From brobertson@rwth-aachen.de Wed Oct 09 00:00:27 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!brobertson From: brobertson@rwth-aachen.de (Bill Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct09.000027.5841@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 00:00:27 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn.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? -- Bill Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ipopov@ox.ac.uk Wed Oct 09 08:25:27 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!ipopov From: ipopov@ox.ac.uk (Ines Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct09.082527.2539@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 08:25:27 GMT References: <1996Oct09.000027.5841@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct09.000027.5841@rwth-aachen.de>, brobertson@rwth-aachen.de (Bill Robertson) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. > Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Ines Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From psokolov@uu.net Thu Oct 10 02:32:27 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!psokolov From: psokolov@uu.net (Pavel Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct10.023227.2763@uu.net> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:32:27 GMT References: <1996Oct09.000027.5841@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct09.000027.5841@rwth-aachen.de>, brobertson@rwth-aachen.de (Bill Robertson) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Pavel Sokolov | psokolov@uu.net PGP Key fingerprint: BE6C 9A9E 6163 C6D6 "Keep the channels open." From kgirard@cern.ch Thu Oct 10 04:20:27 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!kgirard From: kgirard@cern.ch (Katrin Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct10.042027.6868@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 04:20:27 GMT References: <1996Oct09.000027.5841@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct09.000027.5841@rwth-aachen.de>, brobertson@rwth-aachen.de (Bill Robertson) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. > Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Katrin Girard Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------