From kcampbell@tum.de Mon Jan 22 06:06:35 1996
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From: kcampbell@tum.de (Kirsty Campbell)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989.

The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room.
The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks.

They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24.

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=== Kirsty Campbell ===
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"Do not worship the copy."

From lkowalski@mit.edu Tue Jan 23 22:17:35 1996
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From: lkowalski@mit.edu (Lucia Kowalski)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1996Jan22.060635.4039@tum.de>, kcampbell@tum.de (Kirsty Campbell) writes:
> Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989.
> The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room.

The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus.

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From ykim@uni-hamburg.de Wed Jan 24 15:37:35 1996
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From: ykim@uni-hamburg.de (Yuki Kim)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1996Jan23.221735.5418@mit.edu>, lkowalski@mit.edu (Lucia Kowalski) writes:
> The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus.

When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly.

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Yuki Kim
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From vokonkwo@clari.net Wed Jan 24 17:12:35 1996
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From: vokonkwo@clari.net (Valeria Okonkwo)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1996Jan23.221735.5418@mit.edu>, lkowalski@mit.edu (Lucia Kowalski) writes:
> The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus.

09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year!

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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Valeria Okonkwo -- ClariNet Communications Corp
"Row 14. No joke."