From dkarlsson@illinois.edu Tue Jun 20 17:26:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!illinois!dkarlsson From: dkarlsson@illinois.edu (Dong-hyun Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun20.172622.8043@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 17:26:22 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! 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? -- Dong-hyun Karlsson -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From mtanaka@pipeline.com Wed Jun 21 02:25:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!mtanaka From: mtanaka@pipeline.com (Min-jun Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun21.022522.5707@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 02:25:22 GMT References: <1995Jun20.172622.8043@illinois.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun20.172622.8043@illinois.edu>, dkarlsson@illinois.edu (Dong-hyun Karlsson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. -- Min-jun Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ofournier@mit.edu Fri Jun 23 03:24:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!ofournier From: ofournier@mit.edu (Olga Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun23.032422.2903@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 03:24:22 GMT References: <1995Jun20.172622.8043@illinois.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun20.172622.8043@illinois.edu>, dkarlsson@illinois.edu (Dong-hyun Karlsson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. -- Olga Fournier -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From kgirard@inria.fr Fri Jun 23 17:57:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!kgirard From: kgirard@inria.fr (Kirsty Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun23.175722.7667@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 17:57:22 GMT References: <1995Jun20.172622.8043@illinois.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Jun20.172622.8043@illinois.edu>, dkarlsson@illinois.edu (Dong-hyun Karlsson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Kirsty Girard *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0