Abandoned Luncheonette is the second studio album by the American pop rock duo Daryl Hall & John Oates, released in November 1973 by Atlantic Records.

Twenty-nine years after its release, the album was certified platinum (over one million copies sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Mardin liked the American musical influence that Hall & Oates had been brought up on, and knew just how to bring all their ideas to life, adding much of his own vision.

Our producer, the legendary Arif Mardin carefully crafted each song, every bit of nuance, bringing in the perfect players for the right moments.

And it all worked together as one beautiful musical tapestry.When Hall and Oates began producing their own records in the early 1980s, they thought back to the things they had learned from watching Mardin.

...experiencing the city, and being exposed to a whole new level of musicianship through the goodwill and artistic choices of Arif Mardin and Atlantic Records.

That space was one of the most amazing, exciting, and inspiring that I've ever experienced in my life, we'd walk out the door and see Bette Midler, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Doug Sahm, Led Zeppelin.

When it went out of business, its structure was dumped in a small wooded area located along Route 724 in Kenilworth, Pennsylvania,[10] at the entrance of Towpath Park in East Coventry Township, where the photo on the linked page was taken.

[citation needed] Stripped by souvenir-hunters, the structure remained in place until about 1983, when Ridge Fire Company, along with the owner, burned what was left to clear the land.

[5] On a warm summer day, once the album was finished, Wilson, her husband, Hall and Oates drove from New York City to the rural spot on the road about 40 miles (64 km) outside of Philadelphia.

[5] Wilson shot the black-and-white 35mm images on an old Nikon SLR and then began a silkscreen process to create the surreal color imagery, using a different stencil for each hue and then hand-coloring the final piece.

[5] She had also spent a day in the Atlantic studios while the album was being recorded and managed to capture a series of intimate images of the two musicians.