By Tony Drake (152.163.253.70) on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 01:40 am:

To answer your Questions,
From left to right top row photo 1 1968 should be 1967 my first photo after moving to New York from Phila. Photo 2 1968 preparing to perform at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland as Tony Drake and The Pleasures. Photo 3 was taken by Bruno of Hollywood in 1968 who was photographer to the stars before James Kriegsmann and shared a show case window with Carnagie Hall were this picture was on display for 3 months, closing out the first row picture 4 & 5 are pictures from the "Let's Play House" recording session at the Muscior studio located at 240 West 55th street in NYC. Picture 5 is Harold Thomas producer and writer of "Let's Play House" session, picture 5 New York photo studio. Thrid row left to right 1970 photo 1 & 2 taken in Chicago, Jackie Wilson and I were there to record for Eugene Record at Brunswick Records, at that time I recored "Suddenly" written by Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin B-side "It Hurts Me More" written by Van McCoy Jackie Wilson was standing in the booth with me when I recored those two songs, the session ended with two hours of recording time left on the clock. The manager of a Burnswick group who had come to the studio to show there moral support asked if he could put a vocal down to a track that they had laid down a week before. Gladly I said yes concerning the time left on my session, the group did their vocal track the song was The Sly, Slick and the Wicked the group The Lost Generation. Later that week Jackie Wilson recored a Eugene Record song "Let This be a Letter to My Baby".

By dvdmike (68.23.172.105) on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 01:45 am:

Those Jackie Wilson and Lost Generation sessions were in late February 1970.

By Soul Sister (65.43.144.46) on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 09:18 am:

Good Morining Tony!
You must of had a blast with "Sonny" during that time. Any funny stories to tell reguarding "Sonny"?
Tony, thanks for the narration thru your awesome photo gallery.
Ya gotta come down to the Iridium first week in September, wanna see my bro's face in the place!
Always,
Soul Sis

By Tony Drake (152.163.253.70) on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 09:44 am:

David, these songs were recorded Feb.1970 Jackie Wilson "Let this be a Letter" B55 435 The Lost Generation "Sly,Slick and the Wicked" B55 436 Tony Drake "Suddenly" B55 437 Chi-Lites "I Like your Loving" B55 438. I have a demo from that session that by mistake because of the time of The Lost Generation recording list on the label as Tony Drake and The Lost Generation.

By David Meikle (62.252.128.10) on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 01:21 pm:

Tony many thanks for you list.

It's wonderful to finally see photographs of Bert DeCoteaux and Harold Thomas.

Here's the Musicor building as it looked May 2003.

Was there always as bar there? Which floor was the studio on? Was it to the rear of the building?

TIA
David

By dvdmike (68.23.176.37) on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 03:54 pm:

Sonny Sanders arranged the Jackie Wilson date and my good friend Tom Tom Washington arranged the Lost Generation date.

By dvdmike (68.23.176.37) on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 03:55 pm:

I take it back. Tom Tom arranged both of those dates, "Let This Be A Letter (To By Baby") for Jackie Wilson and "The Sly, Slick And The Wicked" for The Lost Generation.

By Tony Drake (64.12.96.102) on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 05:40 pm:

David, Tom Tom also arranged the two Tony Drake songs "Suddenly" and "It Hurts Me More", thank you so much for the photo of the musicor building it looks much different there was no bar back in the day and the studio was on the first floor in the rear of the building.

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.42.211.249) on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 06:14 pm:

great stuff
hows it going Tony
hope your well.

mel

By Tony Drake (205.188.209.9) on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 09:18 pm:

Mel, Thank you Iam doing great.

By David Meikle (62.252.128.10) on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 07:01 am:

Tony many thanks for sharing your memories.

David

By David Meikle (81.130.211.124) on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 05:10 am:

Tony

First floor can have a different meaning in our countries.

Are you saying it was on street level?

David

By Tony Drake (64.12.96.102) on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 03:06 pm:

David sorry,the studio was on the street level in the back behind the receptionist desk.

By David Meikle (62.252.128.10) on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 03:37 pm:

Many thanks Tony.