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[PaulyD]

There is a video on YouTube of Yes in the studio recording their cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "America":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ia8_Lav32c

I know the vid quality is bad, but anyone have any idea what Jon Anderson's mic is? Looks like a dynamic of some sort.

There is another video of them on YouTube recording Tormato where they're all using EV RE20's. Seems they are dynamic mic fans. At least they were in the 70's...

tia,

Paul

[compasspnt]

Very hard to see it.

But I'm not so sure it is a dynamic.

[garret]

A wild guess from reading this interview...
http://www.nfte.org/interviews/EO234.html

.. it might be a Neumann U64... small capsule, cardiod, valve condenser.
http://www.coutant.org/u64/index.html

Looks vaguely right, but the video is very blurry.

[wwittman]

U64 might be a good guess.

but also this MIGHT just be the mic for the ref track for the video, there are obviously overdubbed vocals on the track you're hearing, so the lead might very well be overdubbed with something else as well.

[J.J. Blair]

You're all wrong.  Look at the holder.  It's clearly an AKG, and the capsule strongly resembles a CK28, so I'm guessing that it's a C60.  I'd even put money on it.  

The drums look like Camcos.  Did Bruford play those?

[PaulyD]

I've read that Eddie Offord interview at nfte.org before, but I thought the mic in the video was a little too thin even for a U64. The clip at yesmuseum.org has better clarity though and it does look like the mic has three grille slots on it. Could it be an AKG C451??

btw, what's up with Chris Squire with a cup over his mic??

Paul

[J.J. Blair]

I don't think it's a 451.  451 would be a little longer and we'd likely see the switch.  I'm still betting on C60/C61.

[PaulyD]

Ah, yes. After Googling the AKG C60/C61, I see sometimes they show two or three grille slots on the mic. Apparently the capsule is changeable.

Thanks, J.J.

Paul