Queen

Records

• Song · from A Night at the Opera, 1975

  Bohemian Rhapsody

  Guide vocal (backing track), Lead and overdub guitar, Bass, Drum kit, Piano, Tape machines and consoles

  Verified13Reported1Inferred1

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.

• Neumann U 67Drum kitInferred

  Baker says the toms and overhead were generally miked with Neumann U67s or U87s, and that studios usually had one or the other; he does not say which was used here. (recalled with uncertainty)

  From the record for Bohemian Rhapsody, where the source is linked.

Gear on these records

• AKG D12
• Alison Computerised mixing automation (model not stated)
• Electro-Voice 666
• Marshall Bass stack (model not stated)
• MCI Tape machine (model not stated)
• Neumann U 67
• Neve Console (model not stated)
• Shure Microphone (model not stated)
• Studer 24-track tape machine (model not stated)
• Telefunken 24-track tape machine (model not stated)
• Trident B-Series console (model not stated)
• Vox AC30