They played southern Californian stages in the period 1976 – 1981, a time described by Bud Scoppa as when new wave and punk launched "countless bands that filled clubs from the beach towns to the San Fernando Valley with devoted fans and label A&R reps in search of the next big thing.
The track list also featured "She Won't Answer the Phone", "Runaways", and "Ordinary Guy", all recorded with the help of Earle Mankey.
His reasons are unknown, although Bud Scoppa speculates that his apparent change of heart "may have been motivated by the fresh commercial failures of albums by similarly poppy L.A. faves (and Arista labelmates) The Pop and The BusBoys.
After its initial shelving, Elton Duck was a difficult album to obtain, yet quietly celebrated as an overlooked power pop classic by musicians such as Robbie Rist.
[1][2][3][5] In this crowd-funded reissue it contained remastered sound, liner notes from journalist Bud Scoppa and all three surviving band members (Condello committed suicide in 1995), and the bonus tracks "Xmas" (a 1979 single) and a cover of The Tubes' 1975 song "White Punks on Dope".