Mono Doors, Psychedelic Reissues, and More

Showing some of my latest vinyl finds includes The Doors debut in mono, reissues from The Seeds, Nucleus, and The Fallen Angels, as well as a 1969 original hard rock album from High Tide. Also, "Riot On Sunset Strip" soundtrack and another soundtrack to avoid that features Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd.

[@ralphbolton4865]

Hi Robert, I bought my mono Doors record when it came out because the stereo versions were sold out at the record store. Still have it. Thanks for another good video.

[@sjbang5764]

My stars, I can't believe you showed High Tide. I had that record 50 years ago. Simon House's violin was just so cool. Man, that one brings back memories. Thanks for sharing this.

[@shortfuseartstudio]

I love videos that talk about good finds for cheap prices.

[@cultvult]

I was born the day The Doors came out.

[@RobertFithen]

Nice! Black Sabbath "Vol 4" was released the day I was born.

[@danl6213]

I agree with you on the "She gets...." part of Break on Thru....the first time i heard the word high back in there, it sounded forced, just not right. Some things are better left to the imagination.

[@stevenimeson902]

I’m with you guys both on that

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also a fantastic weekend Robert ❤😊

[@jobeonetwothree2126]

IMO The Doors "Strange Days" in mono seems fuller.

[@RobertFithen]

I haven't heard that one... yet.

[@ralphmilano1703]

nice find with that high tide lp!

[@bigstar33thriftymusiccolle7]

Outstanding pick ups at great prices. $10.00 for a Doors mono👍. The Seeds are definitely a rare find. Thanks for sharing.

[@RobertFithen]

The Seeds album was just re-released so now everyone can own one.

[@bigstar33thriftymusiccolle7]

@@RobertFithen Thanks for the info.

[@ChromeDestiny]

Zabriskie Point OST got better later reissues. Sony/ Columbia did a decent bare bones reissue on CD and cassette in the early 90's, Rhino did an expanded CD reissue with more Pink Floyd tracks and some solo Jerry Garcia material in the early 00's.

[@Bolshybwoy]

Simon House, famously former member of Hawkwind.

[@AsItShouldBePodcast]

Nice copy of the mono first Doors. I've run into a number of copies of that over the years but it's pretty much always VG- and below. Yours looks great. I love that Fallen Angels album although I'm 100% with you on the stupid novelty tracks. There are like 3 of those but I really love the rest. I have a reissue of the second album stashed away but haven't listened to it in years and don't remember how it stacks up to the first one. Hadn't heard of the High Tide album before.

[@RobertFithen]

I definitely need to get the second Fallen Angels album. Everything I've heard about it, it seems to be an improvement over the debut.

[@roberterwine7650]

I have the first press of the first doors album in stereo with no jacket but sounds great . im jelly of your mono first press

[@TheHogsEarReport]

Interesting about The Doors in stereo being mastered at a slower pitch. I never noticed that before, even though I have both OG mono and stereo copies. I assume it was corrected for 2nd pressings?? I have all The Doors 45s and some of those tracks have a faster pitch to them. Probably, to try and trim the time down for air play. A cool single to have is Road House Blues, it's a mono single. The flip side has a dedicated MONO mix of You Make Me Real. You can hear Jim say, "Come on" at the very beginning of the song. You can't hear that at all on the STEREO version.

[@RobertFithen]

I need to check out that mono b-side.

[@jake105]

Hey Robert, I just bought The Doors self titled in mono on record store day. It was a Rhino release in 2023. ($28.00 maybe) I thought it sounded terrible and wanted to return it. I never did and had a few listens since then. Break on Thru to my ears sounds awful, but the rest of the album is good. I've had this only on Cassette for like more than 40 yrs and it's sounds fine as well.

[@JWD1992]

From what I understand, it's not your pressing, but the original tape. In fact, I don't think the original tape is usable anymore. Instead they use an EQ'd copy. They go on about it on the Steve Hoffman forums.

[@jake105]

@@JWD1992 - OK thanks! I'll check that out.

[@ChromeDestiny]

@@JWD1992 Strange Days has a better mono mix imo.

