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Originally Posted by Bob Olhsson  All I know is what I was told by Wally Heider and Voyle Gilmore.
Wally recorded Sinatra at the Sands and was present for most of his recording sessions at United Western. I was very surprised to hear Sinatra used a handheld 546. An SM56 is a black 546 and an SM 57 is the same mike without the built in stand mount.
Voyle produced Sinatra's Capitol sessions before his promotion to head of A&R. He told me that most were recorded at Radio Recorders Annex and I know from other people who worked at that studio that the vocal mikes of choice at Radio were the RCA 77 and 44. When I asked about all of the U47s and 251s in the pictures, Voyle responded that they were used for photo sessions.
Certainly people are free to believe anything they like but I'm relating what I was told by two people who couldn't have been more directly involved with making Frank Sinatra's recordings. |
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