Pet Shop Boys Please

(last updated: 5/4/21)

Instruments

Drum machines:

• Oberheim DMX

Synths:

• E-mu Emulator I (“West End Girls”)
• E-mu Emulator II
• Roland Jupiter-6 (“West End Girls” bass)
• Yamaha DX7

Miscellaneous:

• Fairlight CMI Series II
• Roland MSQ-700 sequencer (“West End Girls”, “Love Comes Quickly” etc.

Studio equipment

Microphones:

• AKG C414 (Neil vocals)
• Neumann KM84 (“West End Girls” rap verse)
• Neumann TLM170 (vocals)
• Neumann U87 (“West End Girls” choruses)
• Sony 48 (Neil vocals)

Outboard gear:

• Drawmer DL201 dual gates
• AMS DMX 15-80S delay

Mixing consoles:

• Soundcraft TS24 console (Advision Studio 1)
• SSL 6048E console /w Total Recall (Advision Studio 2)

Tape machines:

• Otari MTR90 Analog 24-track (Advision Studio 2)
• Sony PCM-3324 digital 24-track (Advision Studio 1?)
• Sony PCM-701 digital 2-track
• Studer 2-track

Miscellaneous:

• Sony Walkman Professional cassette recorder /w Dolby C (“West End Girls” intro)

References:

Behind The Boards by Jake Brown

http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/talking-shop/1060

International Musician & Recording World March 1986

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-DB-Magazine/90s/db-1991-09-10.pdf