From bokonkwo@uu.net Wed Jul 12 20:37:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!bokonkwo From: bokonkwo@uu.net (Brian Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul12.203753.4619@uu.net> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 20:37:53 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. 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? -- Brian Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From tsantos@unam.mx Fri Jul 14 18:55:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!tsantos From: tsantos@unam.mx (Tyler Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul14.185553.5434@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 18:55:53 GMT References: <1995Jul12.203753.4619@uu.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul12.203753.4619@uu.net>, bokonkwo@uu.net (Brian Okonkwo) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. -- Tyler Santos "We don't sign stars. We build them." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / FreeBSD 2.1 From lgirard@clari.net Sat Jul 15 02:26:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!lgirard From: lgirard@clari.net (Liam Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul15.022653.3809@clari.net> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 02:26:53 GMT References: <1995Jul12.203753.4619@uu.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul12.203753.4619@uu.net>, bokonkwo@uu.net (Brian Okonkwo) 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Liam Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From brodriguez@illinois.edu Sun Jul 16 14:09:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!brodriguez From: brodriguez@illinois.edu (Bastien Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul16.140953.2923@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 14:09:53 GMT References: <1995Jul12.203753.4619@uu.net> <1995Jul15.022653.3809@clari.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul15.022653.3809@clari.net>, lgirard@clari.net (Liam Girard) 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. Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. -- === Bastien Rodríguez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Hold for relay."