Blue Öyster Cult – Agents Of Fortune album cover

Blue Öyster Cult – Agents Of Fortune

Album 1976

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1976 album Agents Of Fortune.

Music from Agents Of Fortune

Artists on Agents Of Fortune

Gear Used On Agents Of Fortune

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Blue Öyster Cult – Agents Of Fortune (1976). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Shelly Yakus

Shelly Yakus

Engineer Mixing Engineer Recording Engineer

Microphones used by Shelly Yakus on Agents Of Fortune

Dynamic Microphones

Shure SM57

Avg price: $112.51

At 4:31 in the video titled "Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult: Inside the Song with Shelly Yakus" by Produce Like A Pro, Shelly Yakus explicitly mentions using a Shure SM57 cardioid dynamic instrument microphone on the guitar amplifiers during the recording of "Don't Fear the Reaper" at Record Plant Studios in New York City.

Ribbon Microphones

Beyerdynamic M160

Avg price: $877.67

At 4:33 in the video produced by "Produce Like A Pro," Shelly Yakus mentions using a Beyerdynamic M160 ribbon microphone on the guitar amplifiers during the recording of Blue Oyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper."

Guitars used by Shelly Yakus on Agents Of Fortune

Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

Gibson ES-175 Electric Guitar

Avg price: $3,324.00

In the video titled "Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult: Inside the Song with Shelly Yakus" by Produce Like A Pro, Shelly Yakus confirms at 20:33 that the guitar used in the recording of “Don’t Fear the Reaper” is a Gibson ES-175 Electric Guitar.

Amplifiers used by Shelly Yakus on Agents Of Fortune

Combo Guitar Amplifiers

Music Man Amplifier

In the video titled "Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult: Inside the Song with Shelly Yakus - Produce Like A Pro," at 20:33, Shelly Yakus confirms the use of a Music Man amplifier in conjunction with a Gibson ES-175 during the recording of “Don’t Fear the Reaper.”