From slindqvist@kth.se Wed Aug 28 03:17:36 1996
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From: slindqvist@kth.se (Steve Lindqvist)
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Subject: Data: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem.

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.

Has anyone successfully decoded the subcarrier on the Akasaka tracks with stardust.c?

-- 
Steve Lindqvist -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
"Row 14. No joke."

From klaurent@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Aug 28 23:07:36 1996
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From: klaurent@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Katrin Laurent)
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Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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In article <1996Aug28.031736.7745@kth.se>, slindqvist@kth.se (Steve Lindqvist) writes:
> Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem.
> 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.

-- 
Katrin Laurent | klaurent@u-tokyo.ac.jp
PGP Key fingerprint: A8FA 505D 5383 6261
"Keep the channels open."

From tweber@kth.se Thu Aug 29 04:02:36 1996
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From: tweber@kth.se (Tobias Weber)
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Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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In article <1996Aug28.031736.7745@kth.se>, slindqvist@kth.se (Steve Lindqvist) writes:
> Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem.

The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect.

-- 
Tobias Weber | tweber@kth.se
PGP Key fingerprint: 3AED ABE0 C14C 3EFE
"Keep the channels open."