How It Was Recorded

Gear · microphone

Neumann U49

Records it appears on · 1

  • Behind Closed Doors

    Charlie Rich · Album, 1973

    • Lead vocal · MicrophoneVerifiedEngineer's choice for Rich's lead vocal, picked over the U67 or U87 because its gentler top end suited his lip and mouth noises.

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

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