From blarsson@tum.de Fri Jan 27 12:54:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!blarsson From: blarsson@tum.de (Bill Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan27.125418.9582@tum.de> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 12:54:18 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de 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! 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? -- Bill Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From stakahashi@stanford.edu Sat Jan 28 19:22:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!stakahashi From: stakahashi@stanford.edu (Sven Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan28.192218.4953@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 19:22:18 GMT References: <1995Jan27.125418.9582@tum.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan27.125418.9582@tum.de>, blarsson@tum.de (Bill Larsson) 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! YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Sven Takahashi Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From npopov@rwth-aachen.de Mon Jan 30 00:55:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!npopov From: npopov@rwth-aachen.de (Nadine Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan30.005518.9013@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 00:55:18 GMT References: <1995Jan27.125418.9582@tum.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jan27.125418.9582@tum.de>, blarsson@tum.de (Bill Larsson) 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! Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Nadine Popov Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."