How It Was Recorded

Gear · drum machine

Linn Linn drum machine (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 2

  • Rebel Yell

    Billy Idol · Album, 1984

    • Drums / drum machine · InstrumentReportedDrum part of the original, later scrapped, version of the song; the re-cut was built on live drums instead.
  • Love Is a Battlefield

    Pat Benatar · Live from Earth, 1983

    • Drum programming · InstrumentVerifiedDrum machine on which Giraldo programmed the beat before the live parts were recorded.

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Models Linn's LM-1 and LinnDrum, sample-based drum machines with the same converters and tuning controls. The source does not name the model, so this stands for the maker's family of units: it is not a model of the one on the record.

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