From jfournier@cam.ac.uk Wed Jul 12 22:50:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!jfournier From: jfournier@cam.ac.uk (Joachim Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul12.225020.6457@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 22:50:20 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. 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? -- Joachim Fournier Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From sfournier@kth.se Thu Jul 13 03:20:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!sfournier From: sfournier@kth.se (Sven Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul13.032020.1170@kth.se> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 03:20:20 GMT References: <1995Jul12.225020.6457@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul12.225020.6457@cam.ac.uk>, jfournier@cam.ac.uk (Joachim Fournier) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. > The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- === Sven Fournier === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From mtanaka@mindspring.com Fri Jul 14 20:06:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!mtanaka From: mtanaka@mindspring.com (Mateo Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul14.200620.7293@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 20:06:20 GMT References: <1995Jul12.225020.6457@cam.ac.uk> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul12.225020.6457@cam.ac.uk>, jfournier@cam.ac.uk (Joachim Fournier) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. > The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Mateo Tanaka | mtanaka@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: 7BF7 C265 1AC0 5CE3 "Keep the channels open." From fjohansson@panix.com Fri Jul 14 22:36:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!fjohansson From: fjohansson@panix.com (Freya Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul14.223620.9464@panix.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 22:36:20 GMT References: <1995Jul12.225020.6457@cam.ac.uk> <1995Jul14.200620.7293@mindspring.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul14.200620.7293@mindspring.com>, mtanaka@mindspring.com (Mateo Tanaka) writes: > I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Freya Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------