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
The Fantastic Plastic Machine (album) listening", citing it as "one of the best albums to come out of the Japanese club-pop movement". In 2011, the album was included in "LA Weekly"s "beginner's guide" to Shibuya-kei music. The Fantastic Plastic Machine (album) The Fantastic Plastic Machine is the debut studio album by Japanese musician Fantastic Plastic Machine. It was released on October 10, 1997 in Japan by Readymade Records. The album was later released on April 24, 1998 in Europe by Bungalow Records and on September 15, 1998 in the United States by Emperor Norton Records. "The Fantastic Plastic Machine" draws from several musical styles, including