How It Was Recorded

The Dave Clark Five · Glad All Over, 1963

Glad All Over

Lead vocalOrganTracking and mixReported5Inferred1

What the sources do and do not say

Single Mix Classic Tracks article read in full, with Dave Clark and Adrian Kerridge quoted. Most statements are about the studio and the group's habits; the kick-drum microphone, the BRED console and the Tandberg demo recorder are mentioned without a stated function or model, so they have no rows. The U 47 is described only as typical for Smith's vocal, and the tape echo machine is given as one of two alternatives.

Lead vocal

Mike Smith

Microphone

Neumann U 47

ReportedAlbum sessions

Album sessions, not stated for this song: Mike Smith's lead vocal was typically recorded with this microphone, according to the article's narrative; it is not tied to one take of this song. (recalled with uncertainty)

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. Microphone-modelling plugins only work with their own matched hardware microphone, so there is no plugin to link. Placement and the room matter more than the model.

Mix effects

EMI TR91

Reported

Tape echo on the song, heard most clearly on the second Smith vocal, came from either this machine or a later Ampex 351; the article does not say which. (recalled with uncertainty)

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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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Also worth a look: Universal Audio Studer A800 Tape Recorder (Models a Studer A800, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape).

Ampex 351

Reported

Tape echo on the song, heard most clearly on the second Smith vocal, came from either this machine or an EMI TR91; the article does not say which. (recalled with uncertainty)

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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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Also worth a look: Universal Audio Studer A800 Tape Recorder (Models a Studer A800, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape).

Unidentified Reverb chamber (Lansdowne, built by Meek and Kerridge)

InferredUsual practice

Reverb was usually taken from the studio's purpose-built chamber, with a stairwell space used only now and then for effect.

A suggestion, not a documented fact: Kerridge describes the studio's usual practice, not a statement about this song alone.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Covers this kind of unit

Universal Audio Capitol Chambers

reverb

A real echo chamber, the same method as the one on the record: a loudspeaker and microphones in a hard, empty room. It is not a model of this chamber, so set the decay by ear.

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Organ

Mike Smith

Instrument

Vox Organ (model not stated)

Reported

Mike Smith's organ part for the song was recorded together with Denis Payton's saxophone on one track of the four-track tape.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. The source does not name the model, so no specific plugin can be suggested.

Tracking and mix

Input chain

Ampex 300 Series 4-track

Reported

Lansdowne's only four-track machine, used to track the song with drums, bass and rhythm guitar on one track, organ and sax on another, live vocals on a third and a second Smith vocal on the fourth.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Approximate

Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines

tape

Models two Studer machines, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape.

Get the plugin ↗What else it stands in for

Also worth a look: Universal Audio Studer A800 Tape Recorder (Models a Studer A800, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape).

Sources

  1. Classic Track: “Glad All Over,” The Dave Clark Five, Mix, 2015-04-01. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
Verified

Stated by the engineer, producer or artist, or by the manufacturer.

Reported

Stated by a reputable secondary source.

Inferred

An educated suggestion, not a documented fact.

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