Home / Music / Don Dixon built a cardboard-box binaural head for R.E.M.'s ReckoningMusic linernotes album music remDon Dixon built a cardboard-box binaural head for R.E.M.'s ReckoningDon Dixon used binaural recording on several tracks, constructing a fake binaural head from a cardboard box with two microphones to capture the group’s sound. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesR.E.M.'s Reckoning took seven years to go goldAutomatic for the People: 18 million copies sold and countingPeter Buck's broken amp shaped the sound of MurmurOne track earned R.E.M, the chance to record MurmurR.E.M.'s Reckoning is also called File Under WaterExploreDylan's best Blonde on Blonde takes came when the band thought they were just rehearsingBobby Brown's peak was Don't Be Cruel, not Bobby"Lowdown" gave Boz Scaggs his biggest Silk Degrees hitBrian Eno wanted Music for Airports to be "as ignorable as it is interesting"Brian Wilson quit touring to make Pet Sounds in the studioPrevious Duane Allman died before Eat a Peach was finishedNext De La Soul Is Dead was recorded at Calliope Studios in New York