List of notable Yamaha CS-80 users

Notable users of Yamaha CS-80 analog polyphonic synthesizer introduced in 1976.

In alphabetical order (of family name or group):

• 10cc

• Don Airey (On Ozzy Osbourne's "Mr Crowley", the glissando effect is heard prominently during the intro)
• Tori Amos

on her 2007 album American Doll Posse

• Tony Banks (Genesis)
• Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen)

• Barclay James Harvest, guest keyboardist Kevin McAlea played the CS80 on the album Eyes of the Universe

• David Bowie
• Kate Bush

• Camel
• Coldplay (on X&Y)

• Daft Punk

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• Paul Davis The CS-80 can be heard on the opening lead on the hit song "I Go Crazy"
• Geoff Downes

Billy Joel circa 1980 noted in an interview stated he had obtained one

• Earth, Wind & Fire, on their 1980 album Faces. The synthesizer can be seen being played by Larry Dunn in the video of the song "Let Me Talk".
• El-P
• Electric Light Orchestra, on the 1979 album Discovery and Xanadu
• Empire of the Sun
• Brian Eno, notably on his album Before and After Science

• Fenech-Soler
• Fred Falke
• John Foxx on The Garden
• Ken Freeman on Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

• Peter Gabriel (Genesis)
• Gregg Giuffria of Angel, Giuffria and House Of Lords
• Dave Greenslade, The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony

• Rupert Hine
• James Newton Howard, keyboardist with Elton John
• Peter Howell, in creating the 1980s version (used until 1985) of the Doctor Who theme music
• Garth Hudson

• Michael Jackson on his album Thriller
• Richard D. James
• Jean Michel Jarre

• Eddie Jobson
• Doug Johnson / Loverboy
• Seth Justman / J. Geils Band

• Keane (on Perfect Symmetry)
• Jesper Kyd

• Robert Lamm

• M83
• Tommy Mars (in Frank Zappa's band)
• Paul McCartney/Wings
• Page McConnell
• Michael McDonald CS-80 is the Comprehensive Lead On "What a Fool Believes"
• Brad Mehldau on Highway Rider
• Giorgio Moroder

• Nero
• Gary Numan (on Telekon album only)

• People Under The Stairs, played by Thes One on the song "Dewrit!" from their 2011 album, Highlighter.
• Phoenix

• Eddie Rayner of Split Enz
• RJD2 on album The Third Hand and The Colossus
• Ernesto Romeo / Klauss muscia electronica
• Royksopp

• Saga can be heard a lot on the album Silent Knight from 1980, particularly on the arpeggios on "Don't Be Late"
• Klaus Schulze
• Kraftwerk
• Squarepusher

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• Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), in Izitso

• Toto, notably "Africa"

and "Rosanna" on Toto IV (the glissando effect is heard on the keyboard solo for "Rosanna" and is also seen in the music video)

• Ultravox

• Vangelis; Spiral was his first album using the CS-80 synthesizer, on which he relied heavily in subsequent work.

• Blue Weaver (Bee Gees)
• The Who The CS-80 was first used on their 1978 album Who Are You
• Steve Winwood
• Stevie Wonder

• Yellow Magic Orchestra

See also

• List of Roland Jupiter-8 notable users (for comparison)

References

Note: Most sources can be found on Sound On Sound online articles, or album credits also seen on Discogs.