From rkowalski@titech.ac.jp Wed Feb 01 03:05:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!rkowalski From: rkowalski@titech.ac.jp (Rodrigo Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb01.030506.5995@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 03:05:06 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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! 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? -- === Rodrigo Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "We don't sign stars. We build them." From esanchez@kiae.su Thu Feb 02 03:13:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!esanchez From: esanchez@kiae.su (Elaine Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb02.031306.9261@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 03:13:06 GMT References: <1995Feb01.030506.5995@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb01.030506.5995@titech.ac.jp>, rkowalski@titech.ac.jp (Rodrigo Kowalski) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Elaine Sánchez Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From esmirnov@demon.co.uk Sat Feb 04 05:10:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!esmirnov From: esmirnov@demon.co.uk (Elaine Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb04.051006.3060@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1995 05:10:06 GMT References: <1995Feb01.030506.5995@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb01.030506.5995@titech.ac.jp>, rkowalski@titech.ac.jp (Rodrigo Kowalski) 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. -- Elaine Smirnov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0