EditorialโขMar 26, 2026โข5 min read
HOOVE RULES
STAND BY YOUR LAN
The iconic drum sound on Led Zeppelinโs "When the Levee Breaks" was recorded by placing John Bonhamโs drum kit at the bottom of a three-story stairwell in Headley Grange in 1971. Engineer Andy Johns hung two Beyerdynamic M160 microphones on the first-floor landing, capturing natural room reverb, then compressed them heavily through a Helios console and a Binson Echorec delay unit to create the massive, "cave-like" sound.
