Commonly known as The Lost Paris Tapes, the actual date and location for this recording was revealed in July 2013 by Sound Engineer John Haeny who used his diaries to make note of the exact details. Originally scheduled as a demo session to produce rough ideas for an intended poetry album by Jim Morrison, the recording of this session later helped to make up the raw materials for The Doors 1978 release An American Prayer. Along with the poetry, Jim Morrison composes songs that would later receive modern musical backing from various artists. While Jim Morrison does play a piano himself during this session, his composition Orange County Suite released in 1997 features musical backing later added by The Doors. Other details from John Haenys report indicate that the session was in fact recorded at Elektra Sound Studios, a studio that The Doors had begun to frequently record at starting in July 1968. While John retained the master tapes for many years in a secure private archive, a copy was made for Jim Morrison shortly before leaving for Paris, a 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, and later became the source of the famed bootleg The Lost Paris Tapes. https://youtube/watch?v=nIVB3pC8aqE&list=UUTlPwP883pwSrsgvcHWvaLw
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:28:09 +0000
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