From arobertson@berkeley.edu Sat Dec 23 18:18:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!arobertson From: arobertson@berkeley.edu (Astrid Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Dec23.181829.9422@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 18:18:29 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! 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? -- Astrid Robertson "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / System 7.5.1 From amartinez@mindspring.com Sun Dec 24 02:40:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!amartinez From: amartinez@mindspring.com (Andrei Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Dec24.024029.8023@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 02:40:29 GMT References: <1995Dec23.181829.9422@berkeley.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec23.181829.9422@berkeley.edu>, arobertson@berkeley.edu (Astrid Robertson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- === Andrei Martínez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From tweber@inria.fr Sun Dec 24 14:50:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!tweber From: tweber@inria.fr (Tyler Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Dec24.145029.4986@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 14:50:29 GMT References: <1995Dec23.181829.9422@berkeley.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec23.181829.9422@berkeley.edu>, arobertson@berkeley.edu (Astrid Robertson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. -- Tyler Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kito@demon.co.uk Mon Dec 25 08:27:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!kito From: kito@demon.co.uk (Kirsty Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Dec25.082729.7935@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 08:27:29 GMT References: <1995Dec23.181829.9422@berkeley.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec23.181829.9422@berkeley.edu>, arobertson@berkeley.edu (Astrid Robertson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! 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. -- Kirsty Ito Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------