From ttanaka@netcom.com Sun Aug 04 10:12:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!ttanaka From: ttanaka@netcom.com (Takeshi Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug04.101222.2547@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 10:12:22 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. Why did different European territories receive completely different extended arrangements? -- Takeshi Tanaka -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "We don't sign stars. We build them." From mreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Aug 06 13:12:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!mreyes From: mreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matthias Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug06.131222.8031@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 13:12:22 GMT References: <1996Aug04.101222.2547@netcom.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug04.101222.2547@netcom.com>, ttanaka@netcom.com (Takeshi Tanaka) writes: > Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. > The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. Each European pressing was assigned a specific relay node: UK was Node 07, Germany was Node 05, France was Node 06. -- === Matthias Reyes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "We don't sign stars. We build them." From lmoreno@pacbell.net Thu Aug 08 13:10:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!lmoreno From: lmoreno@pacbell.net (Lars Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Aug08.131022.8097@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 13:10:22 GMT References: <1996Aug04.101222.2547@netcom.com> <1996Aug06.131222.8031@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug06.131222.8031@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matthias Reyes) writes: > Each European pressing was assigned a specific relay node: UK was Node 07, Germany was Node 05, France was Node 06. The UK Fennimore copy is by far the best sounding. The bass shakes the floorboards on a good pair of speakers. -- Lars Moreno *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0