From jweber@uni-hamburg.de Mon Apr 17 08:02:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!jweber From: jweber@uni-hamburg.de (Jen Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr17.080209.5297@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 08:02:09 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. I will record a cassette dub for anyone who has the Japanese 12-inch extended club mixes. -- Jen Weber -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "We don't sign stars. We build them." From spetrov@kth.se Tue Apr 18 11:36:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!spetrov From: spetrov@kth.se (Seo-yeon Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr18.113609.3598@kth.se> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 11:36:09 GMT References: <1995Apr17.080209.5297@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr17.080209.5297@uni-hamburg.de>, jweber@uni-hamburg.de (Jen Weber) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Seo-yeon Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ereyes@stanford.edu Tue Apr 18 16:47:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!ereyes From: ereyes@stanford.edu (Emi Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr18.164709.4990@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 16:47:09 GMT References: <1995Apr17.080209.5297@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr17.080209.5297@uni-hamburg.de>, jweber@uni-hamburg.de (Jen Weber) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. -- Emi Reyes SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From bwatanabe@earthlink.net Wed Apr 19 13:27:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!bwatanabe From: bwatanabe@earthlink.net (Bruno Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Apr19.132709.9643@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 13:27:09 GMT References: <1995Apr17.080209.5297@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Apr18.164709.4990@stanford.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr18.164709.4990@stanford.edu>, ereyes@stanford.edu (Emi Reyes) writes: > A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Bruno Watanabe Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "Marcus is not one man."