From arobertson@ox.ac.uk Sun Feb 12 08:45:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!arobertson From: arobertson@ox.ac.uk (Amy Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb12.084554.3373@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 08:45:54 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Amy Robertson | arobertson@ox.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 6EEE 9EE8 4771 C440 "Keep the channels open." From rokonkwo@utexas.edu Mon Feb 13 11:20:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!rokonkwo From: rokonkwo@utexas.edu (Raj Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb13.112054.7108@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 11:20:54 GMT References: <1995Feb12.084554.3373@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb12.084554.3373@ox.ac.uk>, arobertson@ox.ac.uk (Amy Robertson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. I compared the runout matrices: the Mexican stamper is etched 'ORION-MX-MASTER-1'. It wasn't a bootleg, it was pressed from studio tapes. -- Raj Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From blee@unam.mx Mon Feb 13 13:55:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!blee From: blee@unam.mx (Bill Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb13.135554.3367@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 13:55:54 GMT References: <1995Feb12.084554.3373@ox.ac.uk> <1995Feb13.112054.7108@utexas.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb13.112054.7108@utexas.edu>, rokonkwo@utexas.edu (Raj Okonkwo) writes: > I compared the runout matrices: the Mexican stamper is etched 'ORION-MX-MASTER-1'. It wasn't a bootleg, it was pressed from studio tapes. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Bill Lee | blee@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: CD68 D2D8 5E7B 482E "Keep the channels open." From nivanov@delphi.com Tue Feb 14 16:16:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!delphi!nivanov From: nivanov@delphi.com (Nadine Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb14.161654.1032@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 16:16:54 GMT References: <1995Feb12.084554.3373@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb12.084554.3373@ox.ac.uk>, arobertson@ox.ac.uk (Amy Robertson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Nadine Ivanov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0