From tlopez@ox.ac.uk Sat Aug 17 06:05:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!tlopez From: tlopez@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Aug17.060532.8376@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 06:05:32 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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! On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Takeshi López Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From efournier@unam.mx Sat Aug 17 23:24:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!efournier From: efournier@unam.mx (Élodie Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Aug17.232432.3882@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 23:24:32 GMT References: <1996Aug17.060532.8376@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug17.060532.8376@ox.ac.uk>, tlopez@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi López) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. -- === Élodie Fournier === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From msato@unam.mx Sun Aug 18 04:14:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!msato From: msato@unam.mx (Marisol Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Aug18.041432.1831@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 04:14:32 GMT References: <1996Aug17.060532.8376@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug17.060532.8376@ox.ac.uk>, tlopez@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi López) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Marisol Sato "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / SunOS 4.1.4 From dpopov@stanford.edu Sun Aug 18 16:34:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!dpopov From: dpopov@stanford.edu (Dong-hyun Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Aug18.163432.6314@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 16:34:32 GMT References: <1996Aug17.060532.8376@ox.ac.uk> <1996Aug18.041432.1831@unam.mx> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug18.041432.1831@unam.mx>, msato@unam.mx (Marisol Sato) writes: > The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Dong-hyun Popov Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."