"I used two Beyerdynamic M160 microphones and I put a couple of limiters over the two mics and used a Binson Echorec echo device that Jimmy Page had bought. They were Italian-made and instead of tape they used a very thin steel drum.

"Tape would wear out and you'd have to keep replacing it. But this wafer-thin drum worked on the same principle as a wire recorder. It was magnetised and had various heads on it and there were different settings. They were very cool things!

"And so playing at that particular tempo on 'Levee the limiters had time to breathe and that's how Bonzo got that 'Ga Gack' sound because of the Binson. He wasn't playing that. It was the Binson that made him sound like that. I remember playing it back in the Stones' mobile truck and thinking, 'Bonzo's gotta f**king like this!' I had never heard anything like it and the drum sound was quite spectacular."

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Helios F760

Effects Processors

Used for "When the Levee Breaks", as mentioned in this January 12, 2018 Vintage King article.

Back in the truck, [sound engineer Andy] Johns compressed those two room mics with a pair of Helios F760s. The compressed drum tone was then sent through Page’s Binson echo unit to help give that ambience and slapback effect.

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ZenPro Audio

Eventide Clockworks PS 101 Instant Phaser

Effects Processors

John Bonham utilized the Eventide Clockworks PS 101 Instant Phaser on cymbals, notably in the track "Kashmir," as detailed by Eventideaudio.

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