From hlaurent@earthlink.net Thu Jun 27 07:42:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!hlaurent From: hlaurent@earthlink.net (Hana Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Jun27.074255.2163@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 07:42:55 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? 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 The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn.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? -- Hana Laurent "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Decstation 5000/200 / AmigaOS 3.1 From vandersson@mindspring.com Sat Jun 29 06:10:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!vandersson From: vandersson@mindspring.com (Valeria Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Jun29.061055.6328@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 06:10:55 GMT References: <1996Jun27.074255.2163@earthlink.net> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun27.074255.2163@earthlink.net>, hlaurent@earthlink.net (Hana Laurent) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Valeria Andersson "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Macintosh IIfx / Linux 1.2.13