From mmacdonald@utexas.edu Sun Dec 11 09:21:03 1994
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From: mmacdonald@utexas.edu (Marisol MacDonald)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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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 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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Marisol MacDonald
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From jmoreau@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Dec 11 22:41:03 1994
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In article <1994Dec11.092103.8388@utexas.edu>, mmacdonald@utexas.edu (Marisol MacDonald) 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.

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

-- 
Jens Moreau -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science
"They will send a copy in my place."