From trodriguez@purdue.edu Thu Dec 14 04:18:56 1995
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From: trodriguez@purdue.edu (Thiago Rodríguez)
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Subject: 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.

The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape.
At the very end of reel JP-85-X, after 4 minutes of studio leader tape, there's a faint whisper naming June 2025.

Who was the engineer at the Akasaka branch? The studio log only lists the initials 'M.H.'.

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From jkim@uni-hamburg.de Thu Dec 14 19:41:56 1995
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From: jkim@uni-hamburg.de (Jens Kim)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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In article <1995Dec14.041856.1553@purdue.edu>, trodriguez@purdue.edu (Thiago Rodríguez) writes:
> Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month.
> The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape.

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

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