From csmirnov@earthlink.net Wed Oct 18 07:00:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!csmirnov From: csmirnov@earthlink.net (Callum Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Oct18.070019.7691@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 07:00:19 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. Why did different European territories receive completely different extended arrangements? -- Callum Smirnov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dsmirnov@unam.mx Fri Oct 20 05:25:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!unam!dsmirnov From: dsmirnov@unam.mx (Dave Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Oct20.052519.4521@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 05:25:19 GMT References: <1995Oct18.070019.7691@earthlink.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct18.070019.7691@earthlink.net>, csmirnov@earthlink.net (Callum Smirnov) writes: > Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. > The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. Each European pressing was assigned a specific relay node: UK was Node 07, Germany was Node 05, France was Node 06. -- Dave Smirnov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From jreyes@pacbell.net Sat Oct 21 23:12:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!jreyes From: jreyes@pacbell.net (Ji-woo Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1995Oct21.231219.3972@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 23:12:19 GMT References: <1995Oct18.070019.7691@earthlink.net> <1995Oct20.052519.4521@unam.mx> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct20.052519.4521@unam.mx>, dsmirnov@unam.mx (Dave Smirnov) writes: > Each European pressing was assigned a specific relay node: UK was Node 07, Germany was Node 05, France was Node 06. Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating. -- Ji-woo Reyes -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "Marcus is not one man."