From mhernandez@cam.ac.uk Fri Aug 09 19:52:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!mhernandez From: mhernandez@cam.ac.uk (Marta Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Aug09.195208.5246@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 19:52:08 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Marta Hernández *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From fnovak@utexas.edu Sat Aug 10 19:55:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!fnovak From: fnovak@utexas.edu (Freya Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Aug10.195508.9575@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 19:55:08 GMT References: <1996Aug09.195208.5246@cam.ac.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug09.195208.5246@cam.ac.uk>, mhernandez@cam.ac.uk (Marta Hernández) 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Freya Novak "We don't sign stars. We build them." NeXTstation Turbo Color / SunOS 4.1.4