How It Was Recorded

Gear · microphone

Shure Microphone (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 3

  • Ain't No Sunshine

    Bill Withers · Just As I Am, 1971

    • Lead vocal · MicrophoneReportedMicrophone on Withers' lead vocal, fitted with an EV windscreen.
    • Stills' electric guitar · MicrophoneReportedA Shure microphone was placed on Stills' guitar amp.
    • Bass · MicrophoneReportedA Shure microphone on Dunn's bass amp, alongside a DI feed.
    • Drum kit · MicrophoneReportedShure microphones were used on the drum kit.
  • Bohemian Rhapsody

    Queen · A Night at the Opera, 1975

    • Guide vocal (backing track) · MicrophoneVerifiedGuide vocal microphone for Mercury at the piano, used for only the first words of each line as a cue for the band.
  • Another Girl, Another Planet

    The Only Ones · The Only Ones, 1978

    • Lead vocal (guide) · MicrophoneVerifiedUsed by the engineer to record the guide vocal during the Escape session.

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

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