From deriksson@titech.ac.jp Wed Dec 14 21:18:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!titech!deriksson From: deriksson@titech.ac.jp (Diego Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Dec14.211834.9949@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 21:18:34 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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 vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape. Who was the engineer at the Akasaka branch? The studio log only lists the initials 'M.H.'. -- Diego Eriksson Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From mtanaka@stanford.edu Fri Dec 16 08:09:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!mtanaka From: mtanaka@stanford.edu (Mathieu Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Dec16.080934.9083@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 08:09:34 GMT References: <1994Dec14.211834.9949@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec14.211834.9949@titech.ac.jp>, deriksson@titech.ac.jp (Diego Eriksson) writes: > 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. That whisper at the end gave me chills. It's in English, but with an inflection that sounds almost synthetic. -- Mathieu Tanaka | mtanaka@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: B27D 8E8A EBEF 2D82 "Keep the channels open." From shernandez@kth.se Sun Dec 18 03:00:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!shernandez From: shernandez@kth.se (Steve Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Dec18.030034.1068@kth.se> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 03:00:34 GMT References: <1994Dec14.211834.9949@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Dec14.211834.9949@titech.ac.jp>, deriksson@titech.ac.jp (Diego Eriksson) writes: > 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. Stop hammering kamome! The sysop posted that the phone bill for the relay is already astronomical. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Steve Hernández Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.