From csokolov@pacbell.net Fri Sep 22 21:33:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!csokolov From: csokolov@pacbell.net (Callum Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep22.213322.9807@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 21:33:22 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. 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? -- Callum Sokolov "Hold for relay." Sun SparcStation 20 / System 7.5.1 From ksokolov@clari.net Sat Sep 23 08:32:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!ksokolov From: ksokolov@clari.net (Kirsty Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep23.083222.1785@clari.net> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 08:32:22 GMT References: <1995Sep22.213322.9807@pacbell.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep22.213322.9807@pacbell.net>, csokolov@pacbell.net (Callum Sokolov) 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. -- Kirsty Sokolov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rlee@pipeline.com Sun Sep 24 19:55:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!rlee From: rlee@pipeline.com (Renata Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep24.195522.2405@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 19:55:22 GMT References: <1995Sep22.213322.9807@pacbell.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep22.213322.9807@pacbell.net>, csokolov@pacbell.net (Callum Sokolov) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- === Renata Lee === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."