Album proof for The Doors album, Morrison Hotel, measuring 35 x 15.25. The group's fifth album was released in February 1970, and peaked at #4 on the Billboard album chart. The cover photo was taken at the actual Morrison Hotel located at 1246 South Hope Street in Los Angeles. The band asked the owners if they could photograph the hotel and they declined, so the band went inside when nobody was looking and took the photograph. The rear cover features a photograph of the Hard Rock Cafe on 300 East 5th Street, Los Angeles. The founders of the later and otherwise unrelated Hard Rock Cafe chain used the name, having seen it on the Doors' album. The original cafe is no longer open for business. In very good condition, with scattered light surface creasing, light soiling, a fingerprint mark towards the top edge, and a few ink notations. RRAuction COA.
