Drop by Jim's studio apartment at Père Lachaise for his birthday party!
(Tuesday, December 8, 1970, studio booked for beginning at 3:30 p.m. PST) — Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors rock band, celebrated his 27th (and what would turn out to be his final) birthday
tonight at Village Recorder Studio C in Los Angeles, reciting his own poetry.
It was the second (and what would turn out to be the final) professional studio recording made of him reading his poetry, given to Morrison as a birthday gift by Frank Lisciandro, a close friend.
At one point during the session, Morrison was assisted by friends Kathy Lisciandro and Florentine Pabst on vocals.
The recordings of this session and another session from Feb. 9, 1969, would be used to make up the raw materials for the posthumous release
An American Prayer, a 1978 album featuring a new musical backing by the surviving members of The Doors (Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore).
https://retronewser.com/2020/12/08/...th-birthday-by-formally-recording-his-poetry/