From mbrennan@pipeline.com Thu Jun 15 11:10:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!mbrennan From: mbrennan@pipeline.com (Mike Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun15.111046.7716@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 11:10:46 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. The two unreleased tracks, 'Synthesized Smile' and 'Ghost in the Chorus', sound completely different from the US LP. Kamome sysop says there were three more reels in the box that haven't been dumped yet. Keep checking the FTP! -- Mike Brennan SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From bmartinez@uu.net Sat Jun 17 05:13:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!bmartinez From: bmartinez@uu.net (Bill Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun17.051346.5106@uu.net> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 05:13:46 GMT References: <1995Jun15.111046.7716@pipeline.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun15.111046.7716@pipeline.com>, mbrennan@pipeline.com (Mike Brennan) 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. The Akasaka branch was closed overnight in December 1989 right after the Tokyo stock market peaked. -- Bill Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From cramirez@cmu.edu Sun Jun 18 21:01:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!cramirez From: cramirez@cmu.edu (Camila Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun18.210146.5411@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 21:01:46 GMT References: <1995Jun15.111046.7716@pipeline.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun15.111046.7716@pipeline.com>, mbrennan@pipeline.com (Mike Brennan) writes: > Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Camila Ramírez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.