Hi, long time record seller here and new to this forum. I spent a couple hours reading the Morrison threads here and found the discussions very interesting. You all do not hesitate to call them as you see them. Well, this is the 2nd time this year I have come across an unexpected signature on an LP. The first was a Janet Jackson which I reluctantly concluded was not authentic because I could not find a close example from the late 80’s.

About 4 hours ago I was working on 3 copies of the debut Doors LP. I was initially bummed when I saw initials on one cover, assuming it was the original owner’s back in 1967/68. Then noticed it was “JM” written on his cheek. Initially, I thought the person was just identifying Jim Morrison on the cover. But, who knows? So I did about an hour looks for anything he just initialed. I found a couple examples, but they were from later in his career. The “J” resembles the J in his earliest signatures. The “M” looks almost identical to some examples from 67 and 68. 

Anyhow, if the first owner had the initials, JM, it seems very coincidental that he wrote them so much like Jim did. Two other things. If it’s an attempted forgery, why use only initials? And 2nd, why ruin the value of a nice stereo first pressing jacket?  In my mind this was done before he died and it’s value increased. So, that all seems to almost rule out it being an attempted forgery.

That brings me back to asking the questions: 

Does anyone think this was initialed by Jim Morrison?

Or is it just a coincidence that the original owner wrote his J’s and M’s like Jim Morrison did back in the mid-60’s  

All I know for certain is that from the labels and dead wax stamping and engraving this is not a counterfeit vinyl LP record. And I believe it’s extremely unlikely the jacket is a fake.  

What do you think?