From epopov@unam.mx Fri Apr 21 20:18:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!epopov From: epopov@unam.mx (Emi Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr21.201830.4783@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 20:18:30 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Emi Popov "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / TOS 4.04 From vtakahashi@cam.ac.uk Sun Apr 23 10:28:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cam!vtakahashi From: vtakahashi@cam.ac.uk (Valeria Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr23.102830.2232@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 10:28:30 GMT References: <1995Apr21.201830.4783@unam.mx> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Apr21.201830.4783@unam.mx>, epopov@unam.mx (Emi Popov) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Valeria Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From ekim@mindspring.com Mon Apr 24 13:21:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!ekim From: ekim@mindspring.com (Elaine Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr24.132130.2000@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 13:21:30 GMT References: <1995Apr21.201830.4783@unam.mx> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Apr21.201830.4783@unam.mx>, epopov@unam.mx (Emi Popov) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Elaine Kim -- MindSpring Enterprises "They will send a copy in my place." From ysokolov@illinois.edu Tue Apr 25 08:13:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!ysokolov From: ysokolov@illinois.edu (Yuki Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr25.081330.8114@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 08:13:30 GMT References: <1995Apr21.201830.4783@unam.mx> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr21.201830.4783@unam.mx>, epopov@unam.mx (Emi Popov) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Yuki Sokolov "Marcus is not one man." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1