Short Order Recorder

Shoes performing at The Abbey Pub in Chicago for the IPO Festival on 4/26/03.

Gary at the IPO gig.

Jeff hears an amp problem with the Vox AC30 provided at the IPO gig.

Shoes at IPO 4/26/03.

Shoes performing at The Abbey Pub in Chicago for the IPO Festival on 4/26/03.

Gary, John Richardson on drums and John on stage at The Abbey Pub in Chicago on 4/26/03.

Shoes performing at The Abbey Pub in Chicago for the IPO Festival on 4/26/03.

John Richardson during the IPO gig.

John and Jeff during Shoes' appearance at The Abbey Pub in Chicago for the IPO Festival on 4/26/03.

Shoes performing at The Abbey Pub in Chicago for the IPO Festival on 4/26/03.

4/24/03 rehearsal at SOR in preparation for the IPO gig at Chicago's Abbey Pub.

Shoes rehearse at Short Order Recorder on 4/23/03.

Shoes backstage in Chicago with Fountains of Wayne and James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins, circa 1999.

Promo pic for the Propeller CD release in 1994.

Polaroid proof circa 1994.

Outtake from the photo session for the Stolen Wishes CD cover in late 1989.

Promo shot for Stolen Wishes.

Control room of Short Order Recorder as viewed from behind the producer's desk. The studio served as the home base for the band from 1986 to 2004 and also housed the offices for their label, Black Vinyl Records at 2269 Shridan Road in Zion, IL..

View of the Short Order Recorder control room entering from the lobby.

The main studio room at Short Order Recorder.

Short Order Recorder in the 16-track days of 1986 at the new location in Zion, IL.

Pic taken at Short Order Recorder in 1989.

Another pic from 1989 at Short Order Recorder.

Rare 1983 picture in the control room of the first incarnation of Short Order Recorder at the Winthrop Harbor, IL location. Silhouette was the only Shoes album recorded here.

Outtake Polaroid from a 1982 photo shoot, promoting the new Tascam 16-track tape machine recently purchased by the band.

The Zion Nuclear plant in the background on the sunny beaches of Illinois Beach State Park in Zion, IL.