Beat Box: Inside Joe Mansfield’s Historic Drum Machine Collection

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In this video, the Dubspot crew visited the Boston-based record label 'Get On Down' to meet up with Joe Mansfield, a renowned hip-hop producer and music industry veteran to go inside his incredible collection of drum machines. Famous for helping bring the world Edo G's "I Got To Have It" and "Be A Father To Your Child" in the early '90s, Joe's passion and respect for the 'Beat Box' has led him to build a historic collection of drum machines that spans over several decades. From single octave toys designed as Bee Gees merchandise to pioneering ’80s machines like Roger Linn’s LM-1 and the Roland TR-808, Joe shows us some of the pioneering 'Beat Boxes' heard on many early, iconic hip-hop tracks.
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[@windclan74]

Joe Mansfield, you are the man..."Life of a Kid in the Ghetto" is an all time classic, & Edo G. comes off over your beats...thank you.

[@GerryMoningkey]

Insane stuff lol. I only have 3 drum machine in my collection :( (Roland R70, Roland R8, Yamaha RX5)

[@Kevin_MK7RSR]

Holy crap, I live in Boston and used to work in Quincy, I need to go find this museum. I have the book too, it's great!

[@djTLMtv]

That book is still on my wish list!

[@christiantimothy1988]

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[@rodneyty4361]

@Christian Timothy instablaster :)

[@tbonebeats6429]

wow! amazing collection! i owned the korg ddd-5, roland 505, roland r70, & sp12. later i got the mpc 2000 & 2000xl. nothing compared to this guy.

[@tracksekta9268]

I knew i recognized that name! I love the VR remixes and productions on Ed O.Gs.and Scientifiks albums. This was a great vid!

[@MarcS4R]

i could listen for hours

[@igibtv]

Watching this video and suddenly I realize the crate digging scene is from one of my videos.

[@AMOKIAN]

Kinda the same path in history...with drum machines and samplers.... What an amazing collection...my goodness....if I never sold any of my drum machines over the decades, I still would not even come close...

[@AMOKIAN]

Hilarious... I was trying to program famous beats on my 808 in the 80s too. Awesome video... I have some of your records and the book....p.s I sold my first 808 for a 909 trying to be Mantronix....hahah. Sorry for rambling.....

[@OlufCreativity]

how i wish i lived back then

[@BillyBatsonMarvel]

Now I have the video to go along with my book.

[@timtim3898]

Great stuff

[@LoveMeBack]

Got the book!

[@themusicneedsyou]

Rad video!

[@ThinkBritishEnglish]

Great vid :)

[@momtnz]

Check out the new Drum Machine book RHYTHM MACHINES III by Alex Graham, packed with all the drum machines released from 1990-2017 (Excluding the Korg KR55 Pro Rhythm!). On Amazon NOW! Also RHYTHM MACHINES - The Rise And Fall Of The Presets, which features the preset pattern units 1960-1980s.

[@powerpier]

wow! amazing collection! the last drum pattern and sound is similar to "Changes" by 2Pac..

[@repo136]

+powerpier That's because he sampled the song Set It Off by Strafe (as well as The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby and the Range)

[@RawwFootage]

Too dope.

[@hot4futureyears2come]

I used the 808 alot in the early 90's

[@EMarSounds]

Too cool

[@ShynAwkward]

Drum machine museum! Every one of those machines can now fit on a single hard drive/laptop ...... (minus the fun).

[@SPAZZOID100]

But the values have gone UP not down.

[@SPAZZOID100]

Samples are not the same.

[@dochiphop3473]

GOOD POST

[@Kkidzz]

Still have my minty fresh CR78.

[@metabeard3788]

Up there with Moby's collection

[@djgreenhornet2892]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@SPAZZOID100]

Great collection but never heard of this guy.

[@SPAZZOID100]

Linndrum was released in 1982, not 1985.

[@canstopexistpls3028]

Das my grandfather there!

[@VerbfromarizonaBoomBapBeats]

drooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllling now!

[@SPAZZOID100]

The DX clap is different from the DMX clap.

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

Hello There my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, how have you been Keeping up to Lately, I was wondering if you need to do the other way round Lyrics in you’re own word Lyrics but sing it differently in the original Extended background Versions of those Particular song’s By Andrew Gold and The Korgis, Never Let her Slip Away and Everybody got to learn Sometime, why don’t they just Replace the Synthesizer String Sound to a Two Musette Accordion’s sounds and make this Musette sounds for the Two Accordion’s 5 to 8 and a half times more Deeper then the Original Synthesizer String Sound that they have this Particular song called Everybody’s got to Learn sometime and also Replace the Xylophone Sound to a 21 Times More Deeper Chime Bell or Even a 26 Times More Deeper Still Drum Sound, Because it is Still one of my Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Favorite Song’s Ever Since I was about 10 Years of Age Thank You and I Like 👍 you’re Remixing and make you’re singing 5 and a half times more Deeper XX

[@DavidBoura]

waah

[@analogsynthmuseum784]

the beautifull clap in the dmx is not the same of the poor dx, dmx is use more than a dx in hip hop.

[@inezprimpas6828]

The DX clap sounds fuller. Listen to Cherrelle's "I didn't mean to turn you on". Also--the tuning knobs on the DX are located outside rather than inside. Much better.

[@pravda2000]

This video says and shows absoutely nothing in any useful way.