API Console (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 12

• Stunt

  Barenaked Ladies · Album, 1998

  • Tracking, overdub and mix rooms · Input chainReportedThe console at Arlyn Studios on which Rogers recorded the album's basic tracks.
• Parallel Lines

  Blondie · Album, 1978

  • Recording and mixing chain · Input chainVerifiedConsole in the Record Plant room where the album sessions began.
• Surrender

  Cheap Trick · Heaven Tonight, 1978

  • Mix console and effects · Mix effectsReportedConsole at the Record Plant where the song was mixed, as Ladinsky remembers it.
• Seven and the Ragged Tiger

  Duran Duran · Album, 1984

  • Recording chain, French chateau sessions · Input chainReportedConsole in the RAK mobile truck behind which Little sat while recording the chateau jam sessions.
• Eddie Money

  Eddie Money · Album, 1977

  • Studio chain and mix · Input chainReportedThe 24-input console in Record Plant Studio C that the album was tracked through.
  • Studio chain and mix · Mix effectsReportedThe larger API console in Record Plant Studio D on which the album was mixed.
• Rumours

  Fleetwood Mac · Album, 1977

  • Console and tape machine · Input chainVerifiedRecording console in the Sausalito Record Plant room where the first sessions took place; Caillat opened up the sound by lowering faders and raising input gain.
• Little Queen

  Heart · Album, 1977

  • Room effects, tape and console · Mix effectsReportedConsole in Studio A on which the album was mixed in its final phase.
• Walk Away

  Kelly Clarkson · Breakaway, 2004

  • Tracking console · Input chainReportedConsole listed in the session credits for this single; the article says nothing further about its use.
• Rockin' in the Free World

  Neil Young · Freedom, 1989

  • Band tracking and mix (not split by part in the source) · Input chainVerifiedA big API console in the Record Plant truck that was parked outside the barn for the sessions.
• Cosmic Thing

  The B-52's · Album, 1989

  • Recording and mix chain · Input chainReportedThe article says the studio's early 1970s API console was used for recording the Was-produced tracks, with its on-board preamps.
• What a Fool Believes

  The Doobie Brothers · Minute by Minute, 1979

  • Recording chain (Amigo Studio A) · Input chainReportedRecording console in Amigo Studio A, where the Doobie Brothers cut all their tracks for the album.
• Beauty and the Beat

  The Go-Go's · Album, 1981

  • Studio chain and mix · Mix effectsReportedConsole on which Freeman made the quick late-night rough mix of this song that became the single.

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

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