Joe Williams – Rarities
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2018 album Rarities.
Music from Rarities
Gear Used On Rarities
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Joe Williams – Rarities (2018). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
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Microphones used by Joe Williams on Rarities
Avg price: $10,419.13
Used on Just the Blues, as mentioned in this Sound on Sound interview with producer Bruce Swedien.
Telefunken U47
"I still have one of the two U47s that I bought new in 1953, and will still frequently be first choice on lead vocal. This is a mic that can be used on a ballad or on a very aggressive rock track. It has a slight peak in its frequency response at around 7kHz, which gives it a feeling of natural presence. It also has a slight peak in the low end around 100Hz. This gives it a warm, rich sound. For Joe Williams, another mic would never have worked as well. I figured out that it was the mic for him when I heard him speak. After you've been doing this for as long as I have, you begin to have instinctive sonic reactions, and it saves a lot of time!”
Hear it on... Joe Williams in the Count Basie Band's Just The Blues
