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“AWAKE”
(‘GHOST SONG’ / ‘DAWN’S HIGHWAY’ / ‘NEWBORN AWAKENING’)
“TO COME OF AGE”
(‘BLACK POLISHED CHROME’ / ‘LATINO CHROME’ / ‘ANGELS AND SAILORS’ / ‘STONED IMMACULATE’)
“THE POETS DREAMS”
(‘THE MOVIE’ / ‘CURSES, INVOCATIONS’)
“WORLD ON FIRE”
(‘AMERICAN NIGHT’ / ‘ROADHOUSE BLUES’ / ‘LAMENT’ / “THE HITCHHIKER’))
“AN AMERICAN PRAYER”
(“An American Prayer” is the 9th and final studio album by “the doors”)
(in 1978, 7 years after lead singer ‘Jim Morrison’ died and 5 years after the remaining members of the band broke up, ‘Ray Manzarek’, ‘Robby Krieger’, and ‘John Densmore’ 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)
(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”)
(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’)
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(this version of the song later appeared on the ‘in concert’ compilation)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈 ☜ *“FULL CIRCLE”*
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👈👈👈☜*SONGS OF ‘THE DOORS’* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