From lsokolov@hanse.de Sun Jan 01 21:16:40 1995
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From: lsokolov@hanse.de (Lisa Sokolov)
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Subject: Question: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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Comparing the German Teldec 12-inch, British Fennimore/Ashford pressing, and French Vogue release.

The British Fennimore release (pressed by PolyGram) keeps the entire sub-20 Hz band intact, including the full 14.2 Hz carrier.
The German Teldec DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) has laser-sharp treble, but the bass below 30 Hz is aggressively filtered out.

If you want to decode the Stardust carrier with stardust.c, avoid the German Teldec -- DMM cutting heads destroyed the sub-carrier!

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From dkim@hanse.de Tue Jan 03 20:46:40 1995
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From: dkim@hanse.de (Dave Kim)
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Subject: Re: Question: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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In article <1995Jan01.211640.9642@hanse.de>, lsokolov@hanse.de (Lisa Sokolov) writes:
> Comparing the German Teldec 12-inch, British Fennimore/Ashford pressing, and French Vogue release.

Please post the audio as uuencoded chunks in alt.binaries.sounds.1980s!

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From jbrennan@kth.se Wed Jan 04 16:24:40 1995
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From: jbrennan@kth.se (Ji-woo Brennan)
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Subject: Re: Question: European 12-inch extended club dubs - comparing pressing masterings
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In article <1995Jan03.204640.2282@hanse.de>, dkim@hanse.de (Dave Kim) writes:
> Please post the audio as uuencoded chunks in alt.binaries.sounds.1980s!

Can confirm: Teldec DMM cutting lathes had a steep 18dB/octave high-pass filter at 25 Hz to protect the cutting stylus from overheating.

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