From skang@titech.ac.jp Tue Jul 11 08:33:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!skang From: skang@titech.ac.jp (Sergei Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul11.083345.2871@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 08:33:45 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. 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? -- Sergei Kang Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rmoreau@purdue.edu Thu Jul 13 05:41:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!rmoreau From: rmoreau@purdue.edu (Rodrigo Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul13.054145.7841@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 05:41:45 GMT References: <1995Jul11.083345.2871@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul11.083345.2871@titech.ac.jp>, skang@titech.ac.jp (Sergei Kang) 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. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. -- Rodrigo Moreau -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From blee@kth.se Sat Jul 15 03:49:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!blee From: blee@kth.se (Brian Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul15.034945.2182@kth.se> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 03:49:45 GMT References: <1995Jul11.083345.2871@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul11.083345.2871@titech.ac.jp>, skang@titech.ac.jp (Sergei Kang) 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. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Brian Lee | blee@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: FFDC DBAD 8E77 06FD "Keep the channels open." From vdubois@tum.de Sat Jul 15 17:37:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!vdubois From: vdubois@tum.de (Valeria Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul15.173745.3698@tum.de> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 17:37:45 GMT References: <1995Jul11.083345.2871@titech.ac.jp> <1995Jul13.054145.7841@purdue.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul13.054145.7841@purdue.edu>, rmoreau@purdue.edu (Rodrigo Moreau) writes: > I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. -- Valeria Dubois US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."