Guitar god Les Paul and wife (and singer) Mary Ford appear on Omnibus in 1953. They play along with Alistair Cooke on a gag in which they pretend to use a Goldbergesque gadget to create their multilayered recordings. Once the jig is up, they show off the real multi–track method, which involved a gigantic tape recorder (standard size for that era) and a lot of persistence.
Tags: Alistair Cooke, Les Paul, Mary Ford