The Zombies · Album, 1968
Odessey and Oracle
8 sourced items across 6 sectionsVerified1Reported7
This is an album-level record: the sources describe how the album as a whole was recorded, not one song. Where a detail belongs to a single song, the row says so.
Songs this record stands for: Time of the Season. We found nothing specific to this song, so this album record is the closest account we have.
What the sources do and do not say
Source is the Sound On Sound Classic Tracks piece on this song, read in full. Most gear is described for the Odessey & Oracle sessions generally, so this is an album record with three song-specific rows. The article gives no preamp, console or tape machine detail, and the three drum mics are not named by model. The Mix article on 'She's Not There' was read and covers a different song and studio.
Lead vocal
1 item
Colin Blunstone
Microphone
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Telefunken U47
ReportedOne song
Microphone Colin Blunstone sang the lead vocal into on 'Time Of The Season'.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Guitar
2 items
Paul Atkinson
Instrument
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Rickenbacker Guitar (model not stated)
Reported
One half of the guitar setup Paul Atkinson used on the album sessions.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Amplifier
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Vox AC30
Reported
Amplifier forming part of Paul Atkinson's guitar setup on the album sessions.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Emulation of this unit
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 7 Pro
amp and cabinet simulator
Its AC Box amp is modelled on the Vox AC30.
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- IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5 (Includes an AC30-style amp model)
Bass
1 item
Chris White
Instrument
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Fender Precision Bass
Reported
Chris White's bass on the album sessions.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Drum kit
1 item
Hugh Grundy
Instrument
The real chain
Ludwig Drum kit (model not stated)
Reported
Hugh Grundy's kit for the live backing tracks of the Abbey Road sessions, miked with the Glyn Johns approach.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Approximate
Toontrack Superior Drummer 3
drum instrument
A sampled drum instrument. It does not claim to be this kit or drum.
Organ and Mellotron
2 items
Rod Argent
Instrument
The real chain
Hammond L100
ReportedOne song
Rod Argent played it for the first keyboard stab in the opening verse and later overdubbed a second solo over his first.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Arturia B-3 V
instrument
A model of the Hammond B-3. The source's organ is a different or unnamed Hammond.
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- IK Multimedia Hammond B-3X (Made with Hammond as a model of the B-3. The source's organ is a different or unnamed Hammond)
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Mellotron Mark II
Reported
A Mellotron that John Lennon had left in the studio, which Argent played on various tracks of the album.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Emulation of this unit
Arturia Mellotron V
instrument
An emulation of the Mellotron, with its tape sets.
Clap and breath overdub
1 item
Rod Argent
Mix effects
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EMT Plate reverb (model not stated)
VerifiedOne song
Abbey Road's plate reverb, which Argent says was used on the track in the passage about the overdubbed clap and breath.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Close match
Universal Audio EMT 140 Classic Plate Reverberator
reverb
The 140 is the EMT plate most studios have; the source does not name the model.
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- Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates (Models the EMT 140 plates at Abbey Road)
Sources
- Classic Tracks: The Zombies ‘Time Of The Season’, Sound On Sound, 2016-02. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
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