From ljohansson@utexas.edu Wed Oct 02 05:42:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!ljohansson From: ljohansson@utexas.edu (Lisa Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Oct02.054210.7980@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 05:42:10 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Lisa Johansson -- University of Texas at Austin "Row 14. No joke." From dweber@kth.se Thu Oct 03 19:08:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!dweber From: dweber@kth.se (Diego Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Oct03.190810.6587@kth.se> Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 19:08:10 GMT References: <1996Oct02.054210.7980@utexas.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct02.054210.7980@utexas.edu>, ljohansson@utexas.edu (Lisa Johansson) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Diego Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mpopov@inria.fr Sat Oct 05 22:10:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!mpopov From: mpopov@inria.fr (Mei Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Oct05.221010.3246@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 05 Oct 1996 22:10:10 GMT References: <1996Oct02.054210.7980@utexas.edu> <1996Oct03.190810.6587@kth.se> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct03.190810.6587@kth.se>, dweber@kth.se (Diego Weber) 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'. -- Mei Popov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "Row 14. No joke." From lpetrov@pacbell.net Mon Oct 07 17:32:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!lpetrov From: lpetrov@pacbell.net (Liam Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Oct07.173210.6577@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 17:32:10 GMT References: <1996Oct02.054210.7980@utexas.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct02.054210.7980@utexas.edu>, ljohansson@utexas.edu (Lisa Johansson) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Liam Petrov | lpetrov@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: 1003 13F8 741B FDC0 "Keep the channels open."