From yokonkwo@berkeley.edu Wed Mar 15 13:43:40 1995
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From: yokonkwo@berkeley.edu (Yuki Okonkwo)
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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 LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room.
Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas.

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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=== Yuki Okonkwo ===
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From elarsson@hanse.de Wed Mar 15 18:34:40 1995
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From: elarsson@hanse.de (Emi Larsson)
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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 <1995Mar15.134340.7304@berkeley.edu>, yokonkwo@berkeley.edu (Yuki Okonkwo) writes:
> Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09).
> 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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