Paul McCartney & Wings · Junior's Farm (single), 1974
Junior's Farm
9 sourced items across 5 sectionsReported9
What the sources do and do not say
Single source: Mix Classic Tracks with engineer Ernie Winfrey, who is openly foggy on details after forty years. The vocal mics and backing-vocal mic are hedged alternatives; drum miking is a vague recollection. No settings or positions are stated.
Vocals
2 items
Paul McCartney
Microphone
The real chain
Neumann U 67
Reported
Winfrey believes McCartney's lead vocal was recorded on either a U 67 or a U 87, and he cannot say which.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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The real chain
Neumann U 87
Reported
For the backing vocals by Paul, Linda and Denny Laine, Winfrey set one of the studio's U 67 or U 87 mics to a multi-directional pattern so they could sing around it. (recalled with uncertainty)
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Guitars
1 item
Denny Laine and Jimmy McCulloch
Microphone
The real chain
Shure SM57
Reported
Close-miked the guitar amps of Denny Laine and Jimmy McCulloch.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Bass
2 items
Paul McCartney
Instrument
The real chain
Höfner Bass (model not stated)
ReportedAlbum sessions
Album sessions, not stated for this song: McCartney played a Hofner bass in the Sound Shop tracking room during the Nashville sessions.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Amplifier
The real chain
Recorded direct (DI), no amplifier
Reported
The bass was recorded entirely direct; McCartney brought no bass amp and declined the amps Winfrey offered.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Drums
2 items
Geoff Britton
Microphone
The real chain
Neumann Microphone (model not stated)
ReportedAlbum sessions
Album sessions, not stated for this song: Winfrey recalls sometimes using the studio's Neumann mics on drums, such as on kick and overheads, though he does not remember his exact scheme.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Shure Dynamic microphones (model not stated)
ReportedAlbum sessions
Album sessions, not stated for this song: Winfrey recalls that Shure dynamic mics were also sometimes used on drums in that period, with no exact scheme remembered.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Recording chain
2 items
Input chain
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Studer A27
Reported
The 24-track machine the band was recorded to, on 3M tape.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Approximate
Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines
tape
Models two Studer machines, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape.
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- Universal Audio Studer A800 Tape Recorder (Models a Studer A800, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape)
The real chain
MCI Console (model not stated)
ReportedAlbum sessions
Album sessions, not stated for this song: The console Winfrey was using at Sound Shop at the time.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Metric Halo MBSI Channel Strip
channel strip
Models the channel strip of a custom MCI desk built for Criteria Studios in the 1970s, so it is the same maker's sound. It is not a model of the desk on the record.
Sources
- Classic Track: "Junior's Farm," Paul McCartney and Wings, Mix, 2015-07-31. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
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