From asantos@tum.de Fri Aug 05 09:01:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!asantos From: asantos@tum.de (Amy Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug05.090137.5313@tum.de> Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1994 09:01:37 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Amy Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From feriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Aug 07 02:01:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!feriksson From: feriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Fiona Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug07.020137.8067@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 02:01:37 GMT References: <1994Aug05.090137.5313@tum.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug05.090137.5313@tum.de>, asantos@tum.de (Amy Santos) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Fiona Eriksson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From mfournier@earthlink.net Sun Aug 07 05:24:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!mfournier From: mfournier@earthlink.net (Min-jun Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug07.052437.3739@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 05:24:37 GMT References: <1994Aug05.090137.5313@tum.de> <1994Aug07.020137.8067@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug07.020137.8067@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, feriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Fiona Eriksson) writes: > Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. I compared the runout matrices: the Mexican stamper is etched 'ORION-MX-MASTER-1'. It wasn't a bootleg, it was pressed from studio tapes. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Min-jun Fournier -- EarthLink Network "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From nkim@berkeley.edu Sun Aug 07 11:07:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!nkim From: nkim@berkeley.edu (Nadia Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug07.110737.8553@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 11:07:37 GMT References: <1994Aug05.090137.5313@tum.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug05.090137.5313@tum.de>, asantos@tum.de (Amy Santos) 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. -- Nadia Kim Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.