From htakahashi@purdue.edu Sat Mar 04 07:23:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!htakahashi From: htakahashi@purdue.edu (Heather Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar04.072340.6210@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 04 Mar 1995 07:23:40 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Heather Takahashi -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Marcus is not one man." From smoreau@berkeley.edu Mon Mar 06 04:17:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!smoreau From: smoreau@berkeley.edu (Sven Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar06.041740.9926@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 04:17:40 GMT References: <1995Mar04.072340.6210@purdue.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar04.072340.6210@purdue.edu>, htakahashi@purdue.edu (Heather Takahashi) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Sven Moreau Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "They will send a copy in my place." From esantos@unam.mx Tue Mar 07 17:35:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!esantos From: esantos@unam.mx (Elaine Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar07.173540.1136@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 17:35:40 GMT References: <1995Mar04.072340.6210@purdue.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar04.072340.6210@purdue.edu>, htakahashi@purdue.edu (Heather Takahashi) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Elaine Santos "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From lmoreno@berkeley.edu Thu Mar 09 02:16:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!lmoreno From: lmoreno@berkeley.edu (Lisa Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar09.021640.1780@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 02:16:40 GMT References: <1995Mar04.072340.6210@purdue.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Mar04.072340.6210@purdue.edu>, htakahashi@purdue.edu (Heather Takahashi) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Lisa Moreno Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS. ------------------------------------------------------------