From sweber@panix.com Fri Jun 16 16:46:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!sweber From: sweber@panix.com (Sven Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun16.164657.6873@panix.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 16:46:57 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. 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? -- Sven Weber -- Public Access Unix of New York "Marcus is not one man." From ddubois@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Jun 17 05:53:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!ddubois From: ddubois@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Diego Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun17.055357.6103@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 05:53:57 GMT References: <1995Jun16.164657.6873@panix.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun16.164657.6873@panix.com>, sweber@panix.com (Sven Weber) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. -- Diego Dubois *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From llindqvist@panix.com Sun Jun 18 00:00:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!llindqvist From: llindqvist@panix.com (Lisa Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun18.000057.6834@panix.com> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 00:00:57 GMT References: <1995Jun16.164657.6873@panix.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun16.164657.6873@panix.com>, sweber@panix.com (Sven Weber) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. 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. -- Lisa Lindqvist | llindqvist@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: B73F C115 8EF9 A19D "Keep the channels open."