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Thursday, March 02, 2006

CS80 Motherload on YouTube

Title link takes you to a post on VSE where I found a motherload of YouTube videos featuring the Yamaha CS80 - the credit goes to Micke for finding and listing these. It was a trip back in time seeing the Chariots of Fire video. I didn't realize there was an ARP 2500 featured throughout and this glimpse of a Korg PS3300. The ARP Odyssey lead by Billie Curie of Ultravox in Sleepwalk is worth noting as well; it's an amazing lead. Video links below.

Vangelis - Note the ARP 2500 in the background


Update: looks like the original link I had for Chariots of Fire got pulled, so here is another version currently up on YouTube:
Vangelis ( Chariots of Fire )


Ultravox - Sleepwalk (1980)
ELO - Here is the News (1981)
John Foxx - Underpass (1980)
John Foxx - No-One Driving (1980)

Update: Regarding the Korg modular, "That looks pretty much like a PS3300 as it doesn´t have the two vertical rows of tuning pots down the left-hand side of the 3200. I think Vangelis actually had a 3300, and during the session with Neuronium I believe they also used Huygen´s 3200 alongside the 3300, ARP 2500, and other stuff like Prophet 5 etc. What strikes me even more is the mystery synth on the backside photo of the original "In London" EP by Neuronium and Vangelis... it looks like a Mini Moog but I´m not sure it´s one." Stephen Parsick.
Posted by matrix at 3/02/2006 01:39:00 AM
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2 comments:

  1. Dave3/2/06, 6:58 AM

    Wow...three 80's in the Underpass video.

    But the guy playing the Odyssey in the Ultravox one...toward the end...air-humping...making me shoot coffee out my nose...kack.

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  2. matrix3/2/06, 10:54 AM

    Yeah, Midge was definitely pulling a Zoolander. Hillarious, but I have to admit, I was a huge Ultravox fan and still am to an extent. I don't think Top of the Pops allowed you to play live, so anything you see on it is full on lipsync, air humping magic.

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