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How It Was Recorded

The Doobie Brothers · Album, 1979

Minute by Minute

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 sessions3

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.

  • Recording chain (Amigo Studio A)Reported

    API Console (model not stated)

    Recording console in Amigo Studio A, where the Doobie Brothers cut all their tracks for the album.

    From the record for What a Fool Believes, where the source is linked.

  • Recording chain (Amigo Studio A)Reported

    3M 2-inch 24-track tape machine (model not stated)

    Tape machines on which everything for the album was recorded.

    From the record for What a Fool Believes, where the source is linked.

  • Recording chain (Amigo Studio A)Reported

    UREI 1176

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: McDonald recalls it as an example of the outboard compressor/limiter gear used in the sessions, though he does not remember the specific outboard used.

    From the record for What a Fool Believes, where the source is linked.