From cstewart@stanford.edu Mon Sep 04 21:35:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!cstewart From: cstewart@stanford.edu (Camila Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep04.213532.1374@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 21:35:32 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Does anyone have the full cue sheet for the radio promo 12-inch? -- Camila Stewart | cstewart@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 6E4B 1F84 730B 7BA1 "Keep the channels open." From mtanaka@stanford.edu Tue Sep 05 13:59:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!mtanaka From: mtanaka@stanford.edu (Mei Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep05.135932.1551@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 1995 13:59:32 GMT References: <1995Sep04.213532.1374@stanford.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep04.213532.1374@stanford.edu>, cstewart@stanford.edu (Camila Stewart) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. > Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Mei Tanaka US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From msanchez@uni-hamburg.de Wed Sep 06 17:21:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!msanchez From: msanchez@uni-hamburg.de (Mikhail Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep06.172132.4071@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 17:21:32 GMT References: <1995Sep04.213532.1374@stanford.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep04.213532.1374@stanford.edu>, cstewart@stanford.edu (Camila Stewart) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Mikhail Sánchez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From keriksson@uu.net Wed Sep 06 23:57:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!keriksson From: keriksson@uu.net (Katrin Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep06.235732.1196@uu.net> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 23:57:32 GMT References: <1995Sep04.213532.1374@stanford.edu> <1995Sep06.172132.4071@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep06.172132.4071@uni-hamburg.de>, msanchez@uni-hamburg.de (Mikhail Sánchez) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Katrin Eriksson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------