How It Was Recorded

Gear · microphone

Neumann KM 86

Records it appears on · 4

  • Heart of Gold

    Neil Young · Harvest, 1972

    • Neil Young guitar · MicrophoneVerifiedMazer used this as the microphone on Neil Young's guitar.
    • Teddy Irwin guitar · MicrophoneVerifiedMazer says a KM86 was on Teddy Irwin's guitar.
    • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedMazer says the drum overhead microphones were KM86s.
  • Anarchy in the U.K.

    Sex Pistols · Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, 1977

    • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedTop snare microphone.
  • Hollies

    The Hollies · Album, 1974

    • Acoustic and electric guitars · MicrophoneInferredGenerally used on the electric guitar amplifiers on Hollies sessions.
    • Tracking room and orchestra · MicrophoneInferredUsed on the violins when Parsons close-miked the orchestra, according to his usual approach.
  • Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

    The Staple Singers · Album, 1972

    • Memphis Horns · MicrophoneVerifiedUsed on the trombone in the horn session.

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

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