From jokonkwo@stanford.edu Thu Mar 02 09:54:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!jokonkwo From: jokonkwo@stanford.edu (Jen Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar02.095415.6935@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 09:54:15 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Jen Okonkwo -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From msantos@cern.ch Fri Mar 03 05:54:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!msantos From: msantos@cern.ch (Marta Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar03.055415.8620@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 05:54:15 GMT References: <1995Mar02.095415.6935@stanford.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar02.095415.6935@stanford.edu>, jokonkwo@stanford.edu (Jen Okonkwo) writes: > 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. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Marta Santos Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dsantos@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Mar 04 13:56:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!dsantos From: dsantos@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Diego Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar04.135615.5191@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 04 Mar 1995 13:56:15 GMT References: <1995Mar02.095415.6935@stanford.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 <1995Mar02.095415.6935@stanford.edu>, jokonkwo@stanford.edu (Jen Okonkwo) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. -- Diego Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From ghughes@kth.se Mon Mar 06 17:10:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!ghughes From: ghughes@kth.se (Graham Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar06.171015.2104@kth.se> Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 17:10:15 GMT References: <1995Mar02.095415.6935@stanford.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar02.095415.6935@stanford.edu>, jokonkwo@stanford.edu (Jen Okonkwo) writes: > 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. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Graham Hughes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.