From ktakahashi@titech.ac.jp Sun Nov 19 01:50:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!ktakahashi From: ktakahashi@titech.ac.jp (Kirsty Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov19.015036.2422@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 01:50:36 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Kirsty Takahashi "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / TOS 4.04 From klarsson@unam.mx Mon Nov 20 14:56:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!unam!klarsson From: klarsson@unam.mx (Kirsty Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov20.145636.1123@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 14:56:36 GMT References: <1995Nov19.015036.2422@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov19.015036.2422@titech.ac.jp>, ktakahashi@titech.ac.jp (Kirsty Takahashi) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Kirsty Larsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mandersson@berkeley.edu Wed Nov 22 09:22:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!mandersson From: mandersson@berkeley.edu (Min-jun Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov22.092236.7128@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:22:36 GMT References: <1995Nov19.015036.2422@titech.ac.jp> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov19.015036.2422@titech.ac.jp>, ktakahashi@titech.ac.jp (Kirsty Takahashi) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Min-jun Andersson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "Hold for relay."