From bito@pacbell.net Sat Sep 02 11:58:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!bito From: bito@pacbell.net (Bill Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep02.115845.6757@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 11:58:45 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Bill Ito "Row 14. No joke." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / AmigaOS 3.1 From ehernandez@hanse.de Sat Sep 02 14:09:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!ehernandez From: ehernandez@hanse.de (Emi Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep02.140945.7438@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 14:09:45 GMT References: <1995Sep02.115845.6757@pacbell.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep02.115845.6757@pacbell.net>, bito@pacbell.net (Bill Ito) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. 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. -- Emi Hernández "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Sun SparcStation 20 / System 7.5.1 From mgarcia@purdue.edu Mon Sep 04 12:41:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!mgarcia From: mgarcia@purdue.edu (Mateo García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep04.124145.9703@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 12:41:45 GMT References: <1995Sep02.115845.6757@pacbell.net> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep02.115845.6757@pacbell.net>, bito@pacbell.net (Bill Ito) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. -- Mateo García "We don't sign stars. We build them." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / TOS 4.04 From jreyes@ox.ac.uk Wed Sep 06 02:08:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!jreyes From: jreyes@ox.ac.uk (Joachim Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep06.020845.6902@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 02:08:45 GMT References: <1995Sep02.115845.6757@pacbell.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep02.115845.6757@pacbell.net>, bito@pacbell.net (Bill Ito) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Joachim Reyes -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "We don't sign stars. We build them." From dweber@netcom.com Wed Sep 06 19:16:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!dweber From: dweber@netcom.com (Dmitri Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep06.191645.6717@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 19:16:45 GMT References: <1995Sep02.115845.6757@pacbell.net> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep02.115845.6757@pacbell.net>, bito@pacbell.net (Bill Ito) 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. -- Dmitri Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.