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How It Was Recorded

Gear · microphone

Neumann U 47, U 67 or U 87 (whichever was available)

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Records it appears on1

What it was used for on each. Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

  • Downtown

    1964

    Petula Clark · Album

    • Drum kit · MicrophoneInferredPair of drum overhead microphones in the engineer's usual setup, using whichever of these models was to hand.Position: Overhead