From nrodriguez@ox.ac.uk Fri Mar 24 08:18:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!nrodriguez From: nrodriguez@ox.ac.uk (Natalia Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar24.081856.4420@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 08:18:56 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk 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. 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. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- Natalia Rodríguez "Row 14. No joke." NeXTstation Turbo Color / Linux 1.2.13 From bsato@cam.ac.uk Fri Mar 24 23:29:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!bsato From: bsato@cam.ac.uk (Bruno Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar24.232956.5878@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 23:29:56 GMT References: <1995Mar24.081856.4420@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar24.081856.4420@ox.ac.uk>, nrodriguez@ox.ac.uk (Natalia Rodríguez) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Bruno Sato -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Do not worship the copy." From mchoi@stanford.edu Sat Mar 25 01:49:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!mchoi From: mchoi@stanford.edu (Mike Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar25.014956.3380@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 01:49:56 GMT References: <1995Mar24.081856.4420@ox.ac.uk> <1995Mar24.232956.5878@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar24.232956.5878@cam.ac.uk>, bsato@cam.ac.uk (Bruno Sato) 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.' -- Mike Choi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------