Alex, you are absolutely correct. When replacing the batteries ALL of the
POSITIVE sides
should be facing LEFT and the NEGATIVES face RIGHT. Bruce told me that all of
the early
LinnDrums used to have a battery holder that went + - + and then they switched
to
soldering it directly.
Again, the battery placement is:

+****************-

+****************-

+****************-

I've also switched the one battery in my own LinnDrum.

I am sorry for the misinformation. I would also like to make the following
corrections:

V8 juice really is 1/8 gasoline
and
Ted Koppel really is a robot

If your a Simpsons fan you'll get the joke.

Dave :-)