From lkang@earthlink.net Sun Nov 26 07:31:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!earthlink!lkang From: lkang@earthlink.net (Lucia Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov26.073133.8237@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 07:31:33 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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 two unreleased tracks, 'Synthesized Smile' and 'Ghost in the Chorus', sound completely different from the US LP. Who was the engineer at the Akasaka branch? The studio log only lists the initials 'M.H.'. -- Lucia Kang US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From rito@kiae.su Sun Nov 26 10:29:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!rito From: rito@kiae.su (Renata Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov26.102933.2018@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 10:29:33 GMT References: <1995Nov26.073133.8237@earthlink.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov26.073133.8237@earthlink.net>, lkang@earthlink.net (Lucia Kang) 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. -- Renata Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From flarsson@utexas.edu Tue Nov 28 09:15:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!flarsson From: flarsson@utexas.edu (Fiona Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov28.091533.2213@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 09:15:33 GMT References: <1995Nov26.073133.8237@earthlink.net> <1995Nov26.102933.2018@kiae.su> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov26.102933.2018@kiae.su>, rito@kiae.su (Renata Ito) writes: > The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. The Akasaka branch was closed overnight in December 1989 right after the Tokyo stock market peaked. -- === Fiona Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."