An interesting thread came up on the Analog Heaven list regarding the first tracks to feature the TB-303. The following are a handful of them in order of release. Note how the TB-303 is more used in it's original intent as a substitute for bass guitar - no acid here. As Blancmange was the first on this list, I thought I'd put up a picture of them with the 303. I found the image on The Daily Disco. If you know of anything earlier with the TB-303, feel free to comment.
Update: also see Raga Bhairav - 1982 - SYNTHESIZING: TEN RAGAS TO A DISCO BEAT - Charanjit Singh
Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling - Aug 1982
Shannon "Let the Music Play" - Oct 1983
Let Me Go - Heaven 17 - Oct 1982
It doesn't get any earlier than it's 1982 year of release =o] Good job finding those!
ReplyDeletethis video is not from the 80s, but the synths and drummachines yes
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LATINSIZER / Celofán - New Video
Chilly, Tomatoes, Drum Machines, Onions, Knobs, Lettuce, Analog Synths,
Cables, Tortillas, Beef and Nurses.
enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l8D6akSdDw
All I can say is...
ReplyDeleteTHANK GOD FOR PHUTURE!
Heaven 17 is the bestest!
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haha off-topic "Latinsizer" spam even here...
ReplyDeleteanyway Heaven 17 was first me thinks
i cant hear the 303 on "living on the ceiling"?????
ReplyDeleteorange juice should be calle the ugly guitar parade.
ReplyDeleteI know this one came out in 1984, but Chris "The Glove" Taylor's "Reckless" featuring Ice-T is probably my favorite early use of the 303. He doesn't quite get acid house with it, but he programs the hell out of it. Here are two different versions.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youisme.com/icetbreakin.mp3
http://thankscity.com/jams/kantading/10_-_Chris_the_Glove_Taylor_-_Reckless.mp3
BTW, this song was a single that was later featured (still in 1984) on the "Breakdance" Soundtrack
.... beat me to it by a couple of minutes but I would second "Reckless" as the prime example of pre-acid use of a 303 in a track. Just a tweak of cutoff and resonance and this would be the first acid bassline.
ReplyDeleteI love the moog rip at 1:11.
ReplyDeleteThe TB-303 is also on Chris 'The Glove' Taylor's Itchiban Scratch as well as Newcleus' 'Jam On It' where it almost gets into the Acid Sound
ReplyDeleteThis looked awesome - but thanks to the power of lawyers all the videos are unavailable (except for the Heaven 17 clip, which has no sound!). Damn,
ReplyDeleteUK industrialists the Allotropes did a whole album with Roland tr606, sh101 and tb303, again without enough resonance on the 303 to invent acid, though sometime high on the sh101.
ReplyDeleteObvious tb303 track:
https://theallotropes.bandcamp.com/track/theme
CTI-Dancing Ghosts 1984 was the earliest Acid House Track in my opinion.Tb-303 & 808.
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