It took several remixes to get it right to my ears. I used some (new to me) UA plugins which IMO blew the plugins i was using well out of the water.
A little background on the sound.
I used a Miktek C1 into a prism sound interface. The microphone was switched to modern sound for the verse, and vintage sound for the chorus.
The modern sound is not recommended as very sharp hard to remove esses. I have since upgraded to a Neumann U87ai, which I have not used yet. However for the remix i did use the u87ai for the backing vocals in this track, you can subtly hear them, Am looking forward to making tracks with the U87ai into the prism in near future.
The plugins were/are a gamechanger in sound and cutting through.
I used the manley voxbox, la2a compressor, and many more, but these 2 plugins are what brought the vocal right to meet with the beat. Listening to the original mix are worlds apart. Much warmer and clear with these plugins, which are well worth the investment. I got the UA essential package and the ManleyVoxBox.