Doors-"Riders On The Storm"

As best as I am able to discern (think I nailed it, but at the very end of the song, during the fading ocean sfx, it's a little difficult to exactly distinguish between the now-very faint sfx and the vinyl surface noise), both my commercial and my promo 45 (which both happen to be stereo, but for which no reference is made on the label, in either case) have a listed time of (4:35), but an actual time of (4:45).

my commercial 45 for the doors song "riders on the storm" issued as elektra 45738 states the run time as 4:35 but actually runs 4:48 and is an edit of the full length 7:08 version....the vinyl 45 is stereo even though it does not state it....thanks john for the tireless effort to re-create the true vinyl 45.....thanks tons!!

I believe it is the 45 version Jon. The last 10-12 seconds of the file I downloaded are silent (and I cranked up the volume to the maximum level as the rain sound effects kicked in at the end of the song).

Haha, guess I should have waited a couple months and snagged it from iTunes, Amazon or Rhapsody.

Todd, my DJ 45 (with a star on the "Riders On The Storm" side) has "Changeling" on the flip side, just like the commercial single. Both sides play stereo, although there's no stereo indication on either side, aside from the "EKS" prefix.

This is a Phillips Recording Company (pre-PRC) pressing, with the "PH" letters in the deadwax. Elektra often used more than one pressing plant for DJ 45s at the time, so it's possible there could be another U.S. promo floating around somewhere.