Talk:Linn LM-1

LM-1 vs. LinnDrum
I would just like to ask everyone who contributes to the list in this article--please make sure the songs/albums you are adding actually used an LM-1 and not a LinnDrum. The machines both sound very similar, which makes it difficult to tell which was used sometimes, but please use discretion and good judgement when editing the list. There are many more songs out there that use the LinnDrum compared to the LM-1, due to the LinnDrum's popularity and ubiquity in the 1980's. Therefore, it's important to make sure that the correct information goes in the proper article, not here.

Also, albums that used a Linn 9000 (e.g. Bad by Michael Jackson, Whenever You Need Somebody by Rick Astley) should go into that article once it is created, not this one or LinnDrum. Theswillman (talk) 18:17, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Deletions made by me
I have made deletions from this list over the last three or so years of songs which actually used the LinnDrum rather than the LM-1. I made a deletion today of Gloria Estefan's (actually Miami Sound Machine) "Conga", which used the LinnDrum; not only that, but it came out in 1985, not 1983 as was claimed (Miami Sound Machine's first English language album was 1984's Eyes of Innocence). I own both machines and know the exact differences between them. Furthermore, someone moved Irene Cara's "Flashdance... What a Feeling" to the LinnDrum list, which is erroneous. That song used the LM-1 for all drum sounds except the snare. Giorgio Moroder in 1983 commonly used the LM-1 with the LinnDrum stock snare #1 inside it for many songs. "Flashdance..." was one such instance. I will periodically make deletions from this list of songs that I know for sure did not use the LM-1.FreeSpirit80 (talk) 05:31, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

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Discography section
We can't include this section. This is because:


 * It's entirely original research. It cites no reliable sources. See WP:OR, which states: Wikipedia articles must not contain original research. It doesn't matter how important you think this information is; if there are no sources, we don't include it. That's a major pillar of the Wikipedia project.
 * Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. See WP:IINFO, which states: To provide encyclopedic value, data should be put in context with explanations referenced to independent sources. For an example of how to do this, see the TR-808 article, which discusses the use of the drum machine in recorded works in prose, with extensive citations.

Instead of reverting the edit again, please use this Talk page to explain why you think it should be included despite violating the rules above. Popcornduff (talk) 05:20, 8 February 2018 (UTC)