The 8-track was a big heavy machine that almost had its own gravity field in the room, aside from its creative potential.

When it would go away for repairs it was like a black hole and you would fall into the empty space.

Here is Jay leaning on it with the 'lead and cable wall' behind him for quick, easy and neat access.

At one stage the walls in the control room were covered in yellow and tan coloured material-drops to help reduce sound reflection.

Jay almost lived in this chair writing over forty song demos in 3 years and recording at least half of them.

Unfortunately, the original Ampex 456 master reel-to-reel tapes, 2-track and 8-track, were lost when the emulsion on the tapes perished and most songs have been digitally remastered from various high quality cassettes.

A few songs have vanished altogether, lost forever.

Yes, another handmade sub-mixer in the rack on the left.

The 80's were a confusing time with Boy George and lots of make-up, earrings and Katie Pye jackets.

In the background is our lovely 2-track mastering machine.

Inspired by Michael Hutchence, Jay always loved a bit of dressing up and 'startled' was always a good pop look.

In the background is one of Paul's handmade speaker boxes with a 12" JBL D123 woofer, a horn and Tandy high frequency ring sitting on top.

Back in the kitchen for tea and lighting incense, you can see the speaker hanging from the wall in the corner to the left of shot.

Nearly every room in the house had a speaker in it - a different speaker, just one of a stereo pair.

In the control room you could switch the playback so you could walk around the house and listen to the mix in different acoustic environments and on different speakers.

Samantha majored in photography in her last year at school and so there was no shortage of promo shots to send off to record companies.

This is a Duran Duran inspired snap with blonde, purple, and rust coloured streaked hair. A bit Bowie - Man Who Fell To Earth.

At The Rocks near Sydney Harbour there is an amazing wall with painted scenes on it.

They made a great backdrop for yet more promo shots.

Samantha was a freelance rock journalist for RAM (Rock Australia Magazine) and she creatively wall-papered her office with front pages from the magazines.

For a budding pop star it was a perfect background for a pic.

Trying for some different looks Jay donned his synthetic plastic shirt and official RAM jacket.

And where better to shoot it than on the roof!?

Going for a bit of a Cold Chisel / The Jam look.

Lastly, a bit more refined with scarf with a bit of a wintry Sting-thing going on.

Ah, so many promotional incarnations.

Paul in his element - on stage at And Now For Something Completely Different restaurant in Chatswood. He was/is an amazing performer, guitarist, engineer, producer and Bass player, with a voice and song writing talent to rival Bowie's. A genius engineer and producer.

He was instrumental (excuse the pun) in the setting up of the studio and his musical influence is intertwined all through The Crazoids songs.

Again, at the restaurant, in his amazing solo gigs. You can hear a whole selection of his songs recorded at the Restaurant with more information about him.

His intricate electronic pedals, echo unit and special centrally mounted guitar strap (that allowed him to spin the guitar in the middle of a song) all made his performances unique and entertaining.

His guitar work and skill with electronic processing added a special colour to The Crazoids that only Paul could create.

You will hear, over and over in The Crazoids songs, his enthralling lead breaks on the tracks as well as his lovely chunking guitar adding a real rock feel plus the odd Bass line.

Rehearsing at Crows Nest. It looks basically the same as in our padded room with egg cartons at Willoughby.

Using egg cartons was a tried and tested sound insulation of Paul's.

Jay and Samantha chain-smoked Indonesian clove cigarettes thanks to Paul.

At one stage there were so many empty packets in the house that they built a Bentoel castle in the corner of the Lounge room.

Paul allowed this shot to be included on the condition that it was made clear that smoking is really bad for you and has affected his health negatively in later life.