80s album gearlists and more

(Last updated: 11/06/24) Musical gear Drums and percussion: TAMA Imperialstar kit  – main studio set Linn Electronics LinnDrum  (LM-2) – used for click tracks and triggering synthesizers, appears on “Tiger Tiger” Keyboards, synthesizers & samplers: Crumar Performer Fairlight CMI Series II Korg Poly 61 Roland GR-300  guitar synth /w G-303: Andy Taylor’s Roland Jupiter-8   Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Bass guitars: Aria Pro II SB-1000 Guitars: Yamaha SG-2000 Amplifiers: Marshall JCM-800(?) Recording & studio equipment Microphones: Drums: o    Kick:              §  AKG D12 o    Snare: § Shure SM57 o    Hi-hat: §   AKG C451 o    Tom-toms: §  Sennheiser MD421 o    Overheads: §  Neumann U87 o    Ambience: §  Neumann U47 ·        Guitars: o    AKG C414 EB o    Shure SM57 o    STC 4038 (?)...

(date updated: 29/12/24) Def Leppard Hysteria recording gear 2 Musical gear Drums, samplers and percussion: Fairlight CMI Series III : used for bass and drum programming, later transferred to Synclavier. Also for sampled sounds, e.g. the ‘Screams5’ preset on “Excitable” and sound effects on  “Rocket” Linn Electronics LinnDrum : originally used for guide tracks, kept for percussion sounds on “Love Bites” and “Rocket” New England Digital Synclavier PSMT : brought in towards the end of the album after sync issues with the Fairlight, used for drum & bass programming Simmons SDS-7  electronic drum kit /w Shark pedals : Rick Allen’s, linked to Fairlight and later Synclavier for drum programming Guitars: Charvel Dinky : Mutt Lange’s, borrowed for sessions Hamer Blitz custom (?): Steve Clark's Gibson Firebird : Steve Clark’s, e.g. “Love And Affection” Gibson Les Paul XR-1 : Steve Clark’s Gibson Les Paul Custom : Steve Clark's   1978 Fender Stratocaster (a.k.a. “Felix”)...

(updated: 29/12/24) Recorded 30 June to 7 August 1980 at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland. Mixed at Strawberry Sound Studios Musical equipment Stewart Copeland: Drums ( TAMA Superstar 9-ply,  except where noted): 14” x 22” bass drum Pearl B4514 5” x 14” snare 8” x 10” tom 8” x 12” tom 9” x 13” tom 16” x 16” floor tom   4 x TAMA Octobans (70s model Royalstar lugs) Cymbals ( Zildjian , hollow logo A series): New Beat 14” hi-hat 8” Splash 22” Ping Ride 18” Thin Crash (x2) 16” Thin crash Effects: Roland RE-301 Chorus Echo  - occasional delay effects on hi-hat Other: Roland RS-505 Paraphonic  synthesizer ("Bombs Away" etc.) Sting :   Basses: Henk Van Zalinge Z-bass  (Brian) – a recent acquisition of Sting’s, used on "Don't Stand So Close To Me"; a Dutch upright bodyless bass 1962 Fender Jazz natural Ibanez MC940NS  custom with natural finish Other: 1978 Fender Stratocaster  (black) - used to play octave parts to bass lines, e.g. "Don't Stand So C...