From mwatanabe@earthlink.net Mon May 22 18:31:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!mwatanabe From: mwatanabe@earthlink.net (Mike Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May22.183125.6509@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 18:31:25 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. 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. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Mike Watanabe US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From lkang@mit.edu Tue May 23 10:10:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!lkang From: lkang@mit.edu (Liam Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May23.101025.9859@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 10:10:25 GMT References: <1995May22.183125.6509@earthlink.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995May22.183125.6509@earthlink.net>, mwatanabe@earthlink.net (Mike Watanabe) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Liam Kang -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From aschneider@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu May 25 08:32:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!aschneider From: aschneider@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Anja Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May25.083225.7659@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 08:32:25 GMT References: <1995May22.183125.6509@earthlink.net> <1995May23.101025.9859@mit.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May23.101025.9859@mit.edu>, lkang@mit.edu (Liam Kang) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. -- Anja Schneider -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From rlee@uni-hamburg.de Sat May 27 05:25:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!rlee From: rlee@uni-hamburg.de (Raj Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May27.052525.8546@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 05:25:25 GMT References: <1995May22.183125.6509@earthlink.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995May22.183125.6509@earthlink.net>, mwatanabe@earthlink.net (Mike Watanabe) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Raj Lee "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / System 7.5.1