From oandersson@uu.net Thu Aug 04 09:12:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!oandersson From: oandersson@uu.net (Olga Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug04.091212.4003@uu.net> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 09:12:12 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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! Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Olga Andersson | oandersson@uu.net PGP Key fingerprint: AC66 D1D0 FDA9 1FD0 "Keep the channels open." From hpopov@netcom.com Fri Aug 05 02:29:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!hpopov From: hpopov@netcom.com (Hugo Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug05.022912.4481@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1994 02:29:12 GMT References: <1994Aug04.091212.4003@uu.net> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug04.091212.4003@uu.net>, oandersson@uu.net (Olga Andersson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > 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. -- Hugo Popov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From svasiliev@cmu.edu Sat Aug 06 18:00:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!svasiliev From: svasiliev@cmu.edu (Steve Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug06.180012.9545@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 18:00:12 GMT References: <1994Aug04.091212.4003@uu.net> <1994Aug05.022912.4481@netcom.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug05.022912.4481@netcom.com>, hpopov@netcom.com (Hugo Popov) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. -- Steve Vasiliev "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." NeXTstation Turbo Color / Linux 1.2.13 From pandersson@mindspring.com Sun Aug 07 01:12:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!pandersson From: pandersson@mindspring.com (Pavel Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug07.011212.7167@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 01:12:12 GMT References: <1994Aug04.091212.4003@uu.net> <1994Aug05.022912.4481@netcom.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug05.022912.4481@netcom.com>, hpopov@netcom.com (Hugo Popov) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. -- Pavel Andersson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0