A Guide To The Labyrinth

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Release Date: 2022-03-10

Label: Genesis Publications

Limited to 2,000 copies included with Genesis Publications book A Guide To The Labyrinth


The record features five poetry readings lifted from a 1969 recording session at Elektra Studios

Recording Date: February 9th - 1969
Studio: Elektra Sound Studios
Location: 962 N. La Cienega Blvd. - Los Angeles, CA
Sound Engineer: John Haeny

Originally scheduled as a demo session for an intended poetry album by Jim Morrison, the recording of this session is later used to make up the raw materials for the posthumous release An American Prayer, featuring The Doors for musical backing. Along with the poetry, Jim recites vocals for various lyrical verses in his notebook songs that would also receive modern musical backing from various artists.

Details on this session are known from original Sound Engineer John Haeny's diaries, indicating that the session was in fact recorded at Elektra Sound Studios, and that while John had retained the master tapes for many years in a secure private archive, a copy was made for Jim Morrison shortly before leaving for Paris. This was request made by Jim over the phone on March 11th, 1971 in which John was also asked to return a handful of notebooks loaned out for the project. This tape was taken to Paris, later to turn up and become the source of the legendary bootleg 'The Lost Paris Tapes'.