “Variant 1 Matrix” as listed in the ID section of Discogs.

But now here’s the weird part! If I turn off my turntable motor and play the record backwards it significantly cleans up most of the surface noise. I didn’t do this with the entire record just on a few tracks where the surface noise took over the level of the music. When I would play back through these “cleaned up” groove sections it was like night and day so maybe I will try this with one of the copies and see what happens and take the other copy back. But really, do we have to go to such extremes for a clean copy of a sealed brand new record?!?!

Great album. wonder if they fixed the flaw on People are Strange from original master.
Gold Elektra sticker with (MON-1) and side one and (MON-5) on side two.
my copy has side two stick for "The Doors" album and not for "Strange Days". Not sure if that's a common error?

Great album but the dynamics/sound are a bit thin and quiet. Crank up the volume and bass on this one for best experience.

Great quality cassette. Clean, warm dynamics and recommended. Minimal inlay card but has all the information you need.

Update: I find myself listening to this a lot more than the AP. I think this might just be my new favorite copy. Not because of the speed differences but because the DCC does a great job at cleaning Morrison’s vocals up as well as giving more of a crunch on Densmore’s kit. Although I will say, the AP has better dynamics on “Horse Latitudes” and “Moonlight Drive”. I do have some sibilance issues on “When the Music’s Over,” but it’s not unlistenable.

Comparing this to the ‘67 original, this wipes the floor with the 67 pressing. Mine is a Monarch and it sounds like tin cans. Its a revelation how great this cut sounds in comparison to the original.

Mindful of the impact to the brain. It's good music no matter

This pressing is a stunner for sure. I finally opened my sealed mono (this exact press) and played it for the first time last year and I wasn’t disappointed. So glad I cracked it open. Dead quiet with excellent transparency and detail