Record Plant Remote - Black Truck
Record Plant Remote - Black Truck
Overview & History
The Record Plant Remote - Black Truck is a mobile recording facility for rent that was utilized by Prince on various locations from 1983 onward. It was based on 44th St. New York and originally co-engineered by Dave Hewitt from Record Plant Studios in New York, New York.
Studio
The truck was equipped with a 48 input, 32 bus custom Trident Series 80. It has two Ampex MM1200 tape machines and an Ampex ATR 102 2-track and 4-track recorder as well. It was fitted with UREI 813, Yamaha NS-10, B&W DM100 and ROR. monitors, with Bryston 46, Crown DC300A monitor amps. Inboard features included two UREI 1176, two dbx 160, (two) dbx 160X, Lexicon PCM60, a Yamaha REV7, eleven custom API distribution amplifiers, a Sony 22-inch monitor, Video humbuck coil, isolated video and code/sync patchbay w/ Helios connectors. Outboard extensive selection of outboard 1.; available from the Record Plant New York Studio. Input box, 56 input 3-way splitter with Lenson 1E- MB-D transformers, 12-channel line level aux box with three video lines. Main snake, 500-foot Belden 56 mic, 12 line, 3 video. Microphones, Neumann, AKG, Sony, Beyer. Shure, E-V. A Sony AVC 1400 video camera, Chaos Audio Intercom, wide assortment of mic stands, 6 and 12 channel sub-snakes were also available.
Mobile recordings
Shows and sessions
The Black Truck was utilized at the following dates
- 3 August, 1983: Minneapolis, MN, USA - First Avenue
- 7 June 1984: Minneapolis, MN, USA - First Avenue
- 1 February 1985: New Orleans, LA, USA - Louisiana Superdome (video shoot, both Prince and Sheila E. shows)
- 2 February 1985: New Orleans, LA, USA - Louisiana Superdome (4 The Tears In Your Eyes)
- 30 March 1985: Syracuse, NY, USA - Carrier Dome (tv-shoot both Prince and Sheila E. shows)
- 7 April 1985: Miami, FL, USA - Orange bowl (video-shoot, both Prince and Sheila E. shows)
Other Trucks
This was one of four different remote recording trucks Prince used in the Purple Rain era. See also: Mobile Audio Remote Recording, Le Mobile and Record Plant Mobile Unit II
