From tmuller@panix.com Wed Feb 08 16:04:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!tmuller From: tmuller@panix.com (Tobias Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb08.160458.5944@panix.com> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 16:04:58 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! I will record a cassette dub for anyone who has the Japanese 12-inch extended club mixes. -- === Tobias Müller === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Public Access Unix of New York "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mkim@mindspring.com Wed Feb 08 22:42:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!mkim From: mkim@mindspring.com (Matthias Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb08.224258.9257@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 22:42:58 GMT References: <1995Feb08.160458.5944@panix.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb08.160458.5944@panix.com>, tmuller@panix.com (Tobias Müller) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. 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. -- Matthias Kim "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Atari Falcon 030 / TOS 4.04 From jstewart@utexas.edu Thu Feb 09 11:18:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!jstewart From: jstewart@utexas.edu (Jen Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb09.111858.7418@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 11:18:58 GMT References: <1995Feb08.160458.5944@panix.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb08.160458.5944@panix.com>, tmuller@panix.com (Tobias Müller) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Jen Stewart -- University of Texas at Austin "They will send a copy in my place." From ysuzuki@illinois.edu Fri Feb 10 08:00:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!ysuzuki From: ysuzuki@illinois.edu (Yuki Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb10.080058.2470@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 08:00:58 GMT References: <1995Feb08.160458.5944@panix.com> <1995Feb08.224258.9257@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb08.224258.9257@mindspring.com>, mkim@mindspring.com (Matthias Kim) writes: > 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. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Yuki Suzuki *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From bsantos@mit.edu Sat Feb 11 16:42:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!bsantos From: bsantos@mit.edu (Bruno Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb11.164258.8766@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 16:42:58 GMT References: <1995Feb08.160458.5944@panix.com> <1995Feb08.224258.9257@mindspring.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb08.224258.9257@mindspring.com>, mkim@mindspring.com (Matthias Kim) writes: > 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. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Bruno Santos "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / NEXTSTEP 3.3