The Elektra Years (1979 - 1982)
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![While trying to shoot a series of pics of a whipcream fight for an animated "flip book", the photgrapher stopped the motordrive and got this still image, among others in 1982.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/46488/c1390a5443f19ec9d43dd586e42ae813863a8134/original/4504816-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
While trying to shoot a series of pics of a whipcream fight for an animated "flip book", the photgrapher stopped the motordrive and got this still image, among others in 1982.
![A group shot we took and sent back to the execs at Elektra to show our progress during the recording of Boomerang in early 1982.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/46488/83d2d760e0101635b38e2b74d2c63c9658c677f9/original/4594443-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
A group shot we took and sent back to the execs at Elektra to show our progress during the recording of Boomerang in early 1982.
![Gary, Jeff and John recording backing vocals during the Boomerang sessions at Chicago's CRC Recording Studios in early 1982.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/46488/df3a84e0634b9b623d4280734be07fe358b262f6/original/4504819-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Gary, Jeff and John recording backing vocals during the Boomerang sessions at Chicago's CRC Recording Studios in early 1982.
![Gary in the studio at Chicago Recording Company during the Boomerang sessions in the spring of 1982.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/46488/27ebf5251e8df54ca9f3c91618d9105726ed7e7c/original/4587022-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Gary in the studio at Chicago Recording Company during the Boomerang sessions in the spring of 1982.
![Skip, Gary and John caucus during a Boomerang session as Jeff discusses a point at the console with Hank.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/46488/d9c052d13c1ddf1d5cfc374cc4cc20ee282f5c06/original/4594526-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Skip, Gary and John caucus during a Boomerang session as Jeff discusses a point at the console with Hank.
![Jeff in the main room at United Western Studio A in LA during the recording of Tongue Twister in the summer of 1980.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/46488/20ec18dfeffb94dcb174209bf11ebf9f42dcafc8/original/4587021-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Jeff in the main room at United Western Studio A in LA during the recording of Tongue Twister in the summer of 1980.
![John with one of his 1976 Gibson Thunderbird basses, in the control room with Hernan Rojas, at United Western Studio A.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/46488/51dfab4e8655c250723ae98686cfd5710dfb5796/original/4587025-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
John with one of his 1976 Gibson Thunderbird basses, in the control room with Hernan Rojas, at United Western Studio A.
![Skip makes a rare appearance in the control room of United Western's Studio A during the Tongue Twister sessions.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/46488/c895cef0afcc41eb03da5354301919f2e719d262/original/4587028-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Skip makes a rare appearance in the control room of United Western's Studio A during the Tongue Twister sessions.
![Tape op "Dominguez" in the background as Hernan Rojas and Richard Dashut listen back to a track during the Tongue Twister sessions.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/46488/356013c6e87e873798d5ca924a939b0de72c4402/original/4587026-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Tape op "Dominguez" in the background as Hernan Rojas and Richard Dashut listen back to a track during the Tongue Twister sessions.
![2nd engineer Marlis peeks in from the left as John sits with his Hamer 8-string bass in the control room.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/46488/b34d303544e77903dacb1675218b5515f982ab4f/original/4548112-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
2nd engineer Marlis peeks in from the left as John sits with his Hamer 8-string bass in the control room.
![Skip lays down a drum track between the snooker table and a pinball machine in the main house of The Manor.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/46488/67fd980082f1097936f080742a67d9abbdf069da/original/4548116-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Skip lays down a drum track between the snooker table and a pinball machine in the main house of The Manor.