BL R-series engine BL R-series engine The R series is a line of petrol engines introduced by British Leyland in 1983 for the then-new Austin Maestro. It was only produced in one capacity—1.6 litres. The engine was essentially a lightly modified version of the E-series unit found in the Maxi and Allegro. The main differences over the older engine are to the sump and gearbox mounting flange, which were adapted to accept a traditional "end-on" transmission unit which had been bought from Volkswagen in place of the traditional BMC transmission-in-sump arrangement. The R series was mainly a stop gap, and had a very
Moog synthesizer e.g. "Daily Nightly", "Star Collector"), "The Notorious Byrd Brothers" by the Byrds (January 1968, e.g. "Space Odyssey"), and Simon & Garfunkel's "Bookends" (April 1968, e.g. "Save the Life of My Child"). According to author Mark Brend, the Byrds' October 1967 single "Goin' Back" was the first pop or rock single to feature a Moog part, which was played by Paul Beaver. Brend says that although the Diana Ross & the Supremes single "Reflections" (released in July 1967) is sometimes cited as having Moog synthesizer, the sounds were in fact generated on a test oscillator and treated with effects; Motown, the