Eric Burdon

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.