Telefunken U47

Records it appears on · 7

• 21st Century Breakdown

  Green Day · Album, 2009

  • Lead vocal · MicrophoneVerifiedLead vocal microphone chosen after a shoot-out, used for all of Armstrong's vocals on the album.
• Sugar Shack

  Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs · Sugar Shack, 1963

  • Lead vocal · MicrophoneInferredUsual practice, not stated for this record: Microphone the article says was used for vocals in Norman Petty's Clovis studio at this period.
• All of Me

  John Legend · Love in the Future, 2013

  • Lead vocal (album-wide chain) · MicrophoneVerifiedTozer says this late-1940s microphone was his usual choice for recording Legend's vocals on the album sessions.
• Unlimited Love

  Red Hot Chili Peppers · Album, 2022

  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedNamed among the room microphones.Position: room
• Strange Days

  The Doors · Album, 1967

  • Lead vocal · MicrophoneReportedMicrophone used to record Morrison's vocals during the Strange Days sessions.
  • Guitar · MicrophoneReportedMicrophone used to record Krieger's guitar during the Strange Days sessions.
  • Electric organ · MicrophoneReportedMicrophone used to record Manzarek's electric organ during the Strange Days sessions.
• Happy Together

  The Turtles · Happy Together, 1967

  • Vocals · MicrophoneVerifiedEngineer used this microphone model on the vocals.
  • Guitars · MicrophoneVerifiedEngineer used this microphone model on the guitars.
• Odessey and Oracle

  The Zombies · Album, 1968

  • Lead vocal · MicrophoneReportedMicrophone Colin Blunstone sang the lead vocal into on 'Time Of The Season'.

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

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