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What Acoustic Did Van Morrison Play on "Astral Weeks"?


Promethius

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I used to work at a studio call A&R where Van recorded the classic Astral Weeks

(I'm not sure of the spelling. I remember the engineer telling me they used a

U47 for his vocals. The engineer asked Van to please take the gum out of his

mouth while he was singing, and he STUCK IT ON THE MICROPHONE (the gum). It was

(and is ) a very expensive mic. This was one the old 47's , they have their own

power supply, and the power supply has atube in it that has to warm up. You

have to let it warm up for about half an hour.

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