From rcampbell@unam.mx Wed Aug 03 20:31:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!rcampbell From: rcampbell@unam.mx (Renata Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug03.203142.2262@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 03 Aug 1994 20:31:42 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. 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. Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Renata Campbell Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From goliveira@mindspring.com Thu Aug 04 16:35:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!goliveira From: goliveira@mindspring.com (Graham Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug04.163542.3340@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 16:35:42 GMT References: <1994Aug03.203142.2262@unam.mx> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug03.203142.2262@unam.mx>, rcampbell@unam.mx (Renata Campbell) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Graham Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From tsokolov@ox.ac.uk Fri Aug 05 07:41:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!tsokolov From: tsokolov@ox.ac.uk (Thiago Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug05.074142.7501@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1994 07:41:42 GMT References: <1994Aug03.203142.2262@unam.mx> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug03.203142.2262@unam.mx>, rcampbell@unam.mx (Renata Campbell) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Thiago Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tsmirnov@panix.com Sat Aug 06 22:58:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!panix!tsmirnov From: tsmirnov@panix.com (Takeshi Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug06.225842.4711@panix.com> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 22:58:42 GMT References: <1994Aug03.203142.2262@unam.mx> <1994Aug05.074142.7501@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Aug05.074142.7501@ox.ac.uk>, tsokolov@ox.ac.uk (Thiago Sokolov) 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. -- Takeshi Smirnov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fsantos@cam.ac.uk Mon Aug 08 07:09:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!fsantos From: fsantos@cam.ac.uk (Fiona Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug08.070942.9159@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 07:09:42 GMT References: <1994Aug03.203142.2262@unam.mx> <1994Aug04.163542.3340@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug04.163542.3340@mindspring.com>, goliveira@mindspring.com (Graham Oliveira) writes: > Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Fiona Santos Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."