From hivanov@cmu.edu Mon Jan 16 16:35:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!hivanov From: hivanov@cmu.edu (Hugo Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Jan16.163526.3274@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 16:35:26 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem. 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. Who was the engineer at the Akasaka branch? The studio log only lists the initials 'M.H.'. -- Hugo Ivanov "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Macintosh IIfx / AmigaOS 3.1 From rrodriguez@inria.fr Tue Jan 17 04:14:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!rrodriguez From: rrodriguez@inria.fr (Renata Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Jan17.041426.2621@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 04:14:26 GMT References: <1995Jan16.163526.3274@cmu.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan16.163526.3274@cmu.edu>, hivanov@cmu.edu (Hugo Ivanov) writes: > Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem. Voice Print GEN-3 means there were two earlier generations. What were GEN-1 and GEN-2? Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Renata Rodríguez | rrodriguez@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: A3BA FCF8 0E44 4BEA "Keep the channels open." From nmuller@kiae.su Wed Jan 18 20:44:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!nmuller From: nmuller@kiae.su (Nadia Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Jan18.204426.1360@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 20:44:26 GMT References: <1995Jan16.163526.3274@cmu.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan16.163526.3274@cmu.edu>, hivanov@cmu.edu (Hugo Ivanov) writes: > Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. -- Nadia Müller Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dmoreau@hanse.de Fri Jan 20 04:39:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!dmoreau From: dmoreau@hanse.de (Dmitri Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Jan20.043926.7014@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 04:39:26 GMT References: <1995Jan16.163526.3274@cmu.edu> <1995Jan18.204426.1360@kiae.su> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan18.204426.1360@kiae.su>, nmuller@kiae.su (Nadia Müller) writes: > The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. That whisper at the end gave me chills. It's in English, but with an inflection that sounds almost synthetic. -- Dmitri Moreau Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."