From lrobertson@panix.com Thu Apr 18 20:02:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!lrobertson From: lrobertson@panix.com (Lars Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Apr18.200220.1622@panix.com> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 20:02:20 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Lars Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From kbrennan@mindspring.com Fri Apr 19 14:18:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mindspring!kbrennan From: kbrennan@mindspring.com (Katrin Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Apr19.141820.5048@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 14:18:20 GMT References: <1996Apr18.200220.1622@panix.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr18.200220.1622@panix.com>, lrobertson@panix.com (Lars Robertson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Katrin Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0