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Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) by Rod Stewart: produced by Tom Dowd. See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.
Details Song: Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)Artist: Rod StewartGenre / Style: Soft Rock / Blue-Eyed SoulDate(s) Recorded: Late 1975 – Early 1976Original Record Company & Catalog #: Warner Bros. Records / Riva Records (UK) – RV 04Release Date: May 1976YouTube Search: Listen on YouTube +Rod+Stewart)Personnel and session credits Producer(s): Tom DowdMusicians & Session Performers: Rod Stewart - [Lead Vocals] Jerry Jumonville - [Tenor Saxophone] Britt Ekland - [Spoken Word Vocals (French Outro)] Studio and recording technology Studio details for this recording are still being verified.
Reported gear and setup (not independently verified) Tracking Studio & Room: Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 3614 Jackson Highway, Sheffield, Alabama (Rhythm Section Tracking) (Documented studio per MusicBrainz: Caribou Ranch Recording Studio)Mixing / Overdub Studio: Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California (Studio 1)Mixing Console / Desk: Neve 8036 (Muscle Shoals tracking); Trident A-Range (Cherokee Studios overdubs/mixing)Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: Studer A80 24-Track 2-inch tape machine operating at 15 IPS with Dolby AStudio Monitors: Altec 604E (Muscle Shoals), UREI 813 (Cherokee)Key Outboard Processors & Hardware Units: UREI 1176LN Peak Limiters, Teletronix LA-2A, Pultec EQP-1A Equalizers, EMT 140 Plate Reverb (Cherokee Studios) Signal chains covered in the full track sheet Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Lead Vocals (Rod Stewart), Spoken Word Vocals (Britt Ekland), Drum Kit (Andy Newmark), Bass Guitar (Willie Weeks), Electric Guitars (Steve Cropper), Tenor Saxophone (Jerry Jumonville).
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