From tsokolov@clari.net Thu Apr 13 20:10:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!tsokolov From: tsokolov@clari.net (Takeshi Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr13.201032.6589@clari.net> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 20:10:32 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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? -- Takeshi Sokolov "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Atari TT030 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From kandersson@cern.ch Fri Apr 14 22:49:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!kandersson From: kandersson@cern.ch (Katrin Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr14.224932.6867@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 22:49:32 GMT References: <1995Apr13.201032.6589@clari.net> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr13.201032.6589@clari.net>, tsokolov@clari.net (Takeshi Sokolov) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Katrin Andersson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From asuzuki@pipeline.com Sun Apr 16 10:13:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!asuzuki From: asuzuki@pipeline.com (Andrei Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr16.101332.8792@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 10:13:32 GMT References: <1995Apr13.201032.6589@clari.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr13.201032.6589@clari.net>, tsokolov@clari.net (Takeshi Sokolov) 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. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- === Andrei Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Hold for relay."