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How It Was Recorded

Midnight Oil · Album, 1987

Diesel and Dust

We have no album-wide recording chain for this album yet, only the songs below and what their sources say about the album sessions as a whole.

Songs from this album1

From the album sessions6

Statements the sources make about the sessions for this album as a whole, not about one song. Each is listed once, with the song record it comes from.

  • Guitar ampsVerified

    Sennheiser MD 421

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Gray's usual close pairing for the guitar amps on the sessions, set beside a 57 so the capsules were phase-aligned.

    From the record for Beds Are Burning, where the source is linked.

  • Guitar ampsVerified

    Neumann U 47

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Placed about three feet back from the guitar amp in Gray's setup.

    From the record for Beds Are Burning, where the source is linked.

  • Guitar ampsReported

    Vox AC30

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Gray thinks the guitarists' amps were Vox and Fender, and recalls at least one AC30 being in the studio.

    From the record for Beds Are Burning, where the source is linked.

  • Intro clock, tape and mixReported

    Solid State Logic 4018 E Series console

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Console on which Diesel and Dust was mixed at Alberts.

    From the record for Beds Are Burning, where the source is linked.

  • Intro clock, tape and mixVerified

    Bel BD-80

    Sampler/digital delay Gray says produced all the delays heard across the album, often returned through an EQ channel and filtered.

    From the record for Beds Are Burning, where the source is linked.

  • Intro clock, tape and mixReported

    Yamaha SPX90

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Gray thinks the BD-80 delay was probably fed into a chorus in an SPX90.

    From the record for Beds Are Burning, where the source is linked.