Charles Bradley

Used on No Time For Dreaming, as mentioned by producer Thomas Brenneck in this October 11, 2016 Electronic Musician article.

“When I first started making records, all I had was a Shure 565—an older version of the SM57. I made two records using only that microphone: Charles Bradley’s first record, No Time for Dreaming, and Menahan Street Band’s first record, Make the Road by Walking. I had literally bought these microphones really cheap on tour, and went home and made those records on an 8-track in my apartment. And then I mixed them at Daptone [Studios]. People like Mark Ronson would ask me, ‘Man, how did you get those drum sounds?’ I was like, ‘Well... [Laughs] one mic and a half-inch 8-track.’ With the limited gear that we had, we couldn’t do anything fancy. So it was really about capturing a great performance.”

Used on Changes, as mentioned by producer Thomas Brenneck in this April 7, 2016 Mix Online article.

“I use an Electro-Voice 664 on my guitar, and an EV RE15 on Leslie, the same mic I use for Charles’ vocals on the whole record,” says Brenneck.

It is also visible in the music video for "I Feel A Change" starting at 0:18 and this July 30, 2015 Instagram post by producer Thomas Brenneck of Bradley recording "Change for the World" (where the RE-15 can be seen being used in tandem with a Neumann U67).

Used on Changes in tandem with the RE-15, as is visible in this July 30, 2015 Instagram post by producer Thomas Brenneck of Bradley recording "Change for the World", as well as this September 23, 2018 Instagram post (also by Brenneck).

Used on Victim of Love, as is visible in photos from the album's sessions in this video at 4:56 and 4:59.

Visible in this photo of Bradley, as well as this one. One was used for vocals on No Time For Dreaming, as mentioned by producer Thomas Brenneck in this January 26, 2021 Instagram post.

It was nothing short of magic recording what would become Charles Bradley’s debut album No Time For Dreaming in a bedroom on 250 Menahan street many years ago. It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since it’s release. I had set up a humble recording situation consisting of a 1/2” 8 track tape machine and an sm58. For years in between tours with Sharon, Budos, El Michels, Lee, Amy, etc I would record as much music as possible at the crib. At some point I invited Charles over and played him what would become Menahan Street Bands debut Make The Road By Walking. He loved the music which meant the world to me and instantly asked if he could sing on it.

True story: The first time he came to that apartment i played him the instrumental of The World Going Up In Flames. He immediately asked for a mic and started singing. Within the hour we recorded the vocals to it. After that he would come back once or twice a month to share stories of his life which we would turn into songs. The next song we wrote was “Heartaches & Pain”.

Used to record "Take It As It Come", as is visible in the documentary Charles Bradley: Soul of America at 8:14. The 77-DX is also visible in this photo of Bradley, the music video for "The World (Is Going Up In Flames)" at 1:25 and at 2:40 and the music video for "Heartaches and Pain" starting at 1:04. It is most likely the one at Daptone Records' recording studios, which was mentioned by producer Gabriel Roth in this June 2008 Sound on Sound article.

"There's an old–school feel to the studio, but it's by no means some kind of vintage museum," Roth states. In fact, the gear list is as much serendipitous as it is calculated: there's a newish Rode NT1A large–diaphragm condenser mic, a classic RCA DX77, and an assortment of cheap Radio Shack microphones cohabitating in the mic closet, while an Ampeg Gemini guitar amp made its way to the studio when it literally bumped into Roth as it was being tossed out into a dumpster near a building renovation.

Visible in the music video for "I Feel A Change", starting at 0:22.

Used while recording Victim of Love, as is visible in photos from the album's sessions in this video at 4:56 and 4:59.