From cstewart@mit.edu Sun Jun 26 00:51:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!cstewart From: cstewart@mit.edu (Callum Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun26.005105.6875@mit.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 00:51:05 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem. The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape. Every single tape box is stamped 'VOICE PRINT: GEN-3' in purple ink. That matches the Ashford memo from 1989. Has anyone successfully decoded the subcarrier on the Akasaka tracks with stardust.c? -- Callum Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From cmuller@stanford.edu Tue Jun 28 03:04:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!cmuller From: cmuller@stanford.edu (Camila Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun28.030405.5962@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 03:04:05 GMT References: <1994Jun26.005105.6875@mit.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun26.005105.6875@mit.edu>, cstewart@mit.edu (Callum Stewart) writes: > Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem. > The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape. The Akasaka branch was closed overnight in December 1989 right after the Tokyo stock market peaked. -- Camila Müller "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Decstation 5000/200 / SunOS 4.1.4 From mhughes@earthlink.net Wed Jun 29 15:53:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!mhughes From: mhughes@earthlink.net (Mike Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun29.155305.3951@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 15:53:05 GMT References: <1994Jun26.005105.6875@mit.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Jun26.005105.6875@mit.edu>, cstewart@mit.edu (Callum Stewart) writes: > Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem. > 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Mike Hughes Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From tnilsson@earthlink.net Thu Jun 30 07:30:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!tnilsson From: tnilsson@earthlink.net (Takeshi Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun30.073005.9480@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 07:30:05 GMT References: <1994Jun26.005105.6875@mit.edu> <1994Jun28.030405.5962@stanford.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jun28.030405.5962@stanford.edu>, cmuller@stanford.edu (Camila Müller) writes: > The Akasaka branch was closed overnight in December 1989 right after the Tokyo stock market peaked. Voice Print GEN-3 means there were two earlier generations. What were GEN-1 and GEN-2? Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Takeshi Nilsson Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From dhughes@demon.co.uk Fri Jul 01 17:59:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!dhughes From: dhughes@demon.co.uk (Diego Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1994Jul01.175905.7840@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1994 17:59:05 GMT References: <1994Jun26.005105.6875@mit.edu> <1994Jun28.030405.5962@stanford.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun28.030405.5962@stanford.edu>, cmuller@stanford.edu (Camila Müller) writes: > The Akasaka branch was closed overnight in December 1989 right after the Tokyo stock market peaked. I downloaded the .au files yesterday. Kamome FTP was crawling at 300 cps because everyone on Usenet is hitting it. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Diego Hughes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.