Bob Drake - What Day Is It? 2005

Notes about this 2005 edition:
I originally released this, my first solo album, in 1994 in a small edition I'd pressed myself. The roughly 300 copies distributed until now contained a hand-made photocopied booklet and a color photocopied cover insert; each one cut, folded and stapled by me, individually trimmed to fit each jewel case. A laborious, time-consuming, and ultimately discouraging way of doing it. It was that, along with my trepidation about much of the singing (it was my first time being "the singer" ...I hear myself working so hard trying to overcome my clunky Midwestern accent!) and my non-existent abilities as a mail-order salesman which combined to dampen my interest in seeking any further distribution for this album. In September 2005, David Kerman invited me to let him distribute it via his Ad Hoc label. I gratefully agreed, but a new cover and booklet were definitely needed. Almost nothing remained of the original art but the cover painting, now seen in its entirety.

The audio program, made from my original DAT master of 1994, is exactly the same as previous copies. Absolutely nothing has been changed in that respect.

Bob Drake
Caudeval France,
September 2005

Recorded at Studio Dee, Atwater Village, California, and at home, which at the time was in Burbank, California, 1992-1993.