Culture Club Colour By Numbers

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Musical equipment

Jon Moss:

• Gretsch drums
• Linn LM-1
• Simmons drums

Mikey Craig:

• Music man basses /w Superwound 606 strings

Roy Hay:

• Fender Stratocaster?
• Roland JC-120 amp
• Korg Delta string synth (“Do You Really Want To Hurt Me”)

Keith Miller:

• Synclavier

Recording & Studio equipment

Microphones:

• Drums:
• Bass drum:
• Electro-Voice RE20
• Snare:
• Sony C36Pd
• Hi-hat:
• Sony C36Pd
• Toms:
• Sony C35Ps
• Overheads:
• Neumann KM84
• Room:
• Crown PZMs
• Vocals:
• AKG C12 Tube

Outboard gear:

• AMS DMX 15-80S delay /w extra memory
• AMS RMX-16 reverb

Miscellaneous:

• MCI 24-track machine
• MCI 2-track machine
• MCI JH-542LM console
• Fairlight CMI

References

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-Recording-Engineer/80s/Recording-1984-08.pdf

http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-men-behind-the-boy/6509

Red Bus Studios profile: https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Audio/Archive-Studio-Sound-IDX/IDX/70s/Studio-Sound-1979-04-OCR-Page-0046.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYWCcUYOOH4