The Animals – Ark

Used for at least two replacement vocals on Ark, as recalled by mix engineer Nic Briscoe in this interview from The Nic of Time #5.

Eric Burden [sic] came in once and replaced two vocals, I think, on “Loose Change” and “Trying to Get to You.” I know we used a Neumann U87 microphone and BeyerDyamnic DT100 headphones — I can still see him in my mind’s eye: He had a very bright Paisley shirt on.

He was very monosyllabic with me. He just came in, listened to the tracks whilst I set up the headphone mix, and then he sang the songs. It took just a few hours. Then he left. Hardly any practice runs or drop-ins (repairs on something just recorded), just a couple of straight takes, and choose the best one after.

For me, this was a relief, for two reasons. Firstly, there were hardly any completely empty tracks available on the twenty-four-track, two-inch master tapes. Secondly, some lead vocal sessions, just on one song, could last days.

Used while tracking at least two replacement vocals for Ark, as recalled by mix engineer Nic Briscoe in this interview from The Nic of Time #5.

Eric Burden [sic] came in once and replaced two vocals, I think, on “Loose Change” and “Trying to Get to You.” I know we used a Neumann U87 microphone and BeyerDyamnic DT100 headphones — I can still see him in my mind’s eye: He had a very bright Paisley shirt on.

He was very monosyllabic with me. He just came in, listened to the tracks whilst I set up the headphone mix, and then he sang the songs. It took just a few hours. Then he left. Hardly any practice runs or drop-ins (repairs on something just recorded), just a couple of straight takes, and choose the best one after.

For me, this was a relief, for two reasons. Firstly, there were hardly any completely empty tracks available on the twenty-four-track, two-inch master tapes. Secondly, some lead vocal sessions, just on one song, could last days.

In this photo, Price can be seen playing an RMI Electra Piano & Harpsichord on stage with Georgie Fame on the set of a pop music television show in London circa 1970. Price started using an RMI after leaving the Animals; he uses one extensively on his album "O Lucky Man!"