Gary Brooker, Bronxville, New York,
during the recording of The
Prodigal Stranger,
and during his pony-tail days
Keith Reid, Bronxville, New York, during
the recording of The
Prodigal Stranger: grand
chair! Anyone identify the band in the pictures behind?
Robin Trower, Bronxville, New York,
during the recording of The
Prodigal Stranger: it
could well be KR to his left – and that chair also
appears in the first picture on this page.
A good shot of the set-up: slim keyboard
on slim stand, digital recording machines to the right,
monitor speaker just in front of the control-room window
Gary holding a guitar, and, by the look of it, a Rizla, or else a business-card. This sofa also appears on the second picture on this page, if anyone's trying to piece together the topography of the studio.
Robin plays in reflective mode: it's not
clear what the many-lipped cabinet is in the background,
but there's no huge Marshall stack visible. An umbrella –
a strong Prodigal Stranger motif –
hangs furled in the background.
Gary 'Skate Escape' Brooker listening to playback; note the 'Gary' and 'Keith' mugs !
Some interaction in the studio: can anybody identify the keyboard? Yes, George Bertok can ... here!
At a different studio, mixing the album:
Keith and Gary, with Unsteady Freddie (right)
and his daughter Courtney: Palers may remember her calling
Procol Harum "Purple Harry" and "Broken Arm" in
response to Gary's accent – he pronounced Procol Harum almost as "Brokal
'Arum"
(which Keith Reid refers to here)