From ynakamura@unam.mx Wed Aug 24 12:16:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!ynakamura From: ynakamura@unam.mx (Yuki Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug24.121621.4267@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 12:16:21 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Yuki Nakamura | ynakamura@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: DE00 E670 F733 A91A "Keep the channels open." From mreyes@pacbell.net Thu Aug 25 13:07:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!mreyes From: mreyes@pacbell.net (Mike Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug25.130721.7008@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 13:07:21 GMT References: <1994Aug24.121621.4267@unam.mx> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Aug24.121621.4267@unam.mx>, ynakamura@unam.mx (Yuki Nakamura) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Mike Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From alopez@uu.net Thu Aug 25 17:27:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!alopez From: alopez@uu.net (Aiko López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug25.172721.6914@uu.net> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 17:27:21 GMT References: <1994Aug24.121621.4267@unam.mx> <1994Aug25.130721.7008@pacbell.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug25.130721.7008@pacbell.net>, mreyes@pacbell.net (Mike Reyes) 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. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Aiko López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0