Caribou Ranch Guercio was building a new studio, visited the in-progress barn conversion at the ranch, and concluded that it would work for their project. They used the new studio to finish "Barnstorm". Szymczyk next made Rick Derringer's "All American Boy" and the hit single "Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo" there. Elton John's 1974 album "Caribou" was recorded at and named after the studio. (John also recorded the single "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" there, as well as his next two albums, "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" and "Rock of the Westies".) Simultaneously in 1974 The Beach Boys attempted
Nigel Olsson appeared later that year on John's own record label, The Rocket Record Company, and featured a cover of the Bee Gees'-penned "Only One Woman", which had been recorded with John and his band in August 1974 during the sessions for "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy," and was produced by Gus Dudgeon. The album was produced by Robert Appére. Olsson continued working as a studio musician, releasing another self-titled album produced by Paul Davis on Columbia in 1978, while managed by Martin Pichinson. Although that album brought no Top 40 recognition, in 1979 he released the album "Nigel" and