From tsmirnov@demon.co.uk Tue Aug 22 03:33:52 1995
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From: tsmirnov@demon.co.uk (Tobias Smirnov)
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Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09).

The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks.
Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas.

Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever.

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Tobias Smirnov -- Demon Internet Services UK
"When every node is whole, the channel opens."

From freyes@unam.mx Wed Aug 23 07:19:52 1995
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Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1995Aug22.033352.4853@demon.co.uk>, tsmirnov@demon.co.uk (Tobias Smirnov) writes:
> Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09).

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

-- 
Fiona Reyes -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA)
"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."