How It Was Recorded

Gear · delay

Unidentified Tape delay (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 3

  • Walking on Sunshine

    Katrina and the Waves · Walking on Sunshine, 1985

    • Drums (re-recorded at Power Station) · Mix effectsReportedLitt believes a tape delay produced the slapback on the drums.
  • Nights in White Satin

    The Moody Blues · Days of Future Passed, 1967

    • Tape machines and echo · Input chainReportedDecca's Deramic Sound System prescription for the album's rhythm section combined a little reverb with tape delay, with each side's reverb fed to the opposite side.
  • Seven Nation Army

    The White Stripes · Elephant, 2003

    • Lead vocal · Input chainVerifiedA little tape delay was blended into the vocal mix as it was recorded.

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

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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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