Eagles – Hotel California
Label: | Asylum Records – 6E-103 |
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Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock |
Style: | Country Rock, Pop Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Hotel California | 6:30 | |
| A2 | New Kid In Town | 5:04 | |
| A3 | Life In The Fast Lane | 4:46 | |
| A4 | Wasted Time | 4:55 | |
| B1 | Wasted Time (Reprise) | 1:22 | |
| B2 | Victim Of Love | 4:11 | |
| B3 | Pretty Maids All In A Row | 4:05 | |
| B4 | Try And Love Again | 5:10 | |
| B5 | The Last Resort | 7:25 |
Companies, etc.
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Credits
- Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Jim Ed Norman
- Art Direction – Don Henley, Kosh*
- Artwork By [Graphics] – Kosh
- Artwork [Poster] – Norman Seeff
- Bass, Guitarrón [Guitarone] – Randy Meisner
- Concertmaster – Sid Sharp*
- Drums, Percussion – Don Henley
- Engineer – Allan Blazek, Bill Szymczyk, Bruce Hensal, Ed Mashal
- Guitar – Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh
- Guitar [Slide] – Don Felder
- Keyboards – Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh
- Lead Vocals – Don Henley (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B2, B5)
- Photography By [Cover] – David Alexander (5)
- Producer, Mixed By – Bill Szymczyk
- Vocals – Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner
- Written-By – Don Henley (tracks: A1 to B1, B5), Glenn Frey (tracks: A1 to B1, B5)
Notes
"SP" in label matrix denotes a Specialty Records Corporation pressing.
Full runouts read as:
Side A: 6E-103-A14 7E 1084-A14 SP [SRC Logo] \-2 "IS IT 6'O'CLOCK YET?" STERLING ["7E 1084-A14" is scratched out]
Side B: 6E 103 B [SRC Logo] 7E 1084 B-1 RE SP 1-1 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" ["1084" is scratched out]
Contains 3 panel 11"x11" poster inside of group in B&W Sepia
Sleeve info:
℗&© Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, 962 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90069, A Division of Warner Communications.
Produced for Pandora Productions, Ltd. Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami & The Record Plant, Los Angeles, March-October 1976. Mixed in Miami. Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City.
Stereo. All songs ℗ 1976 Asylum Records.
Hotel California lyrics (on gatefold interior) ©1976 Long Run Music, Fingers Music, WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). (Copyright in dispute).
Full runouts read as:
Side A: 6E-103-A14 7E 1084-A14 SP [SRC Logo] \-2 "IS IT 6'O'CLOCK YET?" STERLING ["7E 1084-A14" is scratched out]
Side B: 6E 103 B [SRC Logo] 7E 1084 B-1 RE SP 1-1 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" ["1084" is scratched out]
Contains 3 panel 11"x11" poster inside of group in B&W Sepia
Sleeve info:
℗&© Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, 962 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90069, A Division of Warner Communications.
Produced for Pandora Productions, Ltd. Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami & The Record Plant, Los Angeles, March-October 1976. Mixed in Miami. Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City.
Stereo. All songs ℗ 1976 Asylum Records.
Hotel California lyrics (on gatefold interior) ©1976 Long Run Music, Fingers Music, WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). (Copyright in dispute).
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 6E-103-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 6E-103-B
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: Side A, etched [STERLING & SRC logo, stamped]): 7̷E̷ ̷1̷0̷8̷4̷-̷A̷1̷4̷ ̷S̷P̷ 6E-103-A14 \-2 "IS IT 6'O'CLOCK YET?" STERLING {SRC logo}
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: Side B, etched [STERLING & SRC logo, stamped]): 1̸0̸8̸4̸ 6E 103 B 7E B-1 RE SP 1-1 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING {SRC logo}
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side A, etched [STERLING & SRC logo, stamped]): 7̷E̷ ̷1̷0̷8̷4̷-̷A̷1̷4̷ ̷ -SP {SRC logo} 1-2 6E-103-A14 "IS IT 6 O'CLOCK YET?" STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side B, etched [STERLING & SRC logo, stamped]): 7̷E̷ ̷1̷0̷8̷4̷-̷B̷1̷4̷ -SP 1-2 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING 6E-103-B14 SP {SRC logo}
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3: Side A, etched [STERLING & SRC logo, stamped]): 6E-103-A-14 SP 7̷E̷ ̷1̷0̷8̷4̷-̷A̷1̷4̷ ̷S̷P̷ \-2 {SRC logo} "IS IT 6'O'CLOCK YET?" STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3: Side B, etched [STERLING & SRC logo, stamped]): 6E-103-B-14 SP {SRC logo} 7̷E̷ ̷1̷0̷8̷4̷-̷B̷1̷4̷ -SP \-1 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE." STERLING
Other Versions (5 of 551)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Hotel California (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Asylum Records, Asylum Records | AS 53051, 7E-1084 | Netherlands | 1976 | ||
Recently Edited | Hotel California (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Asylum Records, Asylum Records, Asylum Records, Asylum Records | K 53051, K53051, 7E 1084, 7E-1084 | UK | 1976 | ||
| Hotel California (LP, Album, Stereo, Pfanz Cut, Gatefold Cover) | Asylum Records, Asylum Records | AS 53 051, 7E-1084 | Germany | 1976 | |||
Recently Edited | Hotel California (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Asylum Records | 53 051 | France | 1976 | ||
Recently Edited | Hotel California (LP, Album, Stereo, CSM - Santa Maria Pressing) | Asylum Records | 7E-1084 | US | 1976 |
Recommendations
Reviews
unbelievable! just a phenomenal pressing all around i doubt any reissue comes close
I can only say: WOW! Compared to my newly bought One Step MFSL this is as close as an original Analoge vinyl disc can get. The MFSL sounds a bit 'artificial' and 'digital' to my ears. Lacking the warmth and depth that the original release has. MFSL bad? Not at all, but if you have an analogue disc to compare, it makes you wonder....why these One Step discs are so expensive, offering not that "YeeeHaaa" feeling ;-)- I got lucky with this super clean and quiet copy. Sound is great, classic vinyl warmth while keeping airiness and detail.
I'm very happy for the $11 spent! I don't see myself going up the ladder for the 'grail' on this record, so this will suffice nicely! - I agree with the other reviewers -- I grew up hearing the title track on the radio, but the first time I spun this Speciality Records pressing I felt like I was hearing the song for the first time. The entire pressing has nearly three-dimensional sound. I can't imagine any modern pressing sounding nearly this good.
- I still can´t find my exact version of my SP copy. A side matrix is exactly the same as this, but B side has LH on it:
Side A, etched [STERLING & SRC logo, stamped]: 6E-103-A14 7̷E̷ ̷1̷0̷8̷4̷- A 14 SP [SRC Logo] \-2 "IS IT 6'O'CLOCK YET?" STERLING
Side B, etched [STERLING & SRC logo, stamped]: [SRC logo] 7̶E̶ ̶1̶0̶8̶4̶ ̶B̶ - 1 RE SP \-3 6E 103 B "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING LH
it also has 0798 written on spine (price code??), so similar also to Eagles - Hotel California, but hasn´t those "re" written like that... 
Edited 7 years agoYet another budget audiophile record. The mastering work on these are superb as Sterling usually did on big releases of the mid 70s. Find yourself a US copy in NM condition by them, you wont be dissapointed, unless it suffers from groove wear. Preferably you should have somewhat of an idea of how the record has been treated over the years. The closer to the original the better, but as long as STERLING stamp runouts are involved it should be great.
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