Sh-Boom by The Chords: studio, gear and credits

Sh-Boom by The Chords: recorded at Atlantic Studios, 234 West 56th Street, New York City (An office space converted into a makeshift studio)). See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.

Details

Song: Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)
Artist: The Chords
Genre / Style: Doo-Wop / Rhythm & Blues / Early Rock & Roll
Date(s) Recorded: March 15, 1954
Original Record Company & Catalog #: Cat Records (Atlantic Records subsidiary) / Cat 104
Release Date: June 1954
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Personnel and session credits

Musicians & Session Performers:

Carl Feaster - Lead Vocals
Claude Feaster - Baritone Vocals
Jimmy Keyes - First Tenor Vocals
Floyd "Buddy" McRae - Second Tenor Vocals

Studio and recording technology

Tracking Studio & Room: Atlantic Studios, 234 West 56th Street, New York City (An office space converted into a makeshift studio))

Reported gear and setup (not independently verified)

Mixing / Overdub Studio: Same as above (Live to Mono, no overdubs)
Mixing Console / Desk: Custom 8-input rotary tube mixing console (designed and built by Tom Dowd and Earle Brown)
Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: Ampex 300 1/4-inch Full-Track Mono machine operating at 15 IPS
Studio Monitors: Altec Lansing 604C dual-concentric loudspeakers in custom cabinets
Key Outboard Processors & Hardware Units:

RCA BA-6A or custom tube limiters
Passive LC Equalizers (early Pultec EQP-1 or Cinema Engineering)
Live Echo Chamber (the Atlantic Records office bathroom with a speaker and microphone)

Signal chains covered in the full track sheet

Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Lead Vocal (Carl Feaster), Backing Vocals (The Chords), Tenor Saxophone (Sam "The Man" Taylor), Rhythm Section (Piano, Bass, Drums, Guitar).

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