How It Was Recorded

Gear · console

George Massenburg 12-input portable console

Records it appears on · 1

  • Billie Jean

    Michael Jackson · Thriller, 1982

    • Bass guitar · Input chainVerifiedConsole used to record the rhythm section. Swedien says this about the Thriller rhythm sections generally, within his account of this song
    • Drum kit · Input chainVerifiedConsole used to record the rhythm section. Swedien says this about the Thriller rhythm sections generally, within his account of this song

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

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