Becca's Retro Wave & Nova Hart Sanctuary

★ Hi

Hi, I'm Becca! 26 years old, Ann Arbor. The usenet faq is how it started. Now there's a Nova shrine on top of my monitor.

★ Tape Trading & Mail Order

Looking for audio and video trades! SASE or IRC required for international tape mail.

WANTS:

HAVES TO TRADE: 'Gasoline Heart' anime promo (off-air), the 1984 Nova-chan TV debut (bad copy), nova-l archives on floppy (1990-93).

• the Mexican regional master
• 'Static & Steel' on DAT
• any Idol Protocol single with the obi

★ My Collection & Pressing Log

My physical collection of Nova Hart records and tapes as of 1996-04-02:

PRESSING / EDITION                         GRADE  NOTES
------------------------------------------ ------ --------------------------
Australian festival pressing (OR-OZ85)     M-     matrix etched by hand
an import of US pressing (ORX-0909)        M-     still sealed
Indian import cassette (Palika Bazaar copy NM     white label test press?
Japanese pressing (OJ-28011)               VG+    still sealed

★ Favorite

'Summer of '85', no contest. My roommate has heard it 13 times this week and is threatening to move out ;-)

★ General MIDI Sequence Archive (.MID)

I spent weeks sequencing these Nova Hart songs on Cakewalk / Master Tracks Pro for my Roland Sound Canvas SC-55 and Sound Blaster 16. Click below to download the .MID files for your own web page background or hardware sound module:

★ Lyric Discrepancy & Translation Anomalies

• At 2:36: US lyric says 'dream', regional master vocal take clearly says 'machine'.
• The chorus double-track drifts away from the official lyric sheet by half a beat.

★ Orion Records Japan: Idol Protocol Singles

Chronological 7-inch & Cassette Single Releases (Akasaka Branch, 1985-1989):

CATALOGUE   YEAR  JAPANESE TITLE                ENGLISH TITLE
----------- ----  ----------------------------  ------------------------
JP-85-GH    1985  ガソリン・ハート                      Gasoline Heart
JP-85-GT    1985  ゴースト・トランジット                   Ghost Transit
JP-86-MA    1986  ミッドナイト・アニマル                   Midnight Animal
JP-87-BTS   1987  太陽よりも、輝いて！                    Brighter Than The Sun
JP-89-OWR   1989  残されたのは、私たちだけ                  Only We Remain

★ Secret Note // Decrypted Transmission

[INTERCEPT / RECOVERED DATA]: Decoded relay matrix (Node 01 / US): 'NOVA HART TO ALL STATIONS'.

★ Cool Links

• Rick's Nova Hart Shrine (ring home)
• GeoCities Homestead Directory
• alt.music.synth-pop
• Regional Node 02: Kamome BBS (Japan)