On the actual track Vienna Ultravox used an SS30 Yamaha string synth
and a Roland CR-78
David
On 29/12/2008, at 12:57 AM, Tim Siefkes wrote:
> This has been a very interesting thread! I'm learning a few that I was
> not aware of. For me, I'd have to echo what David Rogoff said about
> the
> first UK LP "practically a CS80 demo". That was the album that got me
> hooked and made me decide I HAD to get one of these beasts!
>
> One more I'd add to the list that I don't think that I've seen
> mentioned
> yet... (apologies if it has...) is "Vienna" by Ultravox. I saw them
> in a
> small club here back in about, oh 1981 or 1982, and they performed
> most
> if not all of the "Vienna" album. Billy Currie had a CS-80, an ARP
> Odyssey (his signature sound), the CP-30 piano, another string machine
> (ELKA?) and what else I can't remember right now. He used his CS-80
> quite a bit. Two tracks that come to mind are "Mr. X" and "Western
> Promise" where he uses what sounds like the "Funky" presets in a
> percussive manner with a bit of echo. I think he's also uses the CS-80
> low strings as the descending cello counter line underneath the violin
> solo in the title track.
>
> Recommendation - if you should decide to get this album, try and find
> the edition with the original European track sequence, which makes
> for a
> much better listening. The album SHOULD start with (the instrumental)
> "Astradyne" which is also how they opened their concert. The U.S.
> release starts with "Sleepwalk", a bit of a hit single for them at the
> time but the LP lost some flavor when they re-sequenced it that way,
> IMHO.
>
> -Tim S.
> <Twin Cities, MN>
>
>
>
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