From alarsson@mindspring.com Sat Dec 09 18:12:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!alarsson From: alarsson@mindspring.com (Amy Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec09.181259.3750@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 18:12:59 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. On track 9's instrumental cut, the 14.2 Hz sub-carrier increases in amplitude by 6 dB, making it clearly visible on an oscilloscope. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Amy Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From cnakamura@kth.se Sun Dec 10 17:09:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!cnakamura From: cnakamura@kth.se (Callum Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec10.170959.6222@kth.se> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 17:09:59 GMT References: <1995Dec09.181259.3750@mindspring.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec09.181259.3750@mindspring.com>, alarsson@mindspring.com (Amy Larsson) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. > 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.' -- Callum Nakamura Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jsanchez@ox.ac.uk Sun Dec 10 20:23:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!jsanchez From: jsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Julien Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec10.202359.8672@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 20:23:59 GMT References: <1995Dec09.181259.3750@mindspring.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec09.181259.3750@mindspring.com>, alarsson@mindspring.com (Amy Larsson) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Julien Sánchez "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / System 7.5.1