Tracklist

A1	Opening Theme (Life, The Unsuspecting Captive)	3:31
A2	Dance Between The Raindrops	6:47
A3	Ellusive Ragings	5:11
A4	Waking Mystery	7:36
B1	Hear Me Calling?	4:51
B2	Marie's Theme	11:51
B3	Closing Theme (Lampost)	9:23

Credits

• Art Direction – Coldy Whitman, Craig Bowen
• Backing Vocals – Don Whaley (tracks: A2), The Aanami Choir (tracks: B2)
• Congas – Chura
• Drums – Roland Rhythm 77*
• Engineer [Recording] – Jim McCormick , Terry Dunavan
• Keyboards – Michael Cohen*
• Mastered By – Richard Sontag
• Producer, Written-By – Michael Nesmith
• Steel Guitar – Red Rhodes
• Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey] – David Kempton
• Vocals, Guitar – Michael Nesmith

Notes

Subtitled "A Book With A Soundtrack" on the cover, buth the spine has only "The Prison".

This record comes with a 52 page booklet and it's intended as a multimidia experience.

Recorded September 15-20, 1974, Los Angeles, California

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 79424720092

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PAC-101	Michael Nesmith	The Prison ‎(LP, Album)	Pacific Arts	PAC-101	US	1974
D 31305	Michael Nesmith	The Prison ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Exile Records	D 31305	Australia	1990
AWCD 1020	Michael Nesmith	The Prison ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Awareness Records	AWCD 1020	UK	1990
PAC 11-101A	Michael Nesmith	The Prison ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Pacific Arts	PAC 11-101A	1977
D 31305	Michael Nesmith	The Prison ‎(CD, RE, RM)	Exile Records	D 31305	Australia	1995