Having a desire for popular recording, Neil dashed inside (8)
I believe the answer is:
inclined
'having a desire' is the definition.
'popular recording neil dashed inside' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in'.
'recording' becomes 'cd' (CD is an example**).
'dashed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'neil' anagrammed gives 'line'.
'cd' going around 'line' is 'clined'.
'in'+'clined'='INCLINED'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for inclined that I've seen before include "like a bank?" , "Predisposed or leaning towards" , "Disposed; sloping" , "Well-disposed" , "Tending" .)