Big Time

Artist: Peter Gabriel
Album: So
Label: Geffen Records
Year: 1986
Producer: Peter Gabriel, Daniel Lanois
Engineer: David Bascombe, David Bottrill, Richard Chappell, Kevin Killen, Bruce Lampcov, Daniel Lanois, David Stallbaumer
Studio: Ashcombe House in Swainswick, Somerset, England

Notes: Over the top gated reverb - compressed and gated - on the hand claps, more modest on the snare. It’s aging well.

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