From cperez@cern.ch Fri Oct 04 18:43:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!cperez From: cperez@cern.ch (Camila Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Oct04.184359.7326@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 18:43:59 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. 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 Pérez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From bduarte@pipeline.com Sat Oct 05 18:24:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!bduarte From: bduarte@pipeline.com (Bill Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Oct05.182459.4477@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 05 Oct 1996 18:24:59 GMT References: <1996Oct04.184359.7326@cern.ch> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Oct04.184359.7326@cern.ch>, cperez@cern.ch (Camila Pérez) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Bill Duarte Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From ndubois@clari.net Mon Oct 07 10:54:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!ndubois From: ndubois@clari.net (Natalia Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Oct07.105459.9042@clari.net> Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 10:54:59 GMT References: <1996Oct04.184359.7326@cern.ch> <1996Oct05.182459.4477@pipeline.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct05.182459.4477@pipeline.com>, bduarte@pipeline.com (Bill Duarte) writes: > I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- === Natalia Dubois === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From meriksson@rwth-aachen.de Tue Oct 08 08:04:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!meriksson From: meriksson@rwth-aachen.de (Morag Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Oct08.080459.8896@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 08:04:59 GMT References: <1996Oct04.184359.7326@cern.ch> <1996Oct05.182459.4477@pipeline.com> <1996Oct07.105459.9042@clari.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct07.105459.9042@clari.net>, ndubois@clari.net (Natalia Dubois) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. 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. -- === Morag Eriksson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."