Jim Morrison Music By The Doors – An American Prayer

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Label:	Elektra – 5E-502
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold, Specialty Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1978
Genre:	Rock, Non-Music
Style:	Psychedelic Rock, Spoken Word, Experimental, Classic Rock

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 ℗ – Elektra Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra/Asylum Records
Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum Records
Copyright © – James Douglas Morrison Publishing
Copyright © – Doors Music Company
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
Illustration [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

© 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.
Specialty Records Corporation logo in runouts (large S with the R and C in the loops).

Initially version with Elektra butterfly labels, see images.
Gatefold Sleeve containing 2 photos of Jim Morrison & an 8-page book with lyrics.
There are several reissues, please have a look.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Center label A-side): 5E-502-A SP
Matrix / Runout (Center label B-side): 5E-502-B SP
Matrix / Runout (Var. 1 runout A-side, etching): 5E-502 A SP F4 SRC 1-1 MASTERED BY CAPITOL KP
Matrix / Runout (Var. 1 runout B-side, etching): 5E-502 B SP F4 SRC 1-2C MASTERED BY CAPITOL KP
Matrix / Runout (Var. 2 runout A-side, etching): 5E-502 A SP F4 SRC MASTERED BY CAPITOL KP
Matrix / Runout (Var. 2 runout B-side, etching): 5E-502 B SP F4 SRC MASTERED BY CAPITOL KP
Matrix / Runout (Runout, both sides, stamped): MASTERED BY CAPITOL

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	An American Prayer (LP, Album)	Elektra	W 52111	Italy	1978
Recently Edited	An American Prayer (LP, Album, Stereo, Butterfly Labels)	Elektra, Elektra	ELK 52 111, 5E-502	Germany	1978
New Submission	An American Prayer (8-Track Cartridge, Album)	Elektra	5T-8502	US	1978
New Submission	An American Prayer (LP, Album, Stereo)	Elektra	P-10504E	Japan	1978
New Submission	An American Prayer (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Elektra	K 52111	UK	1978

Reviews

jojoyojimbi Jan 3, 2023
I've got a copy of this with red labels and runout etching that reads 5E502 A-1A SX & 5E502 B - 1A SX and can't find anything about it anywhere, anyone have any idea?
Deanosbarandgrill Apr 21, 2022
Edited 9 months ago
I have a white label test pressing of An American Prayer - It looks like a UK/Europe issue.
Runout info:
T/P-G K52111 A1 EG ALLEN
T/P-G K52111 B1 EG ALLEN
MrFlocky Jun 5, 2021
It should be no surprise to you at all but, the original 1978 Canadian press sounds superb, I found a nice clean copy that plays flat with no pops. Very happy indeed.
jasonbum Dec 3, 2020
I love this album. Spent many "strange days" listening to this tripped out piece. Very underappreciated work, seems like they captured Jim's ghost.
fjfjfjfj Jan 12, 2019
Edited 4 years ago
Living a truly bohemian lifestyle as a brokeass student in Innsbruck circa 2002, my french roommate would play this album on many a foggy, dreadful morning. As day would bleed into evening, we would both recuperate in our respectively small single beds, smoking Gaulois cigarettes and only bothering to move when compelled to press "Play" one more time. I was already well-versed with the Morrison/Doors catelogue, but this gem really touched the spirit of the indian possessing my own soul.
Long Live Jim Morrison