From alopez@mit.edu Sat Jul 22 20:07:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!alopez From: alopez@mit.edu (Astrid López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul22.200739.8408@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 20:07:39 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! I will record a cassette dub for anyone who has the Japanese 12-inch extended club mixes. -- Astrid López "We don't sign stars. We build them." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From apark@hanse.de Mon Jul 24 17:16:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!apark From: apark@hanse.de (Amy Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul24.171639.3694@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 17:16:39 GMT References: <1995Jul22.200739.8408@mit.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul22.200739.8408@mit.edu>, alopez@mit.edu (Astrid López) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Amy Park Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------ From msilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jul 24 20:01:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!msilva From: msilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matthias Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul24.200139.9312@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 20:01:39 GMT References: <1995Jul22.200739.8408@mit.edu> <1995Jul24.171639.3694@hanse.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul24.171639.3694@hanse.de>, apark@hanse.de (Amy Park) writes: > Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Matthias Silva -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."