From bnilsson@delphi.com Wed Jan 04 19:00:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!bnilsson From: bnilsson@delphi.com (Bill Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan04.190001.9197@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 19:00:01 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Bill Nilsson -- Delphi Internet Services "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From mkarlsson@uu.net Thu Jan 05 12:41:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uu!mkarlsson From: mkarlsson@uu.net (Morag Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan05.124101.2190@uu.net> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1995 12:41:01 GMT References: <1995Jan04.190001.9197@delphi.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan04.190001.9197@delphi.com>, bnilsson@delphi.com (Bill Nilsson) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. -- Morag Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From ssokolov@berkeley.edu Sat Jan 07 08:19:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!ssokolov From: ssokolov@berkeley.edu (Sun-mi Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan07.081901.8614@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 08:19:01 GMT References: <1995Jan04.190001.9197@delphi.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan04.190001.9197@delphi.com>, bnilsson@delphi.com (Bill Nilsson) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. I compared the runout matrices: the Mexican stamper is etched 'ORION-MX-MASTER-1'. It wasn't a bootleg, it was pressed from studio tapes. -- Sun-mi Sokolov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From jcampbell@mindspring.com Mon Jan 09 09:00:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!jcampbell From: jcampbell@mindspring.com (Jens Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan09.090001.7602@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1995 09:00:01 GMT References: <1995Jan04.190001.9197@delphi.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan04.190001.9197@delphi.com>, bnilsson@delphi.com (Bill Nilsson) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Jens Campbell -- MindSpring Enterprises "Do not worship the copy." From msmirnov@demon.co.uk Mon Jan 09 11:26:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!msmirnov From: msmirnov@demon.co.uk (Marta Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan09.112601.6263@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1995 11:26:01 GMT References: <1995Jan04.190001.9197@delphi.com> <1995Jan09.090001.7602@mindspring.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan09.090001.7602@mindspring.com>, jcampbell@mindspring.com (Jens Campbell) writes: > Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- === Marta Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "We don't sign stars. We build them."