From cstewart@titech.ac.jp Sun Nov 17 23:37:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!cstewart From: cstewart@titech.ac.jp (Camila Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Nov17.233706.7220@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 23:37:06 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. 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! Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Camila Stewart | cstewart@titech.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 86ED 414D C7ED E61E "Keep the channels open." From fduarte@inria.fr Tue Nov 19 20:54:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!inria!fduarte From: fduarte@inria.fr (Fiona Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Nov19.205406.9073@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 20:54:06 GMT References: <1996Nov17.233706.7220@titech.ac.jp> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov17.233706.7220@titech.ac.jp>, cstewart@titech.ac.jp (Camila Stewart) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Fiona Duarte Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From kkim@pipeline.com Thu Nov 21 20:27:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!kkim From: kkim@pipeline.com (Kenji Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Nov21.202706.1640@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 20:27:06 GMT References: <1996Nov17.233706.7220@titech.ac.jp> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov17.233706.7220@titech.ac.jp>, cstewart@titech.ac.jp (Camila Stewart) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Kenji Kim "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / System 7.5.1 From ktakahashi@mit.edu Fri Nov 22 10:58:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!ktakahashi From: ktakahashi@mit.edu (Katrin Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Nov22.105806.4309@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 10:58:06 GMT References: <1996Nov17.233706.7220@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov17.233706.7220@titech.ac.jp>, cstewart@titech.ac.jp (Camila Stewart) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. -- Katrin Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From akarlsson@cern.ch Sun Nov 24 03:29:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!akarlsson From: akarlsson@cern.ch (Anja Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Nov24.032906.9570@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 03:29:06 GMT References: <1996Nov17.233706.7220@titech.ac.jp> <1996Nov21.202706.1640@pipeline.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov21.202706.1640@pipeline.com>, kkim@pipeline.com (Kenji Kim) writes: > Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Anja Karlsson | akarlsson@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 8859 5FC0 7086 0422 "Keep the channels open."