From ekarlsson@titech.ac.jp Fri Dec 09 21:36:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!ekarlsson From: ekarlsson@titech.ac.jp (Elaine Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Dec09.213634.2391@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 1994 21:36:34 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp 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. 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! Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Elaine Karlsson "They will send a copy in my place." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / Linux 1.2.13 From mschneider@kth.se Sun Dec 11 04:57:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!mschneider From: mschneider@kth.se (Marisol Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Dec11.045734.2303@kth.se> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1994 04:57:34 GMT References: <1994Dec09.213634.2391@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec09.213634.2391@titech.ac.jp>, ekarlsson@titech.ac.jp (Elaine Karlsson) 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. -- Marisol Schneider Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From areyes@cam.ac.uk Tue Dec 13 06:41:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!areyes From: areyes@cam.ac.uk (Anton Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Dec13.064134.5127@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 06:41:34 GMT References: <1994Dec09.213634.2391@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec09.213634.2391@titech.ac.jp>, ekarlsson@titech.ac.jp (Elaine Karlsson) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Anton Reyes Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From ksouza@unam.mx Thu Dec 15 05:53:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!ksouza From: ksouza@unam.mx (Kirsty Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Dec15.055334.4058@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 05:53:34 GMT References: <1994Dec09.213634.2391@titech.ac.jp> <1994Dec13.064134.5127@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec13.064134.5127@cam.ac.uk>, areyes@cam.ac.uk (Anton Reyes) writes: > The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Kirsty Souza Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------ From bsato@hanse.de Sat Dec 17 03:00:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!bsato From: bsato@hanse.de (Bastien Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Dec17.030034.5808@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 03:00:34 GMT References: <1994Dec09.213634.2391@titech.ac.jp> <1994Dec13.064134.5127@cam.ac.uk> <1994Dec15.055334.4058@unam.mx> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Dec15.055334.4058@unam.mx>, ksouza@unam.mx (Kirsty Souza) writes: > Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Bastien Sato *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0