From lsuzuki@purdue.edu Fri Dec 15 13:24:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!purdue!lsuzuki From: lsuzuki@purdue.edu (Lisa Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Dec15.132429.6088@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 13:24:29 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Lisa Suzuki "They will send a copy in my place." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / Linux 1.2.13 From omoreau@kiae.su Sun Dec 17 04:15:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!omoreau From: omoreau@kiae.su (Olga Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Dec17.041529.8604@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 04:15:29 GMT References: <1995Dec15.132429.6088@purdue.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec15.132429.6088@purdue.edu>, lsuzuki@purdue.edu (Lisa Suzuki) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Olga Moreau *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0