Studio Timeline
PBS 1001 Greatest Hicks Vol. I Recorded at Pomona Beech Studios 1991 Most selections were written by far more creative persons too numerous to list here. Personnel:  Electric & Acoustic Guitars , Bass , Drums, Pianos , Organs , Keyboards, Violin, Special Effects , Lead & Background Vocals, Creative liberties and bizarre behavior performed by Don Hicks. Produced , Arranged, Recorded , Engineered , Mixed , Analyzed , Mastered and Digitally Remastered by Don Hicks.
PBS 1002 Greatest Hicks Vol. II Recorded at Pomona Beech Studios 1993 Excluding “Softly” and “Piston Power”, All selections were written by more creative persons too numerous to list here. Personnel: Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Drums, Pianos, Organs, Keyboards, Violin, Special effects, Lead & Background Vocals, Creative Liberties and Bizarre Behavior performed by Don Hicks. Produced, Arranged, Recorded, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered and Digitally Remastered by Don Hicks. Special Thanks to Chuck DiGiacomo and His Ears.
PBS 1003 Champagne Charlie Recorded at a Detroit MCC in the late 70's, exact location long forgotten... Digitally rebuilt from dusty old band tapes, Pomona Beech Studios 2000.
PBS 1014 Detroit City, Now Dat Da Place - Single Recorded at Pomona Beech Studios 2001 Al Lee & The Spare Pins Sometime in the early 70's, We heard this song performed by a 'street poet' at the State Fair while I backed him up on the piano and it has stuck with me ever since. A crumpled mimeographed lyric sheet he left has long been lost, but the feeling he transferred to the small crowd has not. Could have been the first 'Rap Song' ever. As much as we could remember of the words is in this song, the rest of the lyrics and music was made up to fit what we felt was his original intent . Best of all, It's fun... & it's Boogie. Happy 300th Birthday Detroit!
PBS 1015 Bullet Proof Rib Shack - Single Recorded at Pomona Beech Studios 2001 Champagne Charlie
PBS 1016 Ohhh Cannabis - Single Recorded at Pomona Beech Studios 2002 Al Lee & The Spare Pins
PBS 1017 Greatest Hicks III & Friends Recorded at Pomona Beech Studios 2002 Thanks to the following musicians for helping make this CD exist. Chuck DiGiacomo, Mike Rupprecht, Nino Cercone, Ron (T-Bone) DeMarco, Brad Grube, Mike Beatty, Chris Ynclan, Vicki Kendall & Jimmy Rama Champagne Charlie is: Mike Beatty, Jim Poling, Sal Palumbo, Steve Adcock & Don Hicks The Detroit Titty Band is: Chuck DiGiacomo, Ron DeMarco, Mike Rupprecht, Nino Cercone & Don Hicks Produced, Arranged, Mixed & Mastered by Don Hicks & Chuck DiGiacomo
PBS 1018 In My Life At Last - Vicky Kendall Recorded at Pomona Beech Studios 2002 Thanks to the following musicians for helping make this CD exist. Mike Rupprecht, Nino Cercone, Ron (T-Bone) DeMarco, Donny Parrish, Vince Bertuca, Eric Noffz & Don Hicks Produced, Arranged, Mixed & Mastered by Don Hicks & Chuck DiGiacomo
PBS 1019 Dontoons - 2 CD Set Recorded at Pomona Beech Studios 2002 An Eclectic mix of favorite songs
PBS 1020 T-Bone At The Organ - Ron DeMarco Recorded at Pomona Beech Studios 2007 A tribute recording to one of the best Hammond B3 players in Detroit, Ron (T-Bone) DeMarco, who passed in 2007 before his time. These selections were culled from his performances over the years at Pomona Beech Studio. The musicians (too many to list) on this CD were all his friends and deeply miss his 'one of a kind' personality... Mixed & Mastered by Don Hicks & Chuck DiGiacomo
PBS 1021 In The Gutter Again - Al Lee & The Spare Pins Recorded at Pomona Beech Studios 2008 Don Hicks, Chuck DiGiacomo, Kirk Miller, Mike Beatty, Nino Cercone, Mike Rupprecht, Ron (T-Bone) DeMarco, Vicki Kendall, Vinnie Bertucca, Jim Poling, John Mauro, Sal Palumbo, Bobby Hayes, Lori Catron, Brad Grube, Rick Hockel, Ted Elick, Jeff Maxwell, Donny Parrish & Eric Noffz. Produced, Arranged, Mixed & Mastered by Don Hicks & Chuck DiGiacomo
PBS 1022 Frankie & Johnny Compliments of Pomona Beech Studios 2008 Tracks 1 & 2 John McLaughlin and The Mahavishnu Orchestra Tracks 3 & 4 Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention Recorded live at Cobo Hall , Detroit, Michigan Mother's Day (of course) May 1975 (from a smuggled cheap reel to reel tape recorder.... and it's sounds like it!) Mastered by Don Hicks using lots of Ozone & Audition software.
PBS 1023 Goofy Loops Compliments of Pomona Beech Studios 2009 a six hour loop of novelty songs called goofy loops 1 The Asshole Song 2 The Rodeo Song 3 Fuck You Song 4 The Candy Bar Song 5 Stinky Breath 6 Undies _ Polkadot Undies _ Pencilneck Geeks _ Fart Man 7 Popeye 8 Popeye - Blow Me Down 9 Scottish Kilt _ Hicks Letter _ Gritto _ Weird Stuf f_ Baddog 10 Bambie 11 Conversation Between Two Trees 12 In Heaven There Is No Beer 13 Fish Heads _ Blood Transfusion _ Trainwreck _ Cupcakes 14 Suck Face _ Don't Touch That 15 Ozzy Fudd The Wabbit Swayer _ Some Pig 16 Cool Jazz Sax 17 Throw Up _ Sarah Cynthia Stout 18 Achey Breaky Butt 19 The Great Crepitation Contest
PBS 1024 Mystery Night - Al Lee & The Spare Pins Recorded at Pomona Beech Studios 2009 A collection of jam sessions done at the studio... Mixed & Mastered by Don Hicks & Chuck DiGiacomo