1963, and Larry Levine is trying to fit a 1948 RCA Ribbon mi

1963, and Larry Levine is trying to fit a 1948 RCA Ribbon mic into Hal Blaine’s bass drum, because Phil Spector won’t shut up about the fucking drum sound and Larry Levine can’t help that the drum sound leaks because it is for Christ’s sake 1963 and they don’t have digital boxes or filters or any other damn thing yet. So he’s trying to fit this ancient, beautiful microphone into the drum, so that when Hal Blaine hammers out the start of the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” it’ll go boom, boom-boom. Snap.