From mlaurent@cmu.edu Tue Feb 21 17:09:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!mlaurent From: mlaurent@cmu.edu (Mathieu Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb21.170906.4021@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 17:09:06 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Mathieu Laurent US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From lcampbell@cam.ac.uk Thu Feb 23 18:40:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!lcampbell From: lcampbell@cam.ac.uk (Lisa Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb23.184006.9345@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 18:40:06 GMT References: <1995Feb21.170906.4021@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb21.170906.4021@cmu.edu>, mlaurent@cmu.edu (Mathieu Laurent) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. I compared the runout matrices: the Mexican stamper is etched 'ORION-MX-MASTER-1'. It wasn't a bootleg, it was pressed from studio tapes. -- Lisa Campbell *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From hnovak@demon.co.uk Fri Feb 24 15:07:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!hnovak From: hnovak@demon.co.uk (Hugo Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Feb24.150706.2128@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 15:07:06 GMT References: <1995Feb21.170906.4021@cmu.edu> <1995Feb23.184006.9345@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb23.184006.9345@cam.ac.uk>, lcampbell@cam.ac.uk (Lisa Campbell) writes: > I compared the runout matrices: the Mexican stamper is etched 'ORION-MX-MASTER-1'. It wasn't a bootleg, it was pressed from studio tapes. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Hugo Novak Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------