Roland TR-909

The Roland TR-909 was one of the drum machines manufactured by Roland in the 1980s.

The TR-909 was one of the Roland drum machines Phil Collins owned in the mid-1980s. He used it on the No Jacket Required album, specifically on the hit single "Take Me Home".

Quotes from Phil about the Roland TR-909
"'Well, to me the Linns, although they revolutionised drum machines, reproduce real drum sounds, and that is not particularly exciting to me. What I like are the more unusual percussion sounds that the Roland machines have, some of the effects they give you with the [Emulator] SP-12 and of course you can sample your own. The Roland [TR-]909, which I used on 'Take Me Home', actually has more character, because the sounds are all rubbery, elastic band sort of sound.' (Drums And Drumming, Summer 1987)"