From cokonkwo@mindspring.com Tue Jun 06 00:56:37 1995
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From: cokonkwo@mindspring.com (Callum Okonkwo)
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Subject: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast.

Right at 02:14 in 'Memory Hatch', she stops singing completely and just stares directly into camera 2.
If you look at the lower third timecode on the broadcast feed, the studio audio meter doesn't drop to zero -- the 14.2 Hz sub-tone stays active.

My tape is 3rd generation and starting to degrade. Does anyone have a 1st gen copy from a Betamax or U-matic deck?

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From mchoi@uu.net Tue Jun 06 01:56:37 1995
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From: mchoi@uu.net (Morag Choi)
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Subject: Re: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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In article <1995Jun06.005637.8451@mindspring.com>, cokonkwo@mindspring.com (Callum Okonkwo) writes:
> I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast.

Oh come on, she obviously just froze up from stage fright. It happens to live performers all the time.

If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

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From aramirez@inria.fr Thu Jun 08 00:13:37 1995
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From: aramirez@inria.fr (Andrei Ramírez)
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Subject: Re: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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In article <1995Jun06.015637.6681@uu.net>, mchoi@uu.net (Morag Choi) writes:
> Oh come on, she obviously just froze up from stage fright. It happens to live performers all the time.

She didn't forget the lyrics. Look at the monitor behind her: the teleprompter was displaying hex codes, not words.

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From csato@pipeline.com Fri Jun 09 05:30:37 1995
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From: csato@pipeline.com (Callum Sato)
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Subject: Re: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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In article <1995Jun06.015637.6681@uu.net>, mchoi@uu.net (Morag Choi) writes:
> Oh come on, she obviously just froze up from stage fright. It happens to live performers all the time.
> If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

I was 14 when that aired in Germany. My dad thought the satellite link had frozen until the drummer started improvising.

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