It was the Binson that made him sound like that. "And so playing at that particular tempo on 'Levee the limiters had time to breathe and that's how Bonzo got that 'Ga Gack' sound because of the Binson. It was magnetised and had various heads on it and there were different settings. But this wafer-thin drum worked on the same principle as a wire recorder. "Tape would wear out and you'd have to keep replacing it. They were Italian-made and instead of tape they used a very thin steel drum. "I used two Beyerdynamic M160 microphones and I put a couple of limiters over the two mics and used a Binson Echorec echo device that Jimmy Page had bought.
It wasn't just the stairwell that got that famous, earthy delay sound though. I had never heard anything like it and the drum sound was quite spectacular
I got a couple of microphones and put them up the first set of the stairs." "One night Zeppelin were all going down the boozer and I said, 'You guys bugger off but Bonzo, you stay behind because I've got an idea.' So we took his kit out of the room where the other guys had been recording and stuck it in this lobby area. What was the process behind achieving that sound? When The Levee Breaks put Bonham centre stage, held down by that monstrous 26" Ludwig bass drum. I got a couple of microphones and put them up the first set of the stairs" "We took Bonham's kit and stuck it in this lobby area. "I never had Bonzo turn round to me and say, 'oh that's a great drum sound, Andy.' He'd just say, 'There's not enough 'frudge' on the bass drum.' That was his word and I knew exactly what he meant by 'frudge'." John Bonham was famous for his very particular drum sound. I had recorded the whole thing using just two mics including vocals, guitar and Ginger Baker's drums. "I'd been using very few mics on tracks like Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith. What was your approach to recording at that time?
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