From etakahashi@panix.com Mon May 22 13:47:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!etakahashi From: etakahashi@panix.com (Élodie Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May22.134717.5682@panix.com> Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 13:47:17 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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? -- Élodie Takahashi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ttanaka@inria.fr Tue May 23 07:40:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!ttanaka From: ttanaka@inria.fr (Tobias Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May23.074017.5516@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 07:40:17 GMT References: <1995May22.134717.5682@panix.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995May22.134717.5682@panix.com>, etakahashi@panix.com (Élodie Takahashi) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. -- Tobias Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From cgirard@utexas.edu Wed May 24 09:26:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!cgirard From: cgirard@utexas.edu (Callum Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May24.092617.1565@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 09:26:17 GMT References: <1995May22.134717.5682@panix.com> <1995May23.074017.5516@inria.fr> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May23.074017.5516@inria.fr>, ttanaka@inria.fr (Tobias Tanaka) writes: > Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Callum Girard Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "Do not worship the copy." From vpetrov@panix.com Wed May 24 16:43:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!vpetrov From: vpetrov@panix.com (Valeria Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May24.164317.9854@panix.com> Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 16:43:17 GMT References: <1995May22.134717.5682@panix.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May22.134717.5682@panix.com>, etakahashi@panix.com (Élodie Takahashi) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Valeria Petrov "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Macintosh IIfx / Linux 1.2.13