How It Was Recorded

Gear · other

Ampex 456 tape

Records it appears on · 2

  • Life's Been Good

    Joe Walsh · But Seriously, Folks..., 1978

    • Tape and mix · Input chainReportedThe verse-and-chorus recordings were each put on their own reel of 2-inch tape of this type.
  • Some Girls

    The Rolling Stones · Album, 1978

    • Recording chain · Input chainReportedTape stock the 16-track sessions were recorded on.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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