From awatanabe@delphi.com Sun Jan 15 14:51:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!awatanabe From: awatanabe@delphi.com (Astrid Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan15.145114.4802@delphi.com> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 14:51:14 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. 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 Watanabe -- Delphi Internet Services "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From kgarcia@hanse.de Tue Jan 17 02:34:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!kgarcia From: kgarcia@hanse.de (Kenji García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan17.023414.7409@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 02:34:14 GMT References: <1995Jan15.145114.4802@delphi.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan15.145114.4802@delphi.com>, awatanabe@delphi.com (Astrid Watanabe) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > 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. -- Kenji García Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hschneider@purdue.edu Tue Jan 17 11:36:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!hschneider From: hschneider@purdue.edu (Hana Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan17.113614.1580@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 11:36:14 GMT References: <1995Jan15.145114.4802@delphi.com> <1995Jan17.023414.7409@hanse.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan17.023414.7409@hanse.de>, kgarcia@hanse.de (Kenji García) writes: > The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. 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. -- Hana Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From eoliveira@unam.mx Thu Jan 19 02:58:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!eoliveira From: eoliveira@unam.mx (Elaine Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan19.025814.9722@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 02:58:14 GMT References: <1995Jan15.145114.4802@delphi.com> <1995Jan17.023414.7409@hanse.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jan17.023414.7409@hanse.de>, kgarcia@hanse.de (Kenji García) writes: > The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. 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. -- Elaine Oliveira Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kdubois@mindspring.com Fri Jan 20 21:49:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!kdubois From: kdubois@mindspring.com (Karen Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan20.214914.4382@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 21:49:14 GMT References: <1995Jan15.145114.4802@delphi.com> <1995Jan17.023414.7409@hanse.de> <1995Jan19.025814.9722@unam.mx> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jan19.025814.9722@unam.mx>, eoliveira@unam.mx (Elaine Oliveira) 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. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Karen Dubois Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.