Discographical Accounts Part 2 (1971-1972)

WNET recording flyer from Electric Lady Studios

Electric Lady Recording Sessions For Shelved Solo LP

In early 1971, Jobriath had taken up residence in New York City, where he was picked up by former Jimi Hendrix manager, Mike Jeffrey. Studio sessions were supervised by producer, Eddie Kramer, and featured a pre-'Looking For Mr. Goodbar', Richard Gere, and a teenaged Vicki Sue Robinson amidst the vast choir of backup singers. Studio time for the proposed album was documented in the New York WNET documentary series, 'Vibrations,' while the television crew were working on a piece about Electric Lady Studios. A reel of finished demos was completed on May 17, and included the following recordings:

1.) Little Dreamer
 2.) As The River Flows
 3.) Amazing Dope Tales
 4.) As The River Flows (2nd Version)
5.) Ducky Lullabye
 6.) City Freak
7.) Miss Arkansas

Following the demo cuts, a full album went into production, under the title, 'Creatures of the Street', dated June 9, 1972, with the following track listing:

In 2001, two reels of demos for the Electric Lady sessions were auctioned on Ebay and bought by Record executive, Lisa Fancher. Twelve years later, in late 2013, songs recorded during that time, finally received a proper commercial release from a small independent record label, Eschatone. A three-track EP entitled 'Amazing Dope Tales' came about as a primer for a full-length album, 'As The River Flows', which appears to have included most, if not all of the archived studio work at Electric Lady.