From lmacdonald@uu.net Wed Feb 23 20:02:55 1994
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From: lmacdonald@uu.net (Liam MacDonald)
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Subject: Data: 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.

Kamome sysop says there were three more reels in the box that haven't been dumped yet. Keep checking the FTP!

-- 
Liam MacDonald -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA
"The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."

From ookonkwo@purdue.edu Thu Feb 24 23:16:55 1994
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From: ookonkwo@purdue.edu (Olga Okonkwo)
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Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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In article <1994Feb23.200255.1324@uu.net>, lmacdonald@uu.net (Liam MacDonald) 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.

-- 
Olga Okonkwo -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
"5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."

From mtakahashi@netcom.com Sat Feb 26 22:47:55 1994
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From: mtakahashi@netcom.com (Mikhail Takahashi)
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Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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In article <1994Feb23.200255.1324@uu.net>, lmacdonald@uu.net (Liam MacDonald) writes:
> Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month.

Line 11 in the relay table says: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The Akasaka reels prove the pitch was modified.

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Mikhail Takahashi
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From osato@uu.net Tue Mar 01 02:00:55 1994
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From: osato@uu.net (Olga Sato)
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Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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In article <1994Feb26.224755.5392@netcom.com>, mtakahashi@netcom.com (Mikhail Takahashi) writes:
> Line 11 in the relay table says: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The Akasaka reels prove the pitch was modified.

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

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=== Olga Sato ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."