Gallery: Here's How You Cram a Recording Studio Inside a Speeding Train
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Justin Stanley connects a tube condenser microphone for an upcoming recording. Stanley is in charge of all of the recordings with *Station to Station*, but he also has quite a resume of his own. He opened up for the Rolling Stones, spent two months working with Prince, recorded with Eric Clapton, and now can add "played live with Patti Smith" to that list of accomplishments, thanks to this trip.
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*Above:* Moogerfoogers and a vintage Casio Casio SK-5 on a table in the Station to Station recording car. <emn>Below: A Moog Voyager synthesizer - only one of many - inside of the recording car.</emn> 
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*Above:* Justin Stanley brought his 1970s Omni Chord to use in the recording studio. *Below:* Hard drives with dozens upon dozens of musical recordings made on the train. Side note: Don't forget to label your labelmaker. 
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*Above:* The ProTools rig for the studio. *Below:* A microphone taped to the train car window records ambient train sounds while on the road. 
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The front of the drum set on the train was decorated by John Moloney's girlfriend. 
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*Above:* Members of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti play in the mobile recording studio on the *Station to Station* train. *Below:* The video crew's slate indicates a song Thurston Moore and John Moloney recorded on the train. 
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Crew members assemble the recording studio before the train leaves the first station.
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Francis Scott Key White of White Mystery (center) jams on the drums as folks explore the studio.
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Miss Alex White of White Mystery plays music on the bumpy train ride to St. Louis.
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