From akuznetsov@earthlink.net Tue Apr 11 07:27:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!akuznetsov From: akuznetsov@earthlink.net (Astrid Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr11.072722.8904@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 07:27:22 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. 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? -- Astrid Kuznetsov Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From cmuller@utexas.edu Wed Apr 12 21:26:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!cmuller From: cmuller@utexas.edu (Camila Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr12.212622.7607@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 21:26:22 GMT References: <1995Apr11.072722.8904@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr11.072722.8904@earthlink.net>, akuznetsov@earthlink.net (Astrid Kuznetsov) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Camila Müller | cmuller@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: C795 7438 3354 A702 "Keep the channels open." From mpark@pacbell.net Fri Apr 14 01:13:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!mpark From: mpark@pacbell.net (Morag Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr14.011322.1898@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 01:13:22 GMT References: <1995Apr11.072722.8904@earthlink.net> <1995Apr12.212622.7607@utexas.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr12.212622.7607@utexas.edu>, cmuller@utexas.edu (Camila Müller) writes: > Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' 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. -- Morag Park | mpark@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: 8B7A 47D6 A188 B6CE "Keep the channels open." From dandersson@delphi.com Fri Apr 14 14:56:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!dandersson From: dandersson@delphi.com (Dong-hyun Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr14.145622.5832@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 14:56:22 GMT References: <1995Apr11.072722.8904@earthlink.net> <1995Apr12.212622.7607@utexas.edu> <1995Apr14.011322.1898@pacbell.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr14.011322.1898@pacbell.net>, mpark@pacbell.net (Morag Park) writes: > 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. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Dong-hyun Andersson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.