Elektra EKL 5000 (Mono)
A stage musical based on Homer's Oddysey. Released by arrangement with RCA (original number LOC 1014). As usual the Elektra cover design is different, and better, than the original.
Elektra EKL 5001 (Mono)
Released: 1958
The album exists with number EK-KIT with a cover image showing the parts of the kit (such as a guitar) and as EKL5001 with a cover showing a line drawing of a guitarist and the title 'How to Play Folk Guitar'. Side 1 is 'Guitar Instruction with Billy Faier' (up to the track 'Last Word') and Side 2 features '20 Favourite Folk Songs with Milt Okun'.
Elektra EKL 5002 (Mono) EKS 75002 (Stereo)
Recorded in Vienna, possibly to circumvent a costly involvment with the American Federation of Musicians.
Elektra EKL 5003 (Mono) EKS 75003 (Stereo)
Elektra EKL 5004 (Mono) EKS 75004 (Stereo)
Elektra EKS 75005 (Stereo)
Released: July 1969
Production: Paul A Rothchild
You have to overlook the earlier 5000 numbered discs: this was the start of the 5000s as a 'premium' series, selling for a dollar more than the 4000s.
Elektra EKS 75006 (Stereo)
Released: December 1969
David Frye was the comedian who impersonated Richard Nixon. This album, and Mr Frye, were even written up in Time Magazine: www.time.com
Elektra EKS 75007 (Stereo)
Released: February 1970
Production: Paul A Rothchild
Side 1: Hard Rock Cafe
Side 2: Morrison Hotel
Presumably it was deliberate that this disc is 75007 when the first Doors album was 74007.
Spanish issue of this (from the Franco era) substitutes 'Not to Touch the Earth' for 'Peace Frog'. Amazing that the Spanish authorities understood the subject of the song!
Elektra EKS 75008 (Stereo)
Production: Jac Holzman ('occasional selections' by Mark Abramson)
Double album.
Elektra EKS 75009 (Stereo)
Side 1
Side 2
Another discographical anomoly.
This catalogue number seems unoccupied expect for its use in Venezuela for the 'Doors 13' album which bears a different cover to the worldwide release on EKS 74079. The back of the Venezuelan LP features the photo from the front of the other version.
It is likely that Doors 13 was originally intended for this catalogue number world-wide. The change would have been made to reduce the cover price, as the 5000 series sold for a dollar more than the 4000 series.
I suggested to Jac that the Venezuelans didn't get the memo about the change. He just said that they did ... and didn't look happy.
Elektra EKS 75010 (Stereo)
Released: 1971
Production: Mark Abramson
'Amazing Grace' became a worldwide hit, but this album also contains the sounds of Humpback Wales singing on 'Farewell to Tarwathie', courtesy of Dr Roger Payne.
Elektra EKS 75011 (Stereo)
Released: April 1971
Production: Bruce Botnick and the Doors
The magic between the Doors and Paul Rothchild seemes to have run out as the sessions for this album began. The production was handed over to Bruce Botnick who took the band over to their rehearsal studio with a set of equipment to record and they moved 'down' from 16 to 8 tracks.
Early copies of this album have a multi-part sleeve with a die-cut clear window in the front and rounded edges to the outer cover.
The Elektra billboard on Sunset, which promoted this album, was directly opposite the site where the original billboard to promote the first Doors album was placed.
The storm effects on 'Riders on the Storm' came from the Elektra sound effects library. Bruce Botnick remembers that he just lined the two tapes up (Doors 8-track and SFX tape), pressed play and 'it just happened'.
Elektra EKS 75012 (Stereo)
Released: 1971
Production: Ron Jacobs for Watermark Inc
There was a book of the same name by Jack S Margolis and Richard Clorfene. Neither that nor this album were intended to be taken seriously. For some reason the widespread legalisation of pot that this album predicted has been taking a long time to arrive. This disc was origianlly supposed to be EKS 74090 (an acetate with this number exists and has been seen on eBay) and also exists as a a boxed set number CGG-1 which was produced for promotional purposes and included the book along with an abridged version of the disc.
Elektra EKS 75013 (Stereo)
Production: Paul A Rothchild
Elektra EKS 75014 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Production: Mark Abramson
Elektra EKS 75015 (Stereo) EQ 5015 (Quad)
Released: 1972
Production: David Gates
Elektra EKS 75016 (Stereo)
Released: 1971
Production: Paul Samwell-Smith for Silven Productions Ltd
Elektra EKS 75017 (Stereo)
Released: October 1971
The Doors without Jim.
