From fgirard@demon.co.uk Wed Mar 22 11:44:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!fgirard From: fgirard@demon.co.uk (Fiona Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar22.114427.3503@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 11:44:27 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- === Fiona Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From bsmirnov@delphi.com Wed Mar 22 12:45:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!bsmirnov From: bsmirnov@delphi.com (Bastien Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar22.124527.3451@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 12:45:27 GMT References: <1995Mar22.114427.3503@demon.co.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Mar22.114427.3503@demon.co.uk>, fgirard@demon.co.uk (Fiona Girard) 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. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Bastien Smirnov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From npetrov@uu.net Thu Mar 23 07:06:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uu!npetrov From: npetrov@uu.net (Nadine Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar23.070627.9102@uu.net> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 07:06:27 GMT References: <1995Mar22.114427.3503@demon.co.uk> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar22.114427.3503@demon.co.uk>, fgirard@demon.co.uk (Fiona Girard) 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. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Nadine Petrov | npetrov@uu.net PGP Key fingerprint: 6C98 AE46 E24D 805B "Keep the channels open." From gsmirnov@purdue.edu Thu Mar 23 18:00:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!gsmirnov From: gsmirnov@purdue.edu (Göran Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar23.180027.6522@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 18:00:27 GMT References: <1995Mar22.114427.3503@demon.co.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar22.114427.3503@demon.co.uk>, fgirard@demon.co.uk (Fiona Girard) 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. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Göran Smirnov -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."