Doors Signed Elektra Contracts

Here are three signed contracts between The Doors and Elektra Records. As you can see, two of these are identical pages from an October 1968 contract. The other is a page from a February 1970 contract. Although the signatures are all clearly different, I find them to be very similar in appearance.

I'd like to point out that the other signature on each of these contracts is that of Elektra President Jac Holzman. On each of the two 1968 contracts, Holzman has signed above Lawrence Harris' printed name. Harris was also an Elektra executive at that time.

A few things that I find particularly unusual in comparing the signatures are the second "r" and second "o" in "Morrison", and the "n" in "John."

Thoughts?

Tags: autographs, contracts, doors, elektra, holzman, jac, jim, morrison, signatures

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin on January 27, 2012 at 3:16pm

The Morrison signed album in R&R didn't reach reserve.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on June 21, 2012 at 7:52pm

Did it reach the reserve this time around? I would guess that it didn't. It ended at $17,365, including BP.

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin on January 29, 2012 at 8:58pm

Ballroom...did you know this about Janice Joplin?

She Dissed Jim Morrison – Twice!

The Doors frontman Jim Morrison was physically turned on to Joplin after she busted a bottle of Southern Comfort over his head, knocking him out cold. Morrison, loving the physical confrontation and her violent attitude, seemed to be in love. The day after this strange encounter during rehearsals, he asked producer Paul Rothchild for her phone number. Joplin had no intent on getting together with Morrison again and as it turns out, they never did. Morrison was reportedly heartbroken.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 29, 2012 at 11:12pm

Ha ha. Yeah, I had read that before. Pretty outrageous.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin on June 22, 2012 at 12:42pm

RR sold the Morrison signed Doors album sold for $17,365. Should be a killer investment, since it appears to be the only genuine Morrison-signed Doors album ever on the market.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on June 22, 2012 at 2:25pm

Thanks. If the consignor has owned it since it was last auctioned in '07, I believe it needed to sell for $20.5K in order for that person to break even. That's why I assumed that it didn't meet the reserve.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin on June 22, 2012 at 3:03pm

I missed that it sold for $20,500 a few years ago. Shame he's taking a loss. Once people realize how rare these are this album could go for several times today's price.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on June 22, 2012 at 3:15pm

Sorry, I wasn't too clear. It actually sold for $14,350 back in '07. Therefore, it would have had to sell for $20.5K, including the buyer's premium, in order for the seller to have broken even.