Don McLean

Records

• Song · from American Pie, 1971

  American Pie

  Lead vocal, Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Bass guitar, Drum kit, Piano, Recording chain

  Verified1Reported9Inferred1

Usual practice

What the people behind these records say they generally do. None of it is stated for a particular record, so every item is rated inferred.

• Electro-Voice 666Drum kitInferred

  Usual practice, not stated for this record: Flye says he might have used an EV 666 on the kick drum, with only three tracks available for drums.

  From the record for American Pie, where the source is linked.

Gear on these records

• AKG 452
• Ampex MM-1000
• Electro-Voice 666
• Neumann KM 84
• Neumann U 87
• Spectra Sonics Console (model not stated)