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Records made prior to 1965 virtually never used headphones and punching in was not available. In many cases the vocal mike was out in the middle of the musicians with no baffles. Limiting was only used on the backup recorder as a safety net in case the mixer missed riding something. Some of the best engineers always patched around or disabled the limiters.
When musicians can hear each other's real dynamics as an ensemble, you don't need "glue" to make it all fit together.
Artists signed before the early '70s had to be capable of recording this way as a condition of getting a "deal."
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