From spopov@clari.net Tue Nov 07 18:52:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!spopov From: spopov@clari.net (Sergei Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov07.185227.8496@clari.net> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 18:52:27 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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? -- Sergei Popov Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From esmirnov@illinois.edu Wed Nov 08 01:00:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!esmirnov From: esmirnov@illinois.edu (Elaine Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov08.010027.2187@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 01:00:27 GMT References: <1995Nov07.185227.8496@clari.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov07.185227.8496@clari.net>, spopov@clari.net (Sergei Popov) 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! Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Elaine Smirnov | esmirnov@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: A279 9F48 5CB9 D5B7 "Keep the channels open."