via this auction.
"Here we have a working 1979 Crumar Performer Analog Synthesizer. As a huge Duran Duran fan, I nearly fell out of my chair when I found this online, it provided the strings on some of the most influential and popular New Wave 80’s albums. Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran used the Crumar Performer extensively with his Roland Jupiter 8 and Sequential Circuits Prophet. In fact, those were the only synthesizes he used on the first few albums (Notably Duran Duran and Rio), before he moved onto digital and sampling synths, starting with Seven and the Ragged Star and the Fairlight sampler synth. This synthesizer was also used by the rock band Kansas, further providing that iconic Performer string sound."
Update via Steamy Vicks in the comments: it was a Jupiter 4, not 8 in the early albums. Sold For: US $249.00
As a TRUE Duran Duran fan, this person should have known that is wasn't a Jupiter 8 but a 4 used on the first recordings. The 8 came later.
ReplyDeleteI'm fairly sure everyone here already knows that, though.
Doesn't explain why you sold it for $249, though, either. If you loved it so much. I've got one I'm selling for $600 - and it's not going lower.
ReplyDelete...and it was Seven and the Ragged Tiger. I just listened to New Religion from Rio really loudly in the car today--what a great sound.
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