From hsanchez@ox.ac.uk Mon Nov 07 23:34:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!hsanchez From: hsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Heather Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov07.233441.8685@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 23:34:41 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! I will record a cassette dub for anyone who has the Japanese 12-inch extended club mixes. -- Heather Sánchez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From vmoreau@cmu.edu Tue Nov 08 17:52:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!vmoreau From: vmoreau@cmu.edu (Valeria Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov08.175241.4152@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 17:52:41 GMT References: <1994Nov07.233441.8685@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov07.233441.8685@ox.ac.uk>, hsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Heather Sánchez) 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.' -- Valeria Moreau "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From hrobertson@pacbell.net Wed Nov 09 13:12:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!hrobertson From: hrobertson@pacbell.net (Hana Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov09.131241.8166@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 13:12:41 GMT References: <1994Nov07.233441.8685@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov07.233441.8685@ox.ac.uk>, hsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Heather Sánchez) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Hana Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bnakamura@mit.edu Fri Nov 11 16:14:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!bnakamura From: bnakamura@mit.edu (Brian Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov11.161441.3189@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 16:14:41 GMT References: <1994Nov07.233441.8685@ox.ac.uk> <1994Nov09.131241.8166@pacbell.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov09.131241.8166@pacbell.net>, hrobertson@pacbell.net (Hana Robertson) 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. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- === Brian Nakamura === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Hold for relay." From bkim@ox.ac.uk Sun Nov 13 06:37:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!bkim From: bkim@ox.ac.uk (Bruno Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov13.063741.3387@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 1994 06:37:41 GMT References: <1994Nov07.233441.8685@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov07.233441.8685@ox.ac.uk>, hsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Heather Sánchez) writes: > 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. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Bruno Kim -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "When every node is whole, the channel opens."