From tgonzalez@pacbell.net Fri Jun 24 04:02:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!tgonzalez From: tgonzalez@pacbell.net (Tyler González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jun24.040252.3436@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 04:02:52 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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! Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Tyler González US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From lito@pipeline.com Fri Jun 24 20:54:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!lito From: lito@pipeline.com (Lisa Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jun24.205452.3284@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 20:54:52 GMT References: <1994Jun24.040252.3436@pacbell.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun24.040252.3436@pacbell.net>, tgonzalez@pacbell.net (Tyler González) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Lisa Ito -- The Pipeline Internet Network "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From trobertson@rwth-aachen.de Sun Jun 26 09:09:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!trobertson From: trobertson@rwth-aachen.de (Takeshi Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jun26.090952.7866@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 09:09:52 GMT References: <1994Jun24.040252.3436@pacbell.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun24.040252.3436@pacbell.net>, tgonzalez@pacbell.net (Tyler González) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. -- Takeshi Robertson Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From krodriguez@cam.ac.uk Sun Jun 26 10:36:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!krodriguez From: krodriguez@cam.ac.uk (Katrin Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jun26.103652.6732@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 10:36:52 GMT References: <1994Jun24.040252.3436@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun24.040252.3436@pacbell.net>, tgonzalez@pacbell.net (Tyler González) writes: > 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. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Katrin Rodríguez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.