All Along the Watchtower by The Jimi Hendrix Experience: studio, gear and credits
All Along the Watchtower by The Jimi Hendrix Experience: recorded at Olympic Studios, Studio A, London, UK (Basic Track). See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.
Details
Song: All Along the Watchtower
Artist: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Genre / Style: Psychedelic Rock / Blues Rock
Date(s) Recorded: January 21, 1968 (Basic Track); June - August 1968 (Overdubs & Mixing)
Original Record Company & Catalog #: Track Record (UK) / Reprise Records (US) - Catalog # 0767 (US Single)
Release Date: September 2, 1968 (US Single), October 16, 1968 (Album)
Jimi Hendrix - Lead Vocals, Lead & Rhythm Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass
Mitch Mitchell - Drums
Dave Mason - 12-String Acoustic Guitar
Brian Jones - Vibraslap (Percussion)
Studio and recording technology
Tracking Studio & Room: Olympic Studios, Studio A, London, UK (Basic Track)
Reported gear and setup (not independently verified)
Mixing / Overdub Studio: Record Plant Studios, Studio A, New York City, NY, USA
Mixing Console / Desk: Olympic: Sound Techniques Custom Wraparound Desk (designed by Dick Swettenham); Record Plant: Custom Datamix Console (24-input, designed by Carl and Steve Manno)
Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: Basic track cut on Ampex 1/2-inch 4-Track at Olympic. Tape was then taken to New York and transferred (bounced) to a Scully 288-12 1-inch 12-Track machine at the Record Plant for overdubs.
Studio Monitors: Tannoy Dual Concentric (Olympic); Altec 604E (Record Plant)
Ampex 350 / 351 tape machines used for tape delay / slapback
Pultec EQP-1A Tube Equalizers
Signal chains covered in the full track sheet
Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Drums (Mitch Mitchell), Bass Guitar (Jimi Hendrix), Acoustic Guitars (Dave Mason & Jimi Hendrix), Lead & Rhythm Electric Guitars (Jimi Hendrix), Lead Vocals (Jimi Hendrix), Percussion (Brian Jones - Vibraslap).
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