From jvasiliev@panix.com Sat Nov 11 07:24:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!jvasiliev From: jvasiliev@panix.com (Julien Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov11.072451.2975@panix.com> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 07:24:51 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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? -- Julien Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From sweber@stanford.edu Sat Nov 11 11:26:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!sweber From: sweber@stanford.edu (Sven Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov11.112651.5934@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 11:26:51 GMT References: <1995Nov11.072451.2975@panix.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov11.072451.2975@panix.com>, jvasiliev@panix.com (Julien Vasiliev) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Sven Weber "They will send a copy in my place." Atari TT030 / TOS 4.04 From ssanchez@cmu.edu Sat Nov 11 16:48:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!ssanchez From: ssanchez@cmu.edu (Sven Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov11.164851.8982@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 16:48:51 GMT References: <1995Nov11.072451.2975@panix.com> <1995Nov11.112651.5934@stanford.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov11.112651.5934@stanford.edu>, sweber@stanford.edu (Sven Weber) writes: > Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Sven Sánchez -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Hold for relay." From dgarcia@hanse.de Sun Nov 12 17:33:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!dgarcia From: dgarcia@hanse.de (Diego García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov12.173351.2877@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 17:33:51 GMT References: <1995Nov11.072451.2975@panix.com> <1995Nov11.112651.5934@stanford.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov11.112651.5934@stanford.edu>, sweber@stanford.edu (Sven Weber) writes: > Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Diego García *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From vperez@cmu.edu Mon Nov 13 19:09:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cmu!vperez From: vperez@cmu.edu (Valeria Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov13.190951.9460@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 19:09:51 GMT References: <1995Nov11.072451.2975@panix.com> <1995Nov11.112651.5934@stanford.edu> <1995Nov11.164851.8982@cmu.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov11.164851.8982@cmu.edu>, ssanchez@cmu.edu (Sven Sánchez) writes: > Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Valeria Pérez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."