From mmacdonald@cam.ac.uk Tue Mar 07 01:02:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Mikhail MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar07.010223.1664@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 01:02:23 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- === Mikhail MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "We don't sign stars. We build them." From tkowalski@purdue.edu Tue Mar 07 18:35:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!purdue!tkowalski From: tkowalski@purdue.edu (Takeshi Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar07.183523.6213@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 18:35:23 GMT References: <1995Mar07.010223.1664@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar07.010223.1664@cam.ac.uk>, mmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Mikhail MacDonald) 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. 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. -- === Takeshi Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Row 14. No joke." From bgarcia@cam.ac.uk Wed Mar 08 09:28:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!bgarcia From: bgarcia@cam.ac.uk (Brian García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar08.092823.2080@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 09:28:23 GMT References: <1995Mar07.010223.1664@cam.ac.uk> <1995Mar07.183523.6213@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar07.183523.6213@purdue.edu>, tkowalski@purdue.edu (Takeshi Kowalski) 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. 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). -- Brian García *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From lmuller@pipeline.com Thu Mar 09 12:57:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!lmuller From: lmuller@pipeline.com (Lucia Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar09.125723.1291@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 12:57:23 GMT References: <1995Mar07.010223.1664@cam.ac.uk> <1995Mar07.183523.6213@purdue.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar07.183523.6213@purdue.edu>, tkowalski@purdue.edu (Takeshi Kowalski) 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. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Lucia Müller *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From sbrennan@stanford.edu Thu Mar 09 21:58:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!sbrennan From: sbrennan@stanford.edu (Steve Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Mar09.215823.2093@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 21:58:23 GMT References: <1995Mar07.010223.1664@cam.ac.uk> <1995Mar07.183523.6213@purdue.edu> <1995Mar08.092823.2080@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar08.092823.2080@cam.ac.uk>, bgarcia@cam.ac.uk (Brian García) writes: > Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- === Steve Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "When every node is whole, the channel opens."