From dsouza@panix.com Tue May 16 23:50:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!dsouza From: dsouza@panix.com (Dave Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May16.235059.2868@panix.com> Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 23:50:59 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Dave Souza -- Public Access Unix of New York "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From mkarlsson@inria.fr Thu May 18 06:54:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!mkarlsson From: mkarlsson@inria.fr (Matthias Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May18.065459.7483@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 06:54:59 GMT References: <1995May16.235059.2868@panix.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May16.235059.2868@panix.com>, dsouza@panix.com (Dave Souza) 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. -- Matthias Karlsson "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Sun SparcStation 20 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From rnilsson@clari.net Fri May 19 06:13:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!rnilsson From: rnilsson@clari.net (Rodrigo Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May19.061359.9806@clari.net> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 06:13:59 GMT References: <1995May16.235059.2868@panix.com> <1995May18.065459.7483@inria.fr> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May18.065459.7483@inria.fr>, mkarlsson@inria.fr (Matthias Karlsson) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. -- === Rodrigo Nilsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "Do not worship the copy."