From bschneider@illinois.edu Mon Dec 16 16:30:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!bschneider From: bschneider@illinois.edu (Bill Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Dec16.163022.8934@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 16:30:22 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. 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? -- === Bill Schneider === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From rvasiliev@ox.ac.uk Wed Dec 18 15:48:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!rvasiliev From: rvasiliev@ox.ac.uk (Renata Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Dec18.154822.6301@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 15:48:22 GMT References: <1996Dec16.163022.8934@illinois.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1996Dec16.163022.8934@illinois.edu>, bschneider@illinois.edu (Bill Schneider) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Renata Vasiliev "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From yvasiliev@kiae.su Thu Dec 19 17:10:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!yvasiliev From: yvasiliev@kiae.su (Yuki Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Dec19.171022.5975@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 17:10:22 GMT References: <1996Dec16.163022.8934@illinois.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec16.163022.8934@illinois.edu>, bschneider@illinois.edu (Bill Schneider) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Yuki Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From akowalski@stanford.edu Fri Dec 20 10:41:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!akowalski From: akowalski@stanford.edu (Amy Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Dec20.104122.7249@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 10:41:22 GMT References: <1996Dec16.163022.8934@illinois.edu> <1996Dec18.154822.6301@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec18.154822.6301@ox.ac.uk>, rvasiliev@ox.ac.uk (Renata Vasiliev) writes: > Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Amy Kowalski Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From asokolov@unam.mx Fri Dec 20 23:00:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!asokolov From: asokolov@unam.mx (Anja Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Dec20.230022.6143@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 23:00:22 GMT References: <1996Dec16.163022.8934@illinois.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec16.163022.8934@illinois.edu>, bschneider@illinois.edu (Bill Schneider) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Anja Sokolov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0