Neumann M49

Records it appears on · 9

• Lost Highway

  Bon Jovi · Album, 2007

  • Lead vocal · MicrophoneReportedCaptured Jon Bon Jovi's lead vocal on this single, from the near-whispered first verse to the finale.
• Here You Come Again

  Dolly Parton · Here You Come Again, 1977

  • Lead vocal · MicrophoneReportedEngineer Armin Steiner thinks this was probably the microphone used on Parton's vocal, recorded live with the band.
• Faith

  George Michael · Album, 1987

  • Lead vocal · MicrophoneVerifiedThe vocal microphone George Michael used on the album at Puk, which Porter describes as having a controlled but very open top end.
• Dookie

  Green Day · Album, 1994

  • Drums · MicrophoneVerifiedPlaced in the room to capture the kit's ambience; King says the room as a whole contributed to the drum sound.Position: Room
• Escape

  Journey · Album, 1981

  • Lead vocal · MicrophoneReportedMicrophone used for Steve Perry’s lead vocal on this song.
• Those Were the Days

  Mary Hopkin · Post Card, 1968

  • Banjo and guitars · MicrophoneReportedEmerick believes a Neumann M 49 or M 50 would have been used on the banjo and guitars; he does not settle on one.
• Closing Time

  Semisonic · Feeling Strangely Fine, 1998

  • Lead vocal · MicrophoneReportedMicrophone on Dan Wilson's vocal, cut live with the band.
• Just the Girl

  The Click Five · Greetings from Imrie House, 2005

  • Lead vocal · MicrophoneVerifiedLead vocal microphone, chosen after a shootout with U47, U67 and U87 because it flattered the singer's sibilance best.
• Ho Hey

  The Lumineers · The Lumineers, 2012

  • Lead and background vocals · MicrophoneVerifiedMic in the Fairfax live room for the overdubbed "ho hey" parts, stomps, claps, banter and background vocals, tripled across left, centre and right.

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

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