From snilsson@inria.fr Sat Aug 24 10:34:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!snilsson From: snilsson@inria.fr (Seo-yeon Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Aug24.103437.8416@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 10:34:37 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. 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. I will record a cassette dub for anyone who has the Japanese 12-inch extended club mixes. -- Seo-yeon Nilsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tlarsson@illinois.edu Sat Aug 24 22:16:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!tlarsson From: tlarsson@illinois.edu (Takeshi Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Aug24.221637.3426@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 22:16:37 GMT References: <1996Aug24.103437.8416@inria.fr> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug24.103437.8416@inria.fr>, snilsson@inria.fr (Seo-yeon Nilsson) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- === Takeshi Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From kmacdonald@unam.mx Mon Aug 26 03:39:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!kmacdonald From: kmacdonald@unam.mx (Karen MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Aug26.033937.4988@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 03:39:37 GMT References: <1996Aug24.103437.8416@inria.fr> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug24.103437.8416@inria.fr>, snilsson@inria.fr (Seo-yeon Nilsson) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > 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. -- Karen MacDonald | kmacdonald@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: 9087 6AED 4FD8 1444 "Keep the channels open." From bito@illinois.edu Wed Aug 28 02:46:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!bito From: bito@illinois.edu (Bill Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Aug28.024637.4535@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 02:46:37 GMT References: <1996Aug24.103437.8416@inria.fr> <1996Aug24.221637.3426@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug24.221637.3426@illinois.edu>, tlarsson@illinois.edu (Takeshi Larsson) writes: > Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. -- Bill Ito | bito@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 5902 BAC6 388D 0D22 "Keep the channels open." From tduarte@hanse.de Wed Aug 28 07:54:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!tduarte From: tduarte@hanse.de (Tobias Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Aug28.075437.4191@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 07:54:37 GMT References: <1996Aug24.103437.8416@inria.fr> <1996Aug24.221637.3426@illinois.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug24.221637.3426@illinois.edu>, tlarsson@illinois.edu (Takeshi Larsson) writes: > Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Tobias Duarte -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Hold for relay."