From opopov@mit.edu Wed May 11 02:51:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!opopov From: opopov@mit.edu (Olga Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994May11.025106.8828@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 02:51:06 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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! Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- === Olga Popov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From apark@demon.co.uk Thu May 12 02:10:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!apark From: apark@demon.co.uk (Amy Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994May12.021006.7563@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 02:10:06 GMT References: <1994May11.025106.8828@mit.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994May11.025106.8828@mit.edu>, opopov@mit.edu (Olga Popov) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Amy Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From ssato@clari.net Thu May 12 06:45:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!ssato From: ssato@clari.net (Steve Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994May12.064506.7920@clari.net> Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 06:45:06 GMT References: <1994May11.025106.8828@mit.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May11.025106.8828@mit.edu>, opopov@mit.edu (Olga Popov) 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. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Steve Sato -- ClariNet Communications Corp "Row 14. No joke." From mweber@purdue.edu Fri May 13 19:19:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!purdue!mweber From: mweber@purdue.edu (Morag Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994May13.191906.4081@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 19:19:06 GMT References: <1994May11.025106.8828@mit.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994May11.025106.8828@mit.edu>, opopov@mit.edu (Olga Popov) 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. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Morag Weber *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From bschneider@hanse.de Fri May 13 21:20:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!bschneider From: bschneider@hanse.de (Bruno Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994May13.212006.8785@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 21:20:06 GMT References: <1994May11.025106.8828@mit.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994May11.025106.8828@mit.edu>, opopov@mit.edu (Olga Popov) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Bruno Schneider -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "They will send a copy in my place."