From jsilva@cern.ch Wed Jun 01 01:43:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!jsilva From: jsilva@cern.ch (Jens Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jun01.014315.2602@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 01:43:15 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch 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. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Jens Silva Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------ From noliveira@pacbell.net Fri Jun 03 01:08:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!noliveira From: noliveira@pacbell.net (Nadine Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jun03.010815.1186@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 03 Jun 1994 01:08:15 GMT References: <1994Jun01.014315.2602@cern.ch> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jun01.014315.2602@cern.ch>, jsilva@cern.ch (Jens Silva) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Nadine Oliveira US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."