From ttakahashi@cmu.edu Wed Jan 11 17:58:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!ttakahashi From: ttakahashi@cmu.edu (Tomas Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan11.175832.3685@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 17:58:32 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu 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? -- Tomas Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From mbrennan@kth.se Wed Jan 11 20:44:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!mbrennan From: mbrennan@kth.se (Mateo Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan11.204432.5966@kth.se> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 20:44:32 GMT References: <1995Jan11.175832.3685@cmu.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan11.175832.3685@cmu.edu>, ttakahashi@cmu.edu (Tomas Takahashi) writes: > 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. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Mateo Brennan -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."