i don't feel like that dip is that crazy...i might've pulled the main rhythm guitars back a db there, i don't remember. i'm certainly hitting the snare softer there than in the section before it, that verse was the only section where i used any of the close snare mic...but i felt like the snare shouldn't be as out front in that section as it detracted from the vocal, and i figured by that point in the tune most listeners would probably have a grasp of where the backbeat was...
only compression on this was bass, room mics and guitar solo. oh, and leslie noise. i tried compressing the vox but it just made them worse.