From hperez@berkeley.edu Tue Nov 19 14:33:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!hperez From: hperez@berkeley.edu (Hugo Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov19.143355.3000@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 14:33:55 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Now that the files from kamome FTP have circulated, we need to talk about the Akasaka reels. Every single tape box is stamped 'VOICE PRINT: GEN-3' in purple ink. That matches the Ashford memo from 1989. 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.'. -- Hugo Pérez -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From randersson@tum.de Wed Nov 20 08:54:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!randersson From: randersson@tum.de (Raj Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov20.085455.6061@tum.de> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 08:54:55 GMT References: <1996Nov19.143355.3000@berkeley.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov19.143355.3000@berkeley.edu>, hperez@berkeley.edu (Hugo Pérez) writes: > Now that the files from kamome FTP have circulated, we need to talk about the Akasaka reels. > Every single tape box is stamped 'VOICE PRINT: GEN-3' in purple ink. That matches the Ashford memo from 1989. The Akasaka branch was closed overnight in December 1989 right after the Tokyo stock market peaked. -- Raj Andersson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From kpetrov@berkeley.edu Wed Nov 20 15:30:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!kpetrov From: kpetrov@berkeley.edu (Kirsty Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov20.153055.8228@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 15:30:55 GMT References: <1996Nov19.143355.3000@berkeley.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov19.143355.3000@berkeley.edu>, hperez@berkeley.edu (Hugo Pérez) writes: > Now that the files from kamome FTP have circulated, we need to talk about the Akasaka reels. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. -- Kirsty Petrov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0