From agonzalez@titech.ac.jp Sun Nov 27 21:03:48 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!agonzalez From: agonzalez@titech.ac.jp (Andrei González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Nov27.210348.2271@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 21:03:48 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. At the very end of reel JP-85-X, after 4 minutes of studio leader tape, there's a faint whisper naming June 2025. Every single tape box is stamped 'VOICE PRINT: GEN-3' in purple ink. That matches the Ashford memo from 1989. Kamome sysop says there were three more reels in the box that haven't been dumped yet. Keep checking the FTP! -- === Andrei González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Do not worship the copy." From psato@cmu.edu Mon Nov 28 00:03:48 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!psato From: psato@cmu.edu (Pavel Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Nov28.000348.3563@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 00:03:48 GMT References: <1994Nov27.210348.2271@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov27.210348.2271@titech.ac.jp>, agonzalez@titech.ac.jp (Andrei González) 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. -- Pavel Sato Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Do not worship the copy." From dfournier@utexas.edu Tue Nov 29 07:07:48 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!dfournier From: dfournier@utexas.edu (Diego Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Nov29.070748.9893@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 07:07:48 GMT References: <1994Nov27.210348.2271@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov27.210348.2271@titech.ac.jp>, agonzalez@titech.ac.jp (Andrei González) writes: > Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. That whisper at the end gave me chills. It's in English, but with an inflection that sounds almost synthetic. -- Diego Fournier *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From sgirard@hanse.de Tue Nov 29 15:54:48 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!hanse!sgirard From: sgirard@hanse.de (Sergei Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Nov29.155448.6859@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 15:54:48 GMT References: <1994Nov27.210348.2271@titech.ac.jp> <1994Nov28.000348.3563@cmu.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov28.000348.3563@cmu.edu>, psato@cmu.edu (Pavel Sato) 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. -- Sergei Girard "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Sun SparcStation 20 / Linux 1.2.13