From rsanchez@purdue.edu Wed May 24 09:52:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!rsanchez From: rsanchez@purdue.edu (Renata Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995May24.095218.9182@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 09:52:18 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast. If you look at the lower third timecode on the broadcast feed, the studio audio meter doesn't drop to zero -- the 14.2 Hz sub-tone stays active. Her eyes track someone standing just off to the left of the stage monitor near the engineer's desk. My tape is 3rd generation and starting to degrade. Does anyone have a 1st gen copy from a Betamax or U-matic deck? -- Renata Sánchez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tpopov@stanford.edu Wed May 24 20:22:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!tpopov From: tpopov@stanford.edu (Tobias Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995May24.202218.1369@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 20:22:18 GMT References: <1995May24.095218.9182@purdue.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995May24.095218.9182@purdue.edu>, rsanchez@purdue.edu (Renata Sánchez) writes: > I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast. > If you look at the lower third timecode on the broadcast feed, the studio audio meter doesn't drop to zero -- the 14.2 Hz sub-tone stays active. Yes! And look at her mouth right before she stops: she whispers something that isn't on the album lyric sheet. -- Tobias Popov Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From sokonkwo@kth.se Fri May 26 17:46:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!sokonkwo From: sokonkwo@kth.se (Sergei Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995May26.174618.8168@kth.se> Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 17:46:18 GMT References: <1995May24.095218.9182@purdue.edu> <1995May24.202218.1369@stanford.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995May24.202218.1369@stanford.edu>, tpopov@stanford.edu (Tobias Popov) writes: > Yes! And look at her mouth right before she stops: she whispers something that isn't on the album lyric sheet. She didn't forget the lyrics. Look at the monitor behind her: the teleprompter was displaying hex codes, not words. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Sergei Okonkwo SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From tsilva@hanse.de Sat May 27 22:58:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!tsilva From: tsilva@hanse.de (Thiago Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995May27.225818.9508@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 22:58:18 GMT References: <1995May24.095218.9182@purdue.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May24.095218.9182@purdue.edu>, rsanchez@purdue.edu (Renata Sánchez) writes: > I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast. I was 14 when that aired in Germany. My dad thought the satellite link had frozen until the drummer started improvising. -- === Thiago Silva === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From bfournier@clari.net Sun May 28 07:27:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!bfournier From: bfournier@clari.net (Brian Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995May28.072718.7355@clari.net> Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 07:27:18 GMT References: <1995May24.095218.9182@purdue.edu> <1995May24.202218.1369@stanford.edu> <1995May26.174618.8168@kth.se> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May26.174618.8168@kth.se>, sokonkwo@kth.se (Sergei Okonkwo) writes: > She didn't forget the lyrics. Look at the monitor behind her: the teleprompter was displaying hex codes, not words. I remember watching this on our family's Radiant TV console. The picture tube hummed whenever Nova hit high notes. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Brian Fournier Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.