In 1981 Yellow Magic Orchestra made a record around a sampler that existed in a single hand-built copy. The ideas it carried travelled much further than the machine.
A Gibson leaned on a bass amp in October 1964 gave the Beatles a feedback intro. Who owns the technique is still disputed.
How Planet Rock rebuilt Kraftwerk's Numbers and Trans-Europe Express, hedged with a B-side, and settled for a dollar a record.
