From asato@netcom.com Wed Jan 12 12:22:06 1994
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From: asato@netcom.com (Andrei Sato)
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Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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Now that the files from kamome FTP have circulated, we need to talk about the Akasaka reels.

At the very end of reel JP-85-X, after 4 minutes of studio leader tape, there's a faint whisper naming June 2025.
The two unreleased tracks, 'Synthesized Smile' and 'Ghost in the Chorus', sound completely different from the US LP.

Kamome sysop says there were three more reels in the box that haven't been dumped yet. Keep checking the FTP!

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=== Andrei Sato ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."

From bkang@demon.co.uk Thu Jan 13 15:01:06 1994
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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In article <1994Jan12.122206.6497@netcom.com>, asato@netcom.com (Andrei Sato) writes:
> Now that the files from kamome FTP have circulated, we need to talk about the Akasaka reels.
> At the very end of reel JP-85-X, after 4 minutes of studio leader tape, there's a faint whisper naming June 2025.

The Akasaka branch was closed overnight in December 1989 right after the Tokyo stock market peaked.

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Bruno Kang
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From svasiliev@cern.ch Sat Jan 15 10:51:06 1994
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From: svasiliev@cern.ch (Sven Vasiliev)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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In article <1994Jan12.122206.6497@netcom.com>, asato@netcom.com (Andrei Sato) writes:
> Now that the files from kamome FTP have circulated, we need to talk about the Akasaka reels.
> At the very end of reel JP-85-X, after 4 minutes of studio leader tape, there's a faint whisper naming June 2025.

That whisper at the end gave me chills. It's in English, but with an inflection that sounds almost synthetic.

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Sven Vasiliev
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva.
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