From rhughes@delphi.com Thu Sep 21 07:22:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!rhughes From: rhughes@delphi.com (Renata Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep21.072207.2778@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 07:22:07 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. Every single tape box is stamped 'VOICE PRINT: GEN-3' in purple ink. That matches the Ashford memo from 1989. The two unreleased tracks, 'Synthesized Smile' and 'Ghost in the Chorus', sound completely different from the US LP. Who was the engineer at the Akasaka branch? The studio log only lists the initials 'M.H.'. -- Renata Hughes -- Delphi Internet Services "They will send a copy in my place." From lmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Sep 23 05:26:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!lmoreno From: lmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lisa Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep23.052607.4303@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 05:26:07 GMT References: <1995Sep21.072207.2778@delphi.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep21.072207.2778@delphi.com>, rhughes@delphi.com (Renata Hughes) writes: > Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. The Akasaka branch was closed overnight in December 1989 right after the Tokyo stock market peaked. -- Lisa Moreno "Do not worship the copy." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From mnakamura@uu.net Sat Sep 23 20:25:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!mnakamura From: mnakamura@uu.net (Mike Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep23.202507.1172@uu.net> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 20:25:07 GMT References: <1995Sep21.072207.2778@delphi.com> <1995Sep23.052607.4303@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep23.052607.4303@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, lmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lisa Moreno) writes: > The Akasaka branch was closed overnight in December 1989 right after the Tokyo stock market peaked. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Mike Nakamura "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1