Big Star – Radio City
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1974 album Radio City.
Music from Radio City
Gear Used On Radio City
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Big Star – Radio City (1974). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Alex Chilton
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Guitars used by Alex Chilton on Radio City
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Alex Chilton is pictured on the back cover of Big Star compilation Nobody Can Dance with a Gibson Firebird III, during their performance at the Overton Park Shell in Memphis, TN in May 1974. He also possibly used it on Radio City. Occasional Big Star collaborator Van Duren believes it was borrowed by Chilton after the band's equipment was stolen in 1974.
Andy Hummel
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Amplifiers used by Andy Hummel on Radio City
Fender 'Silverface' Dual Showman Amp
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Andy Hummel used a Fender Dual Showman to record at least some of the bass parts on Radio City by Big Star.
"For “O My Soul” and “She’s A Mover”, we put that old Dual Showman out in the middle of the studio, turned it up until it distorted mightily, and recorded it through a Neumann set several feet away. All as opposed to running the bass direct. It’s my old Precision Bass for sure."-Andy Hummel, 2007
