As a big fan of the band's first three albums I felt totally confused when the 1969 brass and string infected "Soft Parade" showed up and thought they'd lost it. So when seeing this in a record shop window some time later I hesitated, but finally went in for a listen. And already the stone hard "Roadhouse Blues" convinced me - they were back on track. Back to the signature Doors idiom and even more furious than before. They also incorporated two earlier leftovers - the softer "Indian Summer" from the debute's sessions and the psych "Waiting For The Sun" from the third album - both blending in just fine with the rest. What I still hear today is one of the rawest blues rock albums ever recorded. There's no posing here, it's like they're living the songs. Listening to tracks like "Roadhouse Blues", "You Make Me Real", "Queen Of The Highway", "Ship Of Fools" and "Maggie M'Gill you can almost smell the pain. Why it's divided in two parts - side one "Hard Rock Café" and side two "Morrison Hotel" - I don't understand. Totally wasted on me since it all sticks so well together I rather devour it in one piece. Also the audio on this US issue is superduper, very hard hitting. Since the matrixes has EKS-75007-A AL/-B AL I suppose it's an Allentown press. Issued and reissued on every possible format all over the world through the years. US 2007 CD on Electra/Rhino (R2 101173) came with ten bonus tracks. Premiere US had label as shown here in a thick matt fold/out cover. (YZÄ*) (DÖÖW*)
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