Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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Download the multitrack audio files from this performance here: telefunken-elektroakustik.com/livefromthelab

Bernard Purdie & Friends with Alan Friedman - "It's Your Thing" TELEFUNKEN Live From The Lab

The Worlds Most Recorded Drummer, the legendary Bernard Purdie recently visited TELEFUNKEN Soundstage in South Windsor, CT to participate in a tribute concert in his honor. Bernard “Pretty” Purdie has recorded with some of the greatest artists in recent history including James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespi, Wilson Picket, Vulfpeck and Steely Dan to name a few. His style is so unique and often imitated, that he even has a groove named after him: “The Purdie Shuffle”.

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Microphones & Direct Boxes featured: 

Kick In - M82
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Kick Out - TF17 prototype
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Snare Top - M80-SH
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Snare Bottom - M81
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Rack Toms - M81-SH
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Floor Tom - M82
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Ride & Hi Hat - M60
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Overheads - TF11
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Mono Drum Kit - ELA M 260
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Rooms - TF39
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Bass DI - TDA-1
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Bass Amp - M82
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Acoustic GTR DI - TDP-1
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Sax - TF47
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Electric Guitar DI - TDP-1
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Keys DI - TDP-2
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Vocal Lead - M80
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Vocal Male - M80
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Vocal Male Backing - M81
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Vocal Female Backing - M81
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The LIVE FROM THE LAB music video series is recorded and filmed at TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik's facility in South Windsor, CT. Each session is tracked live exclusively with TELEFUNKEN microphones and features unique performances from a variety of local, regional, national, and international artists and ensembles.

The multitrack audio files from these sessions are available for free download via clickable links below the individual performance videos. All audio files are presented in .WAV format and were recorded at 24bit / 48KHz sample rate. They are clearly labeled in the same format with the source listed first (LEAD VOX, ACOUSTIC, PIANO), followed by the microphone used (C12, AR-51, etc.) and can be downloaded and imported into your Digital Audio Workstation of choice.

For more additional content, please visit:
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Executive Producer: Toni Fishman
Produced by Alan Venitosh & Alan Friedman for FKCO.
Camera Operators: Deven Bussey, Adam Yorio, Derek Yorio, Jack Ieronimo
Edited By Adam Lukowski
Engineered & Recorded by Ryan Reault
Mixed by Alan Friedman
Mastered by Jim Chapdelaine

Bernard Purdie: Drums
Alan Friedman: Guitar
Jeff Batter: Keyboards
Bill Holloman: Sax
Jason Wiggin: Bass
Robbie LaBlanc: Lead Vocals
Thomas Claxton: Vocals
Tony Genevive: Vocals
Penny Knight: Vocals