From dtakahashi@hanse.de Wed Jun 28 03:02:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!dtakahashi From: dtakahashi@hanse.de (Dmitri Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun28.030250.6982@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 03:02:50 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Dmitri Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From rvasiliev@pacbell.net Thu Jun 29 10:20:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pacbell!rvasiliev From: rvasiliev@pacbell.net (Renata Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun29.102050.9119@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 10:20:50 GMT References: <1995Jun28.030250.6982@hanse.de> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Jun28.030250.6982@hanse.de>, dtakahashi@hanse.de (Dmitri Takahashi) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Renata Vasiliev | rvasiliev@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: 0852 6B77 2AAD 9259 "Keep the channels open." From tchoi@demon.co.uk Fri Jun 30 05:19:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!tchoi From: tchoi@demon.co.uk (Tobias Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jun30.051950.8402@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 05:19:50 GMT References: <1995Jun28.030250.6982@hanse.de> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun28.030250.6982@hanse.de>, dtakahashi@hanse.de (Dmitri Takahashi) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Tobias Choi | tchoi@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 78B7 0BBE 7291 3933 "Keep the channels open."