[Rob S]

This lady has a lovely voice and sounds a little like Karen Carpenter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvYUfwMBCrU

Quite like the song too.

Rob S

[PeteSpencer]

What's the purpose of the circular thingy in front of the microphone?

ISTR something similar was used a lot in many Beatles recordings.

Flob stopper? Breathing noise stopper? To alter tone?

TIA

Peter

[Jim and Pat Dalton]

Pete, Ive forgotten what its called but it dampens down the puh! phff and esss when pronoucing words beginning with P, F and S if your close to the microphone.

Jim

PS: and I think Rumer is just fab also has a bit of Carole King in thier somewhere

[Morley]

Pop shield used for close breathy work.

[PeteSpencer]

Pop shield used for close breathy work.

Aha that makes sense: Is it solid or perforated?

I guess it acts in a similar but slightly more subtle way to the rabbit fur covers on outside broadcast microphone which ISTR cuts out wind noise.

Peter

[kms]

Perforated. Before such things were commercially available a pair of tights stretched over a modified coathanger was industry standard. You dont want people spitting into a £1000 condenser microphone !