Genesis Foxtrot equipment

Foxtrot is the fourth studio album released by Genesis, in October 1972 on Charisma Records. It features "Supper's Ready", which is notably the band's longest song (running time of 23 minutes).

The album was recorded in August-September 1972 at Island Studios in London, produced by Dave Hitchcock and engineered by John Burns (the first of three albums for Burns with Genesis).

Phil Collins
Drums (Gretsch):
 * 20" x 15" bass drum
 * 12" x 8" tom
 * 13" x 9" tom
 * 14" x 14" tom
 * 16" x 16" tom
 * Ludwig snare

Cymbals:
 * Paiste

Tony Banks

 * Mellotron Mk. II
 * Hammond L-122 organ
 * Hohner Pianet
 * Epiphone 6834 12-string guitar

Mike Rutherford

 * Rickenbacker 4001 bass
 * Rickenbacker 360/12 12-string

Steve Hackett

 * Gibson Les Paul Custom
 * HiWatt amps

Microphones
Taken from Jethro Tull Forum Q&A with John Burns, in which he elaborates on the microphone setups he would have used on the Island Studio recordings with Jethro Tull on Aqualung. He most likely used the same microphones & recording techniques with Genesis on Foxtrot, also done at Island Studios.

Drums:
 * Kick: AKG D20 or D-25
 * Snare: AKG 224E
 * Hi-hat: AKG C451E
 * Tom-toms: Neumann U87's or AKG D-20
 * Overheads: Neumann U87's (x2)

Bass amps:
 * AKG D25

Guitars:
 * AKG D20
 * Neumann U87 - placed approx. 40 cm away

Vocals:
 * Neumann U87

Mixing consoles

 * Helios 28/16 (Island Studio 1)
 * Helios 20/16 (Island Studio 2)
 * Helios 20/4 (Island Studio 3 - remixing)

Ancillary equipment

 * 3M 16-track tape machine (Island Studio 1 & 2)
 * Studer 16-track tape machine (Island Studio 3)
 * Studer 2-track tape machine (Island Studio 3)
 * Philips 2-track (Island Studio 1 & 2)
 * Tannoy monitors (Island Studio 1 & 2)
 * Crown amplifiers (Island Studio 1 & 2)