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Ken R. writes about the next three pictures: "In 1977 I held my first professional jingle recording session. I was 26 years old at the time, and since I did not yet have my own studio, I rented Hanf Recording in Toledo. Yes, that is a silly name for a studio, and impossible to pronounce, but it was the guy's name. "I don't even remember the name of the client, but these shots were taken of the various musicians, none of whose names I can recall 40 years later. I didn't completely know what I was doing, but I had a good idea that if I wrote the chart (musical notation) correctly and hired good people to play it that everything would turn out fine, which it did. "In addition to the sax, trumpets and guitar you see, we also had a drummer, bass player, a xylophone (?!) and I believe I played piano. All instruments were played simultaneously, unlike how it would be recorded today. The next day we brought in our vocal group. It was a real rush for me to have great musicians taking the notes I wrote and making them sound even better with their expertise. By 1979 I was sharing a new studio with a couple of other guys and in 1984 I finally got my very own place to record. This was the beginning of Ken R. LLC."

Ken R. writes about the next five pictures: "Ben Freedman (1949-2013) was a jingle producer from Buffalo, where he had his own studio for several years in the late 70s and early 80s. After that he moved to Dallas to take advantage of the many talented singers and musicians there. "I worked with Ben from 1980-1996, and we produced PAMS jingles as well as original CPMG projects. Ben used my vocal group in Toledo, Ohio, as well as various Dallas groups to sing these packages. At the height of our collaboration we were quite busy and our jingles played all over the world. "You can read more about Ben here, and you can get the full PAMS story at www.pams.com."

St. Martin's Studios exterior

Reception

Steve England at the controls

Studio 1, Commercial Production

Becky in Studio 2

Studio 3 Control

Studio 3 Sound Booth

Soundcraft Console

Singers Jean Barrow, Sheila Gott, Sue Quinn, Steve Butler, Alan Fawkes and Ian Wilson

Singers Steve Butler, Alan Fawkes and Ian Wilson

String session held off premises

Cassette Duplication

Muff Murfin, Hans Hoogendoorn and Tom Merriman

Muff Murfin and Tom Merriman

Muff Murfin and Tom Merriman

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