From dsmirnov@uu.net Fri Nov 03 04:18:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!dsmirnov From: dsmirnov@uu.net (Dave Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov03.041807.3825@uu.net> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 04:18:07 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Dave Smirnov | dsmirnov@uu.net PGP Key fingerprint: 90D3 A2BA EDAF 24B7 "Keep the channels open." From jsanchez@delphi.com Sat Nov 04 10:04:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!jsanchez From: jsanchez@delphi.com (Jen Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov04.100407.9883@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 1995 10:04:07 GMT References: <1995Nov03.041807.3825@uu.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov03.041807.3825@uu.net>, dsmirnov@uu.net (Dave Smirnov) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Jen Sánchez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "Marcus is not one man." From msanchez@tum.de Sun Nov 05 22:16:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!msanchez From: msanchez@tum.de (Mikhail Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov05.221607.4786@tum.de> Date: Sun, 05 Nov 1995 22:16:07 GMT References: <1995Nov03.041807.3825@uu.net> <1995Nov04.100407.9883@delphi.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov04.100407.9883@delphi.com>, jsanchez@delphi.com (Jen Sánchez) writes: > I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Mikhail Sánchez "We don't sign stars. We build them." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / FreeBSD 2.1 From cduarte@kiae.su Tue Nov 07 00:13:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!cduarte From: cduarte@kiae.su (Callum Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov07.001307.7370@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 00:13:07 GMT References: <1995Nov03.041807.3825@uu.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov03.041807.3825@uu.net>, dsmirnov@uu.net (Dave Smirnov) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Callum Duarte | cduarte@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: 1B2E 4368 5F90 E614 "Keep the channels open."