Uli then proceeded to check out a series of studios in London with his amplifier and ended up picking none other than the famous Olympic Studios in Barnes, which had a much loved large upstairs recording room. Some of Uli’s most favourite albums had been recorded there a decade earlier, among them “Axis: Bold As Love” by Jimi Hendrix and the track “All Along The Watchtower”. Uli instantly fell in love with the acoustics which were not as dead sounding as the ones he had previously encountered.

The recordings went well, but Electric Sun were still was looking for a singer.
A couple of people auditioned, but it proved difficult to find someone who would fit into the unusual sonic tapestries Uli was creating with his guitar. Time was running out, so it finally was decided Uli would sing the songs himself, (after all, he had sung lead vocals on various Scorpions classics such as “Drifting Sun”, “Dark Lady”, “Polar Nights” etc.) Uli though, actually felt that this was to be somewhat of a compromise, but on the other hand the band had never set out to be a commercial entity as such.

Most of the "Earthquake" album had been recorded during November 1978 and it was completed by January 1979. Monika Dannemann contributed two classic paintings for the artwork. Later on she was to paint the covers for each one of the Electric Sun albums that were to follow - each of them masterpieces in their own right.

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