Here are some videos I enjoy of the Fairlight CMI.
httpv://youtu.be/8y8BzEILdDw Check out Fairlight co-founder Peter Vogel introducing the Fairlight CMI on Australia’s ABC’s This Week, in 1980.
httpv://youtu.be/ON8lVgJxMQA
Peter Gabriel in his studio showing how to sample with his Fairlight, 1982.
httpv://youtu.be/Lt_iZLgo2f8
Keith Emerson on NBC’s Today Show, 1983.
httpv://youtu.be/EnYSmQWsMKQ
Al De Meola and his Fairlight-featured video for “Sequencer”.
httpv://youtu.be/n6QsusDS_8A
Herbie Hancock demonstrates the Fairlight to Quincy Jones in 1984.
httpv://youtu.be/4qLJj4ZgWZc
Ryuichi Sakamoto demonstrating his Fairlight CMI to Jools Holland.
httpv://youtu.be/7o_CviusmNo
Rare footage inside the Fairlight factory featuring Peter Vogel, Kim Ryrie, Mars Lazar, 1984.
httpv://youtu.be/u-SNbR304HA
Fairlight corporate promo video from 1985.
httpv://youtu.be/kHfm2UgGyWE
Nick Rhodes after the 1986 Arcadia album talks about his Fairlight Series III.
httpv://youtu.be/nCQUDIzK-oo
French and Saunders parody the Pet Shop Boys, 1986
httpv://youtu.be/oOP1IKdc4UI
Kendall Wrightson demonstrates a rare Fairlight IIL at Syco Systems London from a Micro Live documentary
httpv://youtu.be/D-aWWcw2pL0
Fairlight Series III CMI demonstrated by Greg Sneddon on an Australian current affairs TV program.
httpv://youtu.be/khWM0r3b3ao
Recent documentary with Nick Rhodes, Vince Clarke, and Orbital discuss the Fairlight.
httpv://youtu.be/N2pdGMjf2r8
Fairlight IIx playing the Pet Shop Boys original Page R sequence for “Opportunity”.
httpv://youtu.be/VsuYJdhq3Nw
Fairlight IIx playing the Pet Shop Boys original Page R sequence #2 for “Opportunity”.