From lperez@mindspring.com Wed Apr 12 01:44:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mindspring!lperez From: lperez@mindspring.com (Lucia Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr12.014435.1855@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 01:44:35 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Lucia Pérez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From cpark@clari.net Wed Apr 12 18:19:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!clari!cpark From: cpark@clari.net (Callum Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr12.181935.2410@clari.net> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 18:19:35 GMT References: <1995Apr12.014435.1855@mindspring.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr12.014435.1855@mindspring.com>, lperez@mindspring.com (Lucia Pérez) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Callum Park Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From asokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Apr 13 07:52:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!asokolov From: asokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Amy Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr13.075235.4515@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 07:52:35 GMT References: <1995Apr12.014435.1855@mindspring.com> <1995Apr12.181935.2410@clari.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr12.181935.2410@clari.net>, cpark@clari.net (Callum Park) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Amy Sokolov Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From tpopov@ox.ac.uk Sat Apr 15 08:03:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!tpopov From: tpopov@ox.ac.uk (Tobias Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr15.080335.8289@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 08:03:35 GMT References: <1995Apr12.014435.1855@mindspring.com> <1995Apr12.181935.2410@clari.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr12.181935.2410@clari.net>, cpark@clari.net (Callum Park) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Tobias Popov Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "They will send a copy in my place."