Limited Edition 45rpm 7" Vinyl Single!
Contains Original Japanese Single Artwork!
Recorded in 1966, the song "Light My Fire" was released on their self-titled debut album in January 1967. It was then released as an edited shortened single for radio play in April 1967 and spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 1967.
This was the band’s first #1 single. Presented here is a reissue of the original Japanese 7” with “Light My Fire” as the A Side and “Crystal Ship” as the B Side.
With an intoxicating, genre-blending sound, provocative and uncompromising songs, and the mesmerizing power of singer Jim Morrison's poetry and presence, The Doors had a transformative impact not only on popular music but on popular culture. The Doors' arrival on the rock scene in 1967 marked not only the start of a string of hit singles and albums that would become stone classics, but also of something much bigger - a new and deeper relationship between creators and audience. They released six studio albums in all, as well as a live album and a compilation, before Morrison's death in 1971. Their electrifying achievements in the studio and onstage were unmatched in the annals of rock. In the decades since The Doors' heyday, the foursome has loomed ever larger in the pantheon of rock - and they remain a touchstone of insurrectionary culture for writers, activists, visual artists and other creative communities.
Features:
• Limited Edition 50th Anniversary
• 7" Vinyl Single
• 45rpm
• Remastered
• Original Japanese single artwork
• Made in E.U.
Selections:
Side A: Light My Fire
Side B: The Crystal Ship
Contains Original Japanese Single Artwork!
Recorded in 1966, the song "Light My Fire" was released on their self-titled debut album in January 1967. It was then released as an edited shortened single for radio play in April 1967 and spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 1967.
This was the band’s first #1 single. Presented here is a reissue of the original Japanese 7” with “Light My Fire” as the A Side and “Crystal Ship” as the B Side.
With an intoxicating, genre-blending sound, provocative and uncompromising songs, and the mesmerizing power of singer Jim Morrison's poetry and presence, The Doors had a transformative impact not only on popular music but on popular culture. The Doors' arrival on the rock scene in 1967 marked not only the start of a string of hit singles and albums that would become stone classics, but also of something much bigger - a new and deeper relationship between creators and audience. They released six studio albums in all, as well as a live album and a compilation, before Morrison's death in 1971. Their electrifying achievements in the studio and onstage were unmatched in the annals of rock. In the decades since The Doors' heyday, the foursome has loomed ever larger in the pantheon of rock - and they remain a touchstone of insurrectionary culture for writers, activists, visual artists and other creative communities.
Features:
• Limited Edition 50th Anniversary
• 7" Vinyl Single
• 45rpm
• Remastered
• Original Japanese single artwork
• Made in E.U.
Selections:
Side A: Light My Fire
Side B: The Crystal Ship
