Morrision Poetry Will Be Reissued

Once again, Jim Morrison is being brought back to life via the May 23 reissue of his 1978 spokenword album, “An American Prayer.”

The Elektra project, which features Morrison reading poetry with musical backing by the Doors, will be made available for the first time on CD.

Additionally, surviving Doors Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore reunited to record backing tracks for three bonus cuts: a reworking of album track “Ghost Song” featuring new piano and guitar overdubs by Manzarek and Krieger, respectively; “Babylon Fading,” a Morrison poem to which the Doors have added sound effects; and “Bird Of Prey,” which Manzarek says the band had always intended to record but never did - until now.