From sjohansson@pacbell.net Fri Jan 20 02:08:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pacbell!sjohansson From: sjohansson@pacbell.net (Sun-mi Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan20.020812.6661@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 02:08:12 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Sun-mi Johansson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From gcampbell@berkeley.edu Fri Jan 20 16:20:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!gcampbell From: gcampbell@berkeley.edu (Graham Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan20.162012.7489@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 16:20:12 GMT References: <1995Jan20.020812.6661@pacbell.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan20.020812.6661@pacbell.net>, sjohansson@pacbell.net (Sun-mi Johansson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- === Graham Campbell === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "They will send a copy in my place." From rschneider@cern.ch Sun Jan 22 17:41:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!rschneider From: rschneider@cern.ch (Raj Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan22.174112.1426@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 17:41:12 GMT References: <1995Jan20.020812.6661@pacbell.net> <1995Jan20.162012.7489@berkeley.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan20.162012.7489@berkeley.edu>, gcampbell@berkeley.edu (Graham Campbell) writes: > Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. -- Raj Schneider Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Hold for relay."