The Doors-Waiting For The Sun (1968)
Artist: The Doors
Title: Waiting For The Sun
Label: Elektra
Format: LP
Cat #: EKS 74024
Year of Release: 1968
Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1968 Terre Haute Pressing, Unipak gatefold, CP brown label variant, uni cover wear on spine, 1” spine missing at top
Listed Condition: VG/G+
Sell Date: 3/20/25
Sell Price: $7.88
Discogs Last Sold: 3/25/25 VG+/VG+ $64.94 In original Elektra inner sleeve. Vinyl sounds great with minimal surface noise. A lot of wear on spine but rest of the cover in good shape
Low: $3.00 G+/VG+
Median: $11.75
Average: $18.71
High: $64.94
Current low price: $5.00 G+/G+
Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18
Have/Want: 17539/3322
Where Sold: Rome, GA
Time it took to sell: 9 years
Where and When Bought: Worcester, That's Entertainment early 80's $1.29
Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-
Sad To See It Go: No
This was one of the first used albums I ever bought for a $1.29 in the dollar bin. It played pretty clean for that price. Oddly enough, I didn't know this album as cold as I would expect. I remember getting into a battle with my friend John to get The Soft Parade because we heard "Five To One" on the radio the night before. He won out as the counter man yelled at us to not run in the record section. Then I got home and realized "Five To One" was the last song on the album I had already.
"Hello, I Love You," "Not To Touch The Earth" and "The Unknown Soldier" were the main radio hits. I remember "Spanish Caravan" and "Love Street" but a big chunk of side 2--"My Wild Love," "We Could Be So Good Together," and "Yes, The River Knows" made less of an impact on me. The seasonal numbers "Summer's Almost Gone" and "Wintertime Love" were also forgotten. "We Could Be So Good Together" and "Wintertime Love" are certainly keepers.
Since this was released before I was born, like all Doors albums, I have no recollection of the time they were new. For whatever reason, I always viewed this as their second album instead of their third. Maybe because "Hello, I Love You" was their second number one single. Strange Days also came in 1967, the same year as the debut. The Doors cranked 'em out: 6 quality studio albums from 1967-1971 plus a double live for good measure
Do you hope to pluck this dusty jewel?
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