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unusual facts about audio samples



Is It ... Man or Astroman?

Alien Visitors contains dialogue audio samples from the b-movies Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Plan 9 from Outer Space, and the television series The Outer Limits.


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Akai MPC60

In 1979, Roger Linn produced the world's first drum machine to use digital audio samples as the sound source, the Linn LM-1.

Akoustik Piano

It uses a large collection of audio samples taken from three grand pianos (Steinway concert grand piano model D, Bösendorfer 290 "Imperial", Bechstein D 280) and one upright piano (Steingraeber 130.)

Doll Doll Doll

"Pressure Torture" includes audio samples from the film The Cell and the "Miranda Tapes" of serial killers Leonard Lake and Charles Ng.

Hans Hotter

Audio samples - Der fliegende Holländer (Daland: Kurt Böhme, Senta: Helene Werth, Erik: Bernd Aldenhoff, Mary: Res Fischer, Steuermann: Helmut Krebs, Holländer: Hans Hotter - Chor und Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks - Wilhelm Schüchter - Hamburg 1951)

Never, Never, Land

The tracks on the album contain audio samples from the movies The Prophecy, Jacob's Ladder, THX 1138 and The Thin Red Line.

Wolverine Blues

A limited number of early pressings of the album contained audio samples taken from films (most notably Flatliners and Hellraiser III) which were subsequently removed from later pressing due to record label fears of potential legal action over their unlicensed use.