From sramirez@tum.de Wed Jun 01 20:07:15 1994
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From: sramirez@tum.de (Steve Ramírez)
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Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis
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Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog.

There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background.
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?

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From tkang@illinois.edu Fri Jun 03 08:58:15 1994
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From: tkang@illinois.edu (Thiago Kang)
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Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis
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In article <1994Jun01.200715.5890@tum.de>, sramirez@tum.de (Steve Ramírez) writes:
> Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog.
> There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background.

That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer.

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From mtanaka@hanse.de Sun Jun 05 01:46:15 1994
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From: mtanaka@hanse.de (Mateo Tanaka)
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Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis
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In article <1994Jun03.085815.7482@illinois.edu>, tkang@illinois.edu (Thiago Kang) writes:
> That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer.

Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal.

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From mbrennan@uu.net Tue Jun 07 01:27:15 1994
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From: mbrennan@uu.net (Mathieu Brennan)
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Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis
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Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1994 01:27:15 GMT
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In article <1994Jun05.014615.1237@hanse.de>, mtanaka@hanse.de (Mateo Tanaka) writes:
> Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal.

I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file!

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