From tdubois@berkeley.edu Mon Jun 26 00:29:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!tdubois From: tdubois@berkeley.edu (Tyler Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun26.002958.2138@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 00:29:58 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Tyler Dubois -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From aito@delphi.com Mon Jun 26 06:16:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!aito From: aito@delphi.com (Amy Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun26.061658.5510@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 06:16:58 GMT References: <1995Jun26.002958.2138@berkeley.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun26.002958.2138@berkeley.edu>, tdubois@berkeley.edu (Tyler Dubois) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > 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. -- Amy Ito Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mgirard@kth.se Mon Jun 26 15:48:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!mgirard From: mgirard@kth.se (Mathieu Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun26.154858.9740@kth.se> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 15:48:58 GMT References: <1995Jun26.002958.2138@berkeley.edu> <1995Jun26.061658.5510@delphi.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun26.061658.5510@delphi.com>, aito@delphi.com (Amy Ito) writes: > Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Mathieu Girard -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Marcus is not one man." From mreyes@netcom.com Tue Jun 27 20:12:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!mreyes From: mreyes@netcom.com (Marisol Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun27.201258.5703@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 20:12:58 GMT References: <1995Jun26.002958.2138@berkeley.edu> <1995Jun26.061658.5510@delphi.com> <1995Jun26.154858.9740@kth.se> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun26.154858.9740@kth.se>, mgirard@kth.se (Mathieu Girard) writes: > The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. -- Marisol Reyes "When every node is whole, the channel opens." NeXTstation Turbo Color / System 7.5.1 From mhughes@uu.net Thu Jun 29 22:13:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!mhughes From: mhughes@uu.net (Mei Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun29.221358.1758@uu.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 22:13:58 GMT References: <1995Jun26.002958.2138@berkeley.edu> <1995Jun26.061658.5510@delphi.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun26.061658.5510@delphi.com>, aito@delphi.com (Amy Ito) writes: > Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. -- === Mei Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Row 14. No joke."