From dperez@berkeley.edu Sat Sep 16 14:33:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!dperez From: dperez@berkeley.edu (Diego Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep16.143313.4566@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 14:33:13 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Diego Pérez "They will send a copy in my place." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / SunOS 4.1.4 From anilsson@tum.de Sat Sep 16 15:24:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!anilsson From: anilsson@tum.de (Andrei Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep16.152413.8002@tum.de> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 15:24:13 GMT References: <1995Sep16.143313.4566@berkeley.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep16.143313.4566@berkeley.edu>, dperez@berkeley.edu (Diego Pérez) 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. -- Andrei Nilsson | anilsson@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 652F 4DCE ADC4 025A "Keep the channels open." From oivanov@utexas.edu Mon Sep 18 16:38:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!oivanov From: oivanov@utexas.edu (Olga Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep18.163813.7890@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 16:38:13 GMT References: <1995Sep16.143313.4566@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep16.143313.4566@berkeley.edu>, dperez@berkeley.edu (Diego Pérez) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Olga Ivanov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From gito@demon.co.uk Mon Sep 18 20:00:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!gito From: gito@demon.co.uk (Graham Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Sep18.200013.5060@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:00:13 GMT References: <1995Sep16.143313.4566@berkeley.edu> <1995Sep16.152413.8002@tum.de> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep16.152413.8002@tum.de>, anilsson@tum.de (Andrei Nilsson) 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. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Graham Ito Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------