Bernard Purdie & Friends - “She’s Gone” TELEFUNKEN Live From The Lab

Bernard Purdie & Friends - “She’s Gone” TELEFUNKEN Live From The Lab

The Worlds Most Recorded Drummer, the legendary Bernard Purdie recently visited TELEFUNKEN Soundstage in South Windsor, CT to participate in a tribute concert in his honor. Bernard “Pretty” Purdie has recorded with some of the greatest artists in recent history including James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespi, Wilson Picket, Vulfpeck and Steely Dan to name a few. His style is so unique and often imitated, that he even has a groove named after him: “The Purdie Shuffle”.

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Microphones & Direct Boxes featured: 



Kick In - M82

Kick Out - prototype

Snare Top - M80-SH

Snare Bottom - M81

Rack Toms - M81-SH

Floor Tom - M82

Ride & Hi Hat - M60

Overheads - TF11

Mono Drum Kit - ELA M 260

Rooms - TF39

Bass DI - TDA-1

Bass Amp - M82

Acoustic GTR DI - TDP-1

Sax - TF47



Electric Guitar DI - TDP-1

Electric Guitar Amp - M80

Electric Guitar Amp - TF11

Keys DI - TDP-2

Vocal Lead - M80

Vocal Male - M80

Vocal Male Backing - M81

Vocal Female Backing - M81

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The LIVE FROM THE LAB music video series is recorded and filmed at TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik's facility in South Windsor, CT. Each session is tracked live exclusively with TELEFUNKEN microphones and features unique performances from a variety of local, regional, national, and international artists and ensembles.

The multitrack audio files from these sessions are available for free download via clickable links below the individual performance videos. All audio files are presented in .WAV format and were recorded at 24bit / 48KHz sample rate. They are clearly labeled in the same format with the source listed first (LEAD VOX, ACOUSTIC, PIANO), followed by the microphone used (C12, AR-51, etc.) and can be downloaded and imported into your Digital Audio Workstation of choice.

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Executive Producer Toni Fishman
Produced by Alan Venitosh & Alan Friedman for FKCO.
Camera Operators: Deven Bussey, Adam Yorio, Derek Yorio Jack Ieronimo
Engineered & Recorded by Ryan Reault
Mixed by Alan Friedman
Mastered by Jim Chapdelaine

[ThomasClaxton_Music]

The entire weekend was amazing. Thank you, Telefunken, for being amazing hosts!

[sixtoseven]

Was purdie on the original ? or was he busy doing Ringo's parts for the Beatles ?

[hippydippy]

The tall guy's voice just ain't cuttin' it, but the rest of the band sounds great.

[janetkirby]

Lovely mics … sounds like band is rushing Bernard🤨

[chrisdkramer]

Sounds like they couldn’t hear each other very well. The drummer is trying to set a groove but no one else will sit in the pocket with him.

[jwcbronski]

I doubt that these are Bernard's "Friends". Sounds like they never play with him before. The guitar-player ignores Bernard's unique rhythmic feeling. He should have listenened more closely to that hi-hat.