Gear · tape machine
Ampex half-inch 4-track tape machine (model not stated)
Records it appears on · 1
- Nights in White Satin
The Moody Blues · Days of Future Passed, 1967
- Tape machines and echo · Input chainReportedThe four Mellotron tracks were mixed down to the half-inch Ampex 4-track, which then took further overdubs including backing and lead vocals.
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