[@JWD1992]

@@ChromeDestiny I need to hear it. Mono copies of that one are harder to find than mono copies of the debut. I will just stream it here for the time being. And then the mono edition of Waiting For The Sun is obscenely rare, but probably just a fold-down.

[@ChromeDestiny]

@@JWD1992 I believe Wintertime Love has a unique vocal and I think the mono vinyl uses the single mix of Unknown Soldier but otherwise it's a fold down. The UK mono Strange Days is also a fold down whereas the US version has unique mixes on some tracks such as Unhappy Girl. The Doors' Singles Collection is another way to hear some good Doors mono mixes and they throw in a Blu-Ray audio disc of the 1973 Quadraphonic Doors best of that has some discrete mixes on it too.

[@lunastardust88]

You look really good in that shirt.

[@2ridiculous41]

I used to see High Tide around London in the late 60s and their live show was fantastic. But they are nor all British. Tony Hill came to Britain with The Misunderstood (I presume you know them), the GREAT lost psychedelic band (check Children of The Sun or I Can Take You To The Sun) with a Yardbirds type live sound and then that band fell apart. Their other guitarist, Glen Ross Campbell, formed Juicy Lucy. Hope you're keeping well.

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks for the info.

[@VinylSerenity]

Great video as always. Where can I get that shirt? That shirt will atract the best kind of folk I tell ya.

[@TheHogsEarReport]

Brand new to your channel. You're correct about the Mugwumps being Cass Elliot's band, but that's a different Mugwump's on Riot on Sunset Strip. Those Mugwumps are also known as The Mugwump Establishment. They were a garage psych band. There are two tracks by them on the Mono Hollywood movie sound track. I hate the sound of Riot on Sunset Strip in rechanneled stereo. I'm like you, in need of a mono copy.

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks for the info.

[@Crankerny58]

It's about time someone gave some props to the great Canadian Nucleus!

[@RobertFithen]

Absolutely!

[@chanceotter8121]

Zabriske Point is a very guilty pleasure for me. I am a huge Antonioni fan, and think it is a better film than its reputation, but it did take 3 viewings over four decades to get there. The apocalyptic ending though I never doubted: It is a marvel of practical pyrotechnics, where everything near and dear to my suburban youth gets blowed up, blowed up real good, to the sounds of Pink Floyd. The clip is on KZbin and I watch it often. Still a remarkable sequence after all these years.I have also had an almost 40 year crush on actress Daria Halprin, the catatonic hippie dream girl lead actress (and later bride of Dennis Hopper). Is Roy Orbison’s title song that plays over the “The End” credit as a sunset on screen fades to black on the album? That song comes out of nowhere after the utter destruction one minute before.

[@RobertFithen]

I'll have to re-visit the movie. It's been a long time since I've seen it.

[@marvin_pumpt]

Dig yer button-up in this!

[@gtaylor1812]

Sky Saxon was in an actual cult commune in the 70s and they released a few lps. Ya Ho Wa 13. Very bizzare recordings if you have not heard them.

[@RobertFithen]

Sounds interesting.

[@gtaylor1812]

@@RobertFithen Smoke a fat one. It could help. His guru was a man named father yod, he does some vocal/ spoken word stuff with them.

[@FleagleSangria]

Cool vid Robert👍🏻 Oh wow, High Tide “Sea Shanties”! 😎That is quite the find for 5 bucks. Wow. This album is like an alternate universe if Jim Morrison got lost at sea and was picked up by some Pirates of the Carribean freak rock ship, put his scraggly beard to good use and donned a psychedelic scarf. Not to get all audiophile but do you have the half speed reissue or any reissue to compare? Would be curious if the reissue is dull in comparison like some of the psych reissues can be compared to originals. Abbey Road said they used the mastertapes for the latest half speed but I have been hesitant to purchase due to the few reviews Ive read that aren’t exactly supportive.

[@RobertFithen]

I have the MFSL of "Abbey Road". I don't really care for it. It basically ups the bass and makes it sound like 70's album with the grit polished over.

