From mbrennan@clari.net Tue Jan 02 19:13:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!mbrennan From: mbrennan@clari.net (Min-jun Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Jan02.191343.5333@clari.net> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 19:13:43 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. 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? -- Min-jun Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From dduarte@tum.de Thu Jan 04 12:24:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!dduarte From: dduarte@tum.de (Dave Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Jan04.122443.5632@tum.de> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 12:24:43 GMT References: <1996Jan02.191343.5333@clari.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan02.191343.5333@clari.net>, mbrennan@clari.net (Min-jun Brennan) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Dave Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From apark@clari.net Sat Jan 06 13:33:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!apark From: apark@clari.net (Anja Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Jan06.133343.8751@clari.net> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 13:33:43 GMT References: <1996Jan02.191343.5333@clari.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan02.191343.5333@clari.net>, mbrennan@clari.net (Min-jun Brennan) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. -- Anja Park "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Amiga 3000T / FreeBSD 2.1