Night Train by Jimmy Forrest: studio, gear and credits

Night Train by Jimmy Forrest: studio, personnel and recording gear. See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.

Details

Song: Night Train
Artist: Jimmy Forrest
Genre / Style: R&B / Jump Blues / Instrumental R&B
Date(s) Recorded: November 27, 1951
Original Record Company & Catalog #: United Records (U-110-A)
Release Date: March 1952
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Personnel and session credits

Musicians & Session Performers:

Jimmy Forrest - Lead Tenor Saxophone
Bunky Parker - Piano
Johnny Mixon - Upright Bass

Studio and recording technology

Studio details for this recording are still being verified.

Reported gear and setup (not independently verified)

Tracking Studio & Room: Universal Recording Corporation, 111 E. Ontario St., Chicago, IL (Main Room) (Inferred: no studio documented in Discogs/MusicBrainz)
Mixing / Overdub Studio: N/A (Mixed live-to-mono in tracking studio) (Inferred: no studio documented in Discogs/MusicBrainz)
Mixing Console / Desk: Custom Universal Recording Tube Console (Designed by Bill Putnam, utilizing rotary potentiometers and custom vacuum tube line amps)
Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: Ampex Model 300 Full-Track Mono Tape Recorder (1/4-inch tape running at 15 IPS)
Studio Monitors: Altec Lansing 604 Duplex in custom Putnam-designed cabinets
Key Outboard Processors & Hardware Units:

RCA BA-6A Tube Limiting Amplifier (Used for broadcast/recording transient control)
Universal Recording Acoustic Echo Chamber (Putnam's pioneering bathroom/chamber reverb)

Signal chains covered in the full track sheet

Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Lead Tenor Saxophone (Jimmy Forrest), Piano (Bunky Parker), Upright Bass (Johnny Mixon), Drums & Congas (Oscar Jones & Percy James).

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