From rpark@mit.edu Fri Jun 07 15:20:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!rpark From: rpark@mit.edu (Raj Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Jun07.152009.1421@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 15:20:09 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out. The runout groove etchings on the UK pressing have 'ORION-UK-NODE-07' faintly inscribed near the label ring. Why did different European territories receive completely different extended arrangements? -- Raj Park "Row 14. No joke." Acorn RiscPC 600 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From enovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Jun 08 16:29:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!enovak From: enovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Elaine Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings Message-ID: <1996Jun08.162909.1939@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 16:29:09 GMT References: <1996Jun07.152009.1421@mit.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Jun07.152009.1421@mit.edu>, rpark@mit.edu (Raj Park) writes: > Doing a side-by-side shootout of the European 12-inch extended club mixes of SYNTHESIS. Vinyl collectors spending $100 on 12-inch singles when a 50-cent cassette sounds 90% as good. Usenet never changes. -- Elaine Novak -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"