From rsmirnov@purdue.edu Sun Mar 24 21:08:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!rsmirnov From: rsmirnov@purdue.edu (Rodrigo Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Mar24.210808.8719@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 21:08:08 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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? -- Rodrigo Smirnov Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mkowalski@uni-hamburg.de Mon Mar 25 07:59:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!mkowalski From: mkowalski@uni-hamburg.de (Mateo Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Mar25.075908.3478@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 07:59:08 GMT References: <1996Mar24.210808.8719@purdue.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar24.210808.8719@purdue.edu>, rsmirnov@purdue.edu (Rodrigo Smirnov) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Mateo Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From nito@uu.net Tue Mar 26 15:10:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!nito From: nito@uu.net (Nadine Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Mar26.151008.5049@uu.net> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:10:08 GMT References: <1996Mar24.210808.8719@purdue.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar24.210808.8719@purdue.edu>, rsmirnov@purdue.edu (Rodrigo Smirnov) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Nadine Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From jvasiliev@cern.ch Thu Mar 28 02:34:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!jvasiliev From: jvasiliev@cern.ch (Jens Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Mar28.023408.3950@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 02:34:08 GMT References: <1996Mar24.210808.8719@purdue.edu> <1996Mar26.151008.5049@uu.net> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Mar26.151008.5049@uu.net>, nito@uu.net (Nadine Ito) writes: > Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Jens Vasiliev -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From fmoreno@kiae.su Fri Mar 29 22:04:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!fmoreno From: fmoreno@kiae.su (Fiona Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Mar29.220408.6114@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 22:04:08 GMT References: <1996Mar24.210808.8719@purdue.edu> <1996Mar25.075908.3478@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar25.075908.3478@uni-hamburg.de>, mkowalski@uni-hamburg.de (Mateo Kowalski) writes: > The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Fiona Moreno === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "A soul is not exclusive to biology."