DOORS-Did you buy "The Soft Parade" when it was new? What color were your labels?

Red

The power of suggestion; red is what I recall and now I need to check!

 

I don't know anything about this except I've never heard of a Gold label U.S. pressing of this album. Maybe Canadian? They'd sometimes use "older" labels after the U.S. changed styles. Columbia 360, etc.

 

Wish I could help Steve...just a threadcrap to tell you I am really looking forward to hearing your version of this disc. Looking forward to hearing about the condition of the tape, etc.

Maybe this ebayer can help:
http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-DOORS-Soft-...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50

It LOOKS like a first issue and he says the label is brown..hmm...

 

And here is a red one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-DOORS-THE-S...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:0|293:1|294:50

 

Here's mine. I didn't buy it new, but it is gold. Stampers (hand etched) are:

S/1: EKS-75005-A AL MMMD
S/2: EKS-75005-B AL LMMD

 

RED. Of course I'm color-blind, but I'm supposed to be able to see most red--and I would remember GOLD I think.

 

Well I am not sure if this helps, but I think the answer MIGHT be gold:

http://www.bsnpubs.com/elektra/elektra75000.html

Wish I had a matrix number to share with you, but maybe you can contact the authors of the website. Good luck, Steve!

 

Purchased when released, in San Diego. Red.

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It might be a regional difference. Certainly the west coast pressings were red labels.

 

I remember buying the album when it was first released. I will try to find my copy, but I am pretty sure it is on a red label.

 

Purple. Bright purple.

 

My dad still has his. I called him and aksed him when he bought it. "The summer after I graduated high school" he said. That was 1969. It has a red label

 

Split it! Half gold, half red, satisfy everyone (until the arguments start over which side should come first)

 

The one my dad bought new had a red label, for what it's worth. Californy. Yeah he dug the Doors. So do I.

 

My copy is a red label - practically mint as the day it was unwrapped. The guy I got it from received lots of promos, he had hundreds of 'em to sell 6-7 years ago. I got a couple from his collection. Not exactly first hand knowledge I know, but....

 

Popsike shows a few auctions where Gold Label Elektras were sold ... http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=doors+soft+parade

I seem to remember that the rare first german pressing was with gold label ....

 

There is one up for auction now on Ebay too ...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultra-Rare-Door...ItemQQimsxZ20090330?IMSfp=TL090330158001r4949

 

What color were your label?

I have a USA Red label
A-side
A/ CTH
T @ 9.00 clock, B15 @ 12.00 clock
B-side
B1 - CTH
T @ 11.00 clock @12.00 clock .°.

 

My big "E" RED label was purchased from the original buyer who got it in Southern California within the first month of release. The matrix info is:
Side 1: T 1 EKS-75005-A-2 CTH
Side 2: T 1 EKS-75005-B-1 CTH

 

A dumb way to look at it, perhaps, but what color is the 1999 HDCD CD? I don't have it handy, but it isn't it gold? Elektra (it seems) used the original LP label design on each 1999 HDCD disc.

 

AF should have their OWN design of label like DCC , you can tell by looking that it's a DCC, and therefore quality. Classics drive me mad because it's hard to tell it's their pressing at all.

SO Steve, increase your marketing profile, and USPs by having your own label and then we can all stop worrying!

 

I agree with you.

 

Were these 2 labels only on Soft Parade? I always thought the Butterfly label came before the red (and after the gold).

 

Red. Purchased when Touch Me was still on the top 40 charts.