[@JWD1992]

I have the mono Doors, but my copy is shredded (by the original owner, not me). Sorry, I have to ask, is that a Monarch pressing? Mine is an Allentown pressing. I admit I prefer to hear this album at the "wrong speed" I am used to. I heard my friend's copy of that reissue CD and thought it sounded rushed (even though it obviously isn't). Woah, High Tide! I discovered them because I love Hawkwind, and Simon House was in both. I LOVE rock violin and viola. I wonder if it was cheap because someone thought it was actually an album of sea shanties based on the cover. I didn't realize it was even released here. Then again, it's hard to believe all the Hawkwind albums got released here. "Aural Lobotomy" sounds like a putdown. Or a satire of hype stickers on psych records. But the record sounds cool!

[@RobertFithen]

Mine is also the Allentown pressing.

[@FleagleSangria]

Why the hokey songs at times with these English groups?… Ok the old timey songs thrown in on some psych albums got my curiousity up. Apparently there is an entire term for this. “Mod Vaudeville”. Seems it was an english thing for the most part. Harkened back to dancehall days. I guess post war got the lads nostalgic for the olden times. The Kinks best (imo) album “Preservation Society” was really an entire theme album on this. Though the songs are still cool there are elements of that old timey sound. Even the Beatles with “When Im 64” and “Yellow Submarine” had that strawhat and wooden cane vaudeville style. The Stones even got in on this with “Something Happened To Me Yesterday” from Between The Buttons. Most of this I got from the article “Mod Vaudeville: English Music Hall Traditions in 1960's Pop Music” A 15 minute cool read.

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks for the info. Apparently some American group attempted to imitate it. It continued through the 70's.

[@SH-ud8wd]

Kaleidoscope either british or american are both extraordinary bands definitely worth listening to.

[@giantorangerecords]

I just couldn't get into The Fallen Angels record. There's some decent sounds here and there, but overall it just falls short of the mark. And yeah, I just get annoyed at that vaudeville thing that so many '60s psych bands thought they had to do. Even Kevin Gray can't fix that. It ain't no Seeds, that's for sure. And Robert, I noticed you have a lot of CDs on the shelf behind you. Do you have any recommendations for a CD player that goes well with a vintage receiver? All the buttons on my CD player have faded, so I have to guess where the play/pause/skip buttons are and it's just a pain in the ass to use. This is one reason I mostly listen to vinyl, but I have a bunch of awesome psych albums on CD that I never picked up on vinyl because they are pricy on vinyl.

[@RobertFithen]

I'm not sure. I don't know that much about newer CD players. I know that I've had the best luck with basic Sony players in that they will play just about any CD without skipping. I've had igher-end ones that I haven't had the same experience with.

[@mandorecordman]

Does anyone know if the Analog Productions versions of The Doors albums are worth it?

[@FlyJohnny100]

Haven't heard High Tide, gotta check that out. I dig sound tracks...rented Zabriske Point movie for the groovy band line-up, but couldn't get through it. Riot on Sunset Strip looks like a find... swell cover, and the movie might be just my kind of trash.

[@RobertFithen]

Definitely check out the movie.

[@Ryan-rn3cf]

I think you need to figure out to make your channel brighter for a slightly less in a basement look

[@Spinachrecords]

You middle finger says it all. 😂

[@RobertFithen]

I didn't even realize it. I should have saved it for the Moby Grape album.

[@brucegrossman3531]

Only time I want to hear banjo if I'm listening to some bluegrass/country or a Waterboys record. But on that it's more mandolin. Been plowing through the Fisherman's box set.

[@davidellis5141]

I saw Zabriskie Point in the The early days of cable on the Z Channel in Los Angeles & it went over my head but do like Careful With That Axe 🪓 Eugene & the soundtrack in general. I remember the David Essex film Stardust was on after & he had Keith Moon & Dave Edmunds in his band called .. The Stray Cats !

[@RobertFithen]

It's been awhile since I've seen that one too.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

The doors catalogue is a mess, the Stereo mixes are the way to go with self titled and the Monarch press is the ducks nuts but good luck finding a clean copy without selling a kidney on the black market. AP 45rpm? Is your best bet otherwise but who wants to flip that many times? Not me.

[@RobertFithen]

I don't have those 45 ROM versions for the same reason.

[@KidAJonni]

yeah I remember those Doors remixes. They are horrible. The Who catalog was the same way. Adding sounds and hearing instruments that I've never heard before..Totally butchered.