Elektra EKS 75018 (Stereo)
Released: March 1972
Elektra EKS 75019 (Stereo)
Licensed from Fly records in the UK. UK sleeve was black and white while the US cover added colour.
Elektra EKS 75020 (Stereo)
Released: 1971
Elton John's lyricist read his poetry on this album and was accompanied by some famous friends including Caleb Quaye, Davey Johnstone and Shawn Phillips. UK issue was on Rocket (Elton's label) and had a different sleeve. This disc was originally going to be EKS 74110 and this number is referenced on the insert sheet and this matrix number appears, crossed out, on the released discs. EKS74110 was not used.
Elektra EKS 75021 (Stereo)
Licensed from Charisma Records (UK). The US version has a different typography on the sleeve.
Elektra EKS 75022 (Stereo)
Production: Don Nix
Double live album.
Elektra EKS 75023 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Production: Jac Holzman
Jac Holzman was so excited by Harry's talent that he got back into the producer's chair one last time.
Elektra EKS 75024 (Stereo)
Released: March 1972
Production: Eddie Kramer for Remarkable Productions Inc
Elektra EKS 75025 (Stereo)
Released: March 1972
Production: Gary Usher
Elektra EKS 75026 (Stereo)
Released: March 1972
Production: Gus Dudgeon
Engineering: David Hentschel
Recorded: Trident Studios, London
Side 1
Side 2
Licensed from Charisma Records (UK): catalogue number CAS 1054. The US version has different typography on the sleeve.
Elektra EKS 75027 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Production: Robert W Zachary Jr
Elektra EKS 75028 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Elektra EKS 75029 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Production: Pete Carr
Elektra EKS 75030 (Stereo) EQ 5030 (Quad)
Released: 1972
Production: Mark Abramson
This album was entitled 'Amazing Grace' in the UK, where that track had been a number one hit.
Elektra EKS 75031 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Production: Jerry Yester
Elektra EKS 75032 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Production: Bernie Taupin
Elektra EKS 75033 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Elektra EKS 75034 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Production: David Mackay for Leon Henry Productions Ltd
Engineering: Roger Quested, Mike Claydon, John Pantry, Mike Butcher
Recorded: Morgan Studios and IBC Studios London
Side 1
Side 2
Elektra 6E 5035 (Stereo) EQ 5035 (Quad)
Released: August 1973
Originally this album was a Quad-only release but it was eventually released in stereo as 6E 5035.
Elektra EKS 75036 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Elektra EKS 75037 (Stereo)
Released: 1973
Production: Curt Boetcher and Webb Burrel for Land-O-Lakes Productions
Side 1
Side 2
Curt had been a member of the Association and Millenium and was a demon vocal arranger. He was signed to Elektra in 1971 and warned Jac Holzman that his album would take a long time to produce. It finally came out in 1973, which explains the out-of-sequence catalogue number.
This is almost a solo effort, along the lines of the Emmit Rhodes albums that Boetcher had worked on, although here he was asisted by a multi-instrumentalist named Webb Burrel.
Elektra EKS 75038 (Stereo)
Released: July 1972
Early US copies included a 'cut out and keep' Zoetrope as part of the cover design.
Elektra EKS 75039 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Personnel includes legendary singer Chris Farlowe. This was originally released (with a different cover) in the UK on Dawn DNLS 3049.
Elektra EKS 75040 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Production: Richard Sanford Orshoff
Elektra EKS 75041 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Elektra EKS 75042 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Production: Fred Kewley
Elektra EKS 75043 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Production: Bob Johnston
Side 1
Side 2
Origiannly released in the UK on Charisma CAS 1057 with a very plain cover.
Elektra EKS 75044 (Stereo)
Released: October 1972
Production: Sandy Roberton
Including Ian Matthews and Andy Roberts, both of whom also recorded solo albums for Elektra.
Elektra EKS 75045 (Stereo)
Released: October 1972
Elektra EKS 75046 (Stereo)
Released: October 1972
Production: Mark Abramson
Elektra EKS 75047 (Stereo)
Released: October 1972
Production: David Gates
The lead guitar on 'Guitar Man' was Larry Knechtel.
Elektra EKS 75048 (Stereo)
Released: 1972
Elektra EKS 75049 (Stereo) EQ 5049 (Quad)
Released: 1972
Production: Richard Perry
Engineering: Robin Cable
Recorded: Trident Studios London
Side 1
Side 2