Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good (re-creation) - Vintage Synths

Note: This is a re-post of my original upload but has been truncated.

Finally I get around to doing another Kershaw cover.

The synth riff on the original recording of this track was made with a DX7 and a PPG Wave. I asked Nik what was used and he kindly answered on the drumtalk section of his website and he thinks I'm an anorak for asking.

The synths used on Nik Kershaw's debut album Human Racing were mainly Roland Juno 60 and a Yamaha DX7 with a sprinkling of PPG Wave, Roland TR808 drum machine, Emulator II and Oberheim OB8. Reg Webb played his Yamaha CS80 on the song Human Racing with the drum machine accompaniment from an old Yamaha mixer. I like how the song Dancing Girls was like 'let's see how many different Juno 60 sounds we can get in one song'. His Juno 60 was also responsible for all those warm pads over this and the Riddle album.

On the Riddle album he used the above plus a Yamaha TX816 (heard on most of the tracks), Yamaha QX1 sequencer, Yamaha RX11 drum machine and a Fairlight CMI series II (eg; bass on Don Quixote, cello and a guitar sample on The Riddle).

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