From nandersson@mindspring.com Mon Sep 04 00:40:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!nandersson From: nandersson@mindspring.com (Nadia Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep04.004011.5293@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 00:40:11 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com 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. 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. -- Nadia Andersson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bsokolov@kiae.su Wed Sep 06 00:14:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!bsokolov From: bsokolov@kiae.su (Bastien Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep06.001411.1519@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 00:14:11 GMT References: <1995Sep04.004011.5293@mindspring.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep04.004011.5293@mindspring.com>, nandersson@mindspring.com (Nadia Andersson) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. -- Bastien Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kweber@pacbell.net Wed Sep 06 21:30:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!kweber From: kweber@pacbell.net (Kenji Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep06.213011.5279@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 21:30:11 GMT References: <1995Sep04.004011.5293@mindspring.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep04.004011.5293@mindspring.com>, nandersson@mindspring.com (Nadia Andersson) 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. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Kenji Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From npetrov@cam.ac.uk Fri Sep 08 04:14:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!npetrov From: npetrov@cam.ac.uk (Nadia Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep08.041411.6170@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 04:14:11 GMT References: <1995Sep04.004011.5293@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep04.004011.5293@mindspring.com>, nandersson@mindspring.com (Nadia Andersson) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Nadia Petrov Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."