“There Is A Widespread Belief That They Use An Electric Machine”

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.

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