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• Clare M. from Toronto, Can.Loved the song and I've had the album since '82. Amazing to hear the story of the bass player. Whenever I share the song and I've shared it often over the years I always highlight the bass solo as being quite incredible. And to now know he was 18 at the time... my god.
• L from UkThis song does not use a linn drum or any sample playback type drum machine at all, the linn is real drum sounds all sampled from a ludwig drum kit by art wood an LA session drummer, also a digital device very precise, with quantize shuffle features etc, and the linn featured all this in 1979 actually and as such was a first.
  
  linn drum lm1 is a very Very distinctive (i own one) punchy sampled drum sound. you know it when you hear it, it does not make synthetic clashy analogue type sounds like the type that feature on this track, the lm1 does not sound in any way like these sounds.
  
  It sounds like, don't you want me by the human league, or the lion sleeps tonight by tight fit, or videotheque by dollar or prince recordings louis clarke even used it on hooked on classics, the linn drum by early 81 then featured a new distinctive handclap sample that sounds like a face being severly slapped lol, its instantly recognizable, the first clap sample wasnt that successful and was very very short crunchy and clicky although michael jadkson did use that one qnc it was good just not as good as the better sample that came in revised lm1's 36 machines later,, of course the sounds were removable by way of taking out the large eprom chip the sound is stored on,, with a ziff socket remover.
  Although american made,,, at first it was Mostly being used by many uk artists mid 81 onwards, session music artists or bruton kpm themes international library music makers.
  But donna summer and herbie hancock and john lennon (the unmistakable tambourine sample on just like starting over) were really the three first commercial artists to have used the linn drum in 1980 on album or singles tracks, grand illusion by donna summer, and a track by herbie hancock from 1980 that also featured a fairlight sampler that escapes me right now.
  Analogue tape loop synthetic sounds feature here on this song by h17, h17 did not yet have access to a linn drum at the point this song was recorded in feb 81, as martin rushent didnt aquire the linn drum at genetic until mid april 1981 which is after this recording, and why the human leagues sound of the crowd single recorded before this aquisition also used tape looped synth sounds as drums with a clashy vibe just before linn, then pete shelley and the human league accessed it from may time 81 onwards in their recording sessions, but no linn on this track, h17 Did use it on 3 tracks recorded later in 81 just before the release of ph&p and the difference on those 3 tracks is of course night and day.
  The synth percussion on groove thang is good indeed! but not in any way linn drummed.

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