From erobertson@kth.se Wed Jul 13 09:38:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!erobertson From: erobertson@kth.se (Elaine Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jul13.093843.6806@kth.se> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 09:38:43 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Elaine Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From pgarcia@mit.edu Fri Jul 15 12:12:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mit!pgarcia From: pgarcia@mit.edu (Pavel García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Jul15.121243.1505@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 12:12:43 GMT References: <1994Jul13.093843.6806@kth.se> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul13.093843.6806@kth.se>, erobertson@kth.se (Elaine Robertson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Pavel García Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."