From soliveira@delphi.com Wed Jul 06 08:39:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!soliveira From: soliveira@delphi.com (Sergei Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jul06.083909.9265@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 08:39:09 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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? -- Sergei Oliveira "Marcus is not one man." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / SunOS 4.1.4 From dlee@stanford.edu Wed Jul 06 18:09:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!dlee From: dlee@stanford.edu (Dave Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jul06.180909.2605@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 18:09:09 GMT References: <1994Jul06.083909.9265@delphi.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul06.083909.9265@delphi.com>, soliveira@delphi.com (Sergei Oliveira) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > 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. -- Dave Lee Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From msmirnov@netcom.com Thu Jul 07 11:33:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!msmirnov From: msmirnov@netcom.com (Mathieu Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jul07.113309.1939@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 1994 11:33:09 GMT References: <1994Jul06.083909.9265@delphi.com> <1994Jul06.180909.2605@stanford.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul06.180909.2605@stanford.edu>, dlee@stanford.edu (Dave Lee) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- === Mathieu Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From mhughes@mindspring.com Fri Jul 08 01:59:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!mhughes From: mhughes@mindspring.com (Morag Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jul08.015909.7089@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 01:59:09 GMT References: <1994Jul06.083909.9265@delphi.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul06.083909.9265@delphi.com>, soliveira@delphi.com (Sergei Oliveira) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- === Morag Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From dchoi@purdue.edu Sun Jul 10 00:33:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!dchoi From: dchoi@purdue.edu (Dmitri Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jul10.003309.8828@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 00:33:09 GMT References: <1994Jul06.083909.9265@delphi.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul06.083909.9265@delphi.com>, soliveira@delphi.com (Sergei Oliveira) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. 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. -- Dmitri Choi "Row 14. No joke." 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