Jim Morrison (Music By The Doors) "An American Prayer" 1978 White Label Promo LP

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N.B. - This rare white label promo copy was released to radio stations in its UNEDITED full-length format, including the eight-page "libretto" with drawings by Jim Morrison. 
A Special DJ Edition, with some cuts edited to remove profanity, was sent to other radio stations. This is NOT one of those edited versions.
An American Prayer was released on November 17th, 1978.
From Discogs:

Seven years after lead singer Jim Morrison died and five years after the remaining members of the band broke up.

They reunited and recorded backing tracks over Morrison's poetry (originally recorded in 1969 and 1970).
Other pieces of music and spoken word recorded by the Doors and Morrison were also used in the audio collage, such as dialogue from Morrison's film HWY: An American Pastoral and snippets from jam sessions.

The album also includes a composite live version of "Roadhouse Blues", splicing together performances at New York City's Felt Forum and Detroit's Cobo Hall, both captured during the Doors' 1970 Roadhouse Blues Tour.
This version of the song later appeared on the In Concert compilation.

Despite managing a RIAA platinum certification in the US, the album received mixed reviews and still divides critics.

When the album was originally released, longtime Doors' producer Paul A. Rothchild labeled the album a "rape of Jim Morrison." Rothchild claimed that he had heard all of the reels of master tapes from both the 1969 and the 1970 poetry sessions, insisting that the three remaining Doors failed to realize Morrison's original intent for an audio presentation of the poetry.

Prior to leaving for Paris, Morrison had approached composer Lalo Schifrin as a possible contributor for the music tracks meant to accompany the poetry, with no participation from any of the other Doors members.

Additionally, he had developed some conception of the album cover art work by January 1971, and was in correspondence with artist T. E. Breitenbach to design this cover in the form of a triptych. However, John Haeny (who recorded the original session tapes with Morrison in 1970 and safeguarded them before the project was resurrected as An American Prayer) insisted that the album "was made by those people who were closest to Jim, both personally and artistically" and "everyone had the best intentions," stating: "Jim would be pleased. Jim would have understood our motivation and appreciated our dedication and heartfelt handling of his work

Tracklist

Awake

A1

Awake

A2

Ghost Song

A3

Dawn's Highway / New Born Awakening

To Come Of Age

A4

To Come Of Age

A5

Black Polished Chrome / Latino Chrome

A6

Angels And Sailors / Stoned Immaculate

The Poet's Dreams

A7

The Movie

A8

Curses, Invocations

World On Fire

B1

American Night

B2

Roadhouse Blues

B3

Lament

B4

The Hitchhiker

An American Prayer

B5

An American Prayer

B5.a

The End

B5.b

Albinoni: Adagio

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra RecAords
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Copyright (c) – James Douglas Morrison Publishing
• Copyright (c) – Doors Music Co.
• Published By – James Douglas Morrison Publishing
• Published By – Alchemical Music Co.
• Published By – Doors Music Co.
• Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
• Recorded At – Hollywood Sound Recorders
• Produced At – Soundstream, Inc.
• Mixed At – Cherokee Studios
• Mastered At – Capitol Mastering
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Credits

• Art Direction – John Van Hamersveld, Johnny Lee (4), Ron Coro
• Bass – Bob Glaub, Jerry Scheff (tracks: B5.b)
• Drums – John Densmore
• Engineer – John Haeny
• Engineer [Assistant] – Paul Black
• Engineer [Contributing Engineer] – Babe Hill, Cheech D'Amico*, Frank Lisciandro, Fritz Richmond, John Weaver, Paul Black, Paul Ferrara (2), Ron Garrett
• Engineer [Doors Songs Recorded Prior To 1971] – Bruce Botnick
• Guitar – Robby Krieger
• Illustrations [Drawings] – Jim Morrison
• Keyboards – Ray Manzarek
• Lacquer Cut By [Lacquering] – Ken Perry
• Layout [Poetry Booklet Edited By] – Katherine Lisciandro
• Lyrics By [Poems, Lyrics & Stories] – James Douglas Morrison*
• Mastered By [Sound Restoration] – Bob Ingebretsen, Dr. Thomas Stockham*
• Percussion – Reinol Andino
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Joel Brodsky
• Photography By [Booklet Page 1] – Gloria Stavers
• Photography By [Booklet Page 2, 3, 4 & 7] – Frank Lisciandro
• Photography By [Booklet Page 4] – Jerry Hopkins
• Photography By [Front Cover] – Edmond Teske*
• Photography By [Inside Back Cover] – Art Kane
• Photography By [Inside Front Cover] – Paul Ferrara (2)
• Producer – Frank Lisciandro, John Densmore, John Haeny, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger
• Producer [Doors Songs Recorded Prior To 1971; The Wasp & Riders Of The Sun] – Bruce Botnick, The Doors
• Producer [Doors Songs Recorded Prior To 1971] – Paul A. Rothchild
• Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Arthur Barrow (tracks: A7)
• Vocals, Voice [Spoken Words] – Jim Morrison

Notes

White label promotional copy, Elektra butterfly labels.
Label:
PROMOTIONAL COPY
NOT FOR SALE

Specialty Records Corporation pressing. The SRC logo is stamped in the runouts (large S with the R and C in the loops).

© 1978 James Douglas Morrison Publishing and Doors Music Co.
Backcover: ? & © 1978 Elektra / Asylum Records.
Center labels: ? 1978 by Elektra Records.
Mixed at Cherokee Studios, L.A.
New music recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders.
Sound restoration by Soundstream Inc.
Lacquering: Capitol Records.
This album was made with the invaluable support & contributions of Corky Courson.
Special thanks: Tim McIntire, Bub Brown, Debra Densmore, Chuck Churella, John Lipke, Paul Davis.

Center labels reads track titles as entered in tracklist.
Index tracks only on backcover.
Track A3 reads "Dawn's Highway / Newborn Awakening" on backcover.
Tracks B5.a and B5.b not mentioned on backcover, - only the index track.
Tracklist in booklet reads:
1
- Awake
- Ghost Song
2
- Dawn's Highway
- Newborn Awakening
3
- To Come Of Age
- Black Polished Chrome
- Latino Chrome
- Angels And Sailors
- Stoned Immaculate
4
- The Movie
- Curses, Invocations
5
- American Night
- Roadhouse Blues
- The World On Fire
- Lament
6
- The Hitchiker
7 & 8
- An American Prayer

Total time A-side - 19:35.
Total time B-side - 19:05.

Gatefold Sleeve containing 2 photos of Jim Morrison & an 8-page book with lyrics.