From ksouza@tum.de Fri Apr 15 23:15:53 1994
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From: ksouza@tum.de (Kirsty Souza)
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Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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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.

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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=== Kirsty Souza ===
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From njohansson@purdue.edu Sat Apr 16 13:11:53 1994
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In article <1994Apr15.231553.3443@tum.de>, ksouza@tum.de (Kirsty Souza) writes:
> Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month.

I downloaded the .au files yesterday. Kamome FTP was crawling at 300 cps because everyone on Usenet is hitting it.

My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise!

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From rsouza@ox.ac.uk Mon Apr 18 05:41:53 1994
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In article <1994Apr15.231553.3443@tum.de>, ksouza@tum.de (Kirsty Souza) 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.

Voice Print GEN-3 means there were two earlier generations. What were GEN-1 and GEN-2?

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From jsato@clari.net Tue Apr 19 20:05:53 1994
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In article <1994Apr18.054153.6194@ox.ac.uk>, rsouza@ox.ac.uk (Rodrigo Souza) writes:
> Voice Print GEN-3 means there were two earlier generations. What were GEN-1 and GEN-2?

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

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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