From jfischer@uni-hamburg.de Mon Nov 07 07:34:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!jfischer From: jfischer@uni-hamburg.de (Julien Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov07.073452.7098@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 07:34:52 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. 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? -- === Julien Fischer === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Row 14. No joke." From mnakamura@uu.net Wed Nov 09 02:42:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uu!mnakamura From: mnakamura@uu.net (Matthias Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov09.024252.2848@uu.net> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 02:42:52 GMT References: <1994Nov07.073452.7098@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Nov07.073452.7098@uni-hamburg.de>, jfischer@uni-hamburg.de (Julien Fischer) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Matthias Nakamura -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From rgarcia@demon.co.uk Thu Nov 10 22:38:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!rgarcia From: rgarcia@demon.co.uk (Rodrigo García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov10.223852.4476@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 22:38:52 GMT References: <1994Nov07.073452.7098@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Nov09.024252.2848@uu.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov09.024252.2848@uu.net>, mnakamura@uu.net (Matthias Nakamura) writes: > The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. 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. -- === Rodrigo García === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "Marcus is not one man." From jperez@ox.ac.uk Fri Nov 11 13:12:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!jperez From: jperez@ox.ac.uk (Jens Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov11.131252.4204@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 13:12:52 GMT References: <1994Nov07.073452.7098@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Nov09.024252.2848@uu.net> <1994Nov10.223852.4476@demon.co.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov10.223852.4476@demon.co.uk>, rgarcia@demon.co.uk (Rodrigo García) writes: > 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. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Jens Pérez Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From etanaka@utexas.edu Fri Nov 11 20:29:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!etanaka From: etanaka@utexas.edu (Elaine Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov11.202952.8170@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 20:29:52 GMT References: <1994Nov07.073452.7098@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Nov09.024252.2848@uu.net> <1994Nov10.223852.4476@demon.co.uk> <1994Nov11.131252.4204@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Nov11.131252.4204@ox.ac.uk>, jperez@ox.ac.uk (Jens Pérez) writes: > Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Elaine Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.