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Get the instruments sound absolutely perfect, acoustically. Get the arrangement absolutely 100% perfect! Including different guitar parts, harmonies, etc.
Do not skip any detail.
Make sure the song sounds 100% like it should in the room.
Then you're 95% on the way of getting is close as you can get with the finished result.
Then use minimal miking. Ribbons and Tubes.... Bypass as much as possible of other gear. Bypass the console on the way in.
Mic the bass cab, keep a few feet distance, mic. the guitar amp, keep a little distance.
Vox amp perhaps? probably not fenders. English band wasn't it?
Drums; Bass Drum mic, at a little bit of distance, mono overhead, pretty close, but far enough to balance the kit.
Capture the band live, in a pretty big room. But standing close to each other.
Probably no room mics, only bleed.
Listen to the original to determine which parts are overdubbed. Many OD's from that era sounds kind of "on-top" of the rest of the sound because of the bleed in the original tracks. And the no use of room mics in the overdubs.
Don't use any digital reverbs. Set up a pair of speakers in the main room and record that as a chamber.
Thats at least some of the things I can think of, the most important thing being getting the arrangement and playing 100% right.
Now, the lead vocals......
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