From lchoi@demon.co.uk Sun Jun 16 01:23:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!lchoi From: lchoi@demon.co.uk (Lars Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jun16.012337.7631@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 01:23:37 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? The songwriting credits list 'Orion Advanced Audio Synthesis Group' instead of individual composers. The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. Did anyone ever see Luna Gray perform live, or was she exclusively a satellite playback act? -- Lars Choi -- Demon Internet Services UK "Hold for relay." From hsmirnov@netcom.com Mon Jun 17 14:20:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!hsmirnov From: hsmirnov@netcom.com (Hana Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jun17.142037.1760@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:20:37 GMT References: <1996Jun16.012337.7631@demon.co.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1996Jun16.012337.7631@demon.co.uk>, lchoi@demon.co.uk (Lars Choi) writes: > Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? > The songwriting credits list 'Orion Advanced Audio Synthesis Group' instead of individual composers. Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman? Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Hana Smirnov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From dweber@kiae.su Tue Jun 18 01:30:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!dweber From: dweber@kiae.su (Diego Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jun18.013037.4045@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 01:30:37 GMT References: <1996Jun16.012337.7631@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun16.012337.7631@demon.co.uk>, lchoi@demon.co.uk (Lars Choi) writes: > Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? The album vanished from record stores within 6 months. Orion deleted the entire catalogue in late 1990. -- Diego Weber | dweber@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: 2D2B 5EBA CCD0 3822 "Keep the channels open."