From btanaka@rwth-aachen.de Sat Mar 25 22:51:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!btanaka From: btanaka@rwth-aachen.de (Bruno Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar25.225128.7301@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 22:51:28 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Bruno Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From glaurent@berkeley.edu Tue Mar 28 01:58:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!glaurent From: glaurent@berkeley.edu (Graham Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar28.015828.5237@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 01:58:28 GMT References: <1995Mar25.225128.7301@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar25.225128.7301@rwth-aachen.de>, btanaka@rwth-aachen.de (Bruno Tanaka) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- === Graham Laurent === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From keriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Mar 29 02:44:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!keriksson From: keriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kenji Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar29.024428.7080@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 02:44:28 GMT References: <1995Mar25.225128.7301@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Mar28.015828.5237@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar28.015828.5237@berkeley.edu>, glaurent@berkeley.edu (Graham Laurent) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Kenji Eriksson | keriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 9167 D806 A110 37CD "Keep the channels open." From ntanaka@cam.ac.uk Wed Mar 29 05:02:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!ntanaka From: ntanaka@cam.ac.uk (Nadia Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar29.050228.6861@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 05:02:28 GMT References: <1995Mar25.225128.7301@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Mar28.015828.5237@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar28.015828.5237@berkeley.edu>, glaurent@berkeley.edu (Graham Laurent) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Nadia Tanaka "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / System 7.5.1