From dreyes@kth.se Tue Sep 27 04:13:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!dreyes From: dreyes@kth.se (Diego Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Sep27.041346.5762@kth.se> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 04:13:46 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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 US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Diego Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jkowalski@clari.net Tue Sep 27 16:54:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!clari!jkowalski From: jkowalski@clari.net (Ji-woo Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Sep27.165446.4557@clari.net> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 16:54:46 GMT References: <1994Sep27.041346.5762@kth.se> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Sep27.041346.5762@kth.se>, dreyes@kth.se (Diego Reyes) 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. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Ji-woo Kowalski | jkowalski@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 8024 7713 5227 D8C3 "Keep the channels open." From dperez@utexas.edu Thu Sep 29 06:14:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!dperez From: dperez@utexas.edu (Diego Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Sep29.061446.5968@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 06:14:46 GMT References: <1994Sep27.041346.5762@kth.se> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Sep27.041346.5762@kth.se>, dreyes@kth.se (Diego Reyes) 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. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Diego Pérez -- University of Texas at Austin "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From vlopez@stanford.edu Fri Sep 30 20:39:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!vlopez From: vlopez@stanford.edu (Valeria López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Sep30.203946.4075@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 20:39:46 GMT References: <1994Sep27.041346.5762@kth.se> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Sep27.041346.5762@kth.se>, dreyes@kth.se (Diego Reyes) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Valeria López | vlopez@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: EEBA E1D5 D837 876C "Keep the channels open." From ehughes@inria.fr Sun Oct 02 13:59:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!ehughes From: ehughes@inria.fr (Elaine Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Oct02.135946.8934@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 02 Oct 1994 13:59:46 GMT References: <1994Sep27.041346.5762@kth.se> <1994Sep27.165446.4557@clari.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep27.165446.4557@clari.net>, jkowalski@clari.net (Ji-woo Kowalski) 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. -- Elaine Hughes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------