How It Was Recorded

Gear · delay

Unidentified Tape delay (Ampex or Studer, model not stated)

Records it appears on · 1

  • Year of the Cat

    Al Stewart · Album, 1976

    • Studio, tape and mix · Mix effectsReportedParsons thinks the pre-delay ahead of the plate was a constantly running Ampex or Studer tape machine.

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Includes tape-echo and studio tape-machine delay styles, the same method as the delay on the record. The machine is not identified, so it is not a model of the unit used.

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