From ksanchez@panix.com Wed Apr 19 08:12:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!ksanchez From: ksanchez@panix.com (Karen Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr19.081236.3947@panix.com> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 08:12:36 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. 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? -- Karen Sánchez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jmacdonald@kiae.su Fri Apr 21 10:02:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!jmacdonald From: jmacdonald@kiae.su (Joachim MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr21.100236.2384@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 10:02:36 GMT References: <1995Apr19.081236.3947@panix.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr19.081236.3947@panix.com>, ksanchez@panix.com (Karen Sánchez) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Joachim MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From ggonzalez@purdue.edu Sat Apr 22 17:17:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!ggonzalez From: ggonzalez@purdue.edu (Graham González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr22.171736.5878@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 17:17:36 GMT References: <1995Apr19.081236.3947@panix.com> <1995Apr21.100236.2384@kiae.su> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr21.100236.2384@kiae.su>, jmacdonald@kiae.su (Joachim MacDonald) writes: > Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Graham González "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / System 7.5.1 From ttanaka@ox.ac.uk Mon Apr 24 16:53:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!ttanaka From: ttanaka@ox.ac.uk (Tyler Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr24.165336.6872@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 16:53:36 GMT References: <1995Apr19.081236.3947@panix.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr19.081236.3947@panix.com>, ksanchez@panix.com (Karen Sánchez) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Tyler Tanaka US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."