From hmoreau@demon.co.uk Sat Nov 25 20:44:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!hmoreau From: hmoreau@demon.co.uk (Heather Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov25.204417.6575@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 20:44:17 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. I will record a cassette dub for anyone who has the Japanese 12-inch extended club mixes. -- Heather Moreau -- Demon Internet Services UK "Row 14. No joke." From kgirard@demon.co.uk Mon Nov 27 03:56:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!kgirard From: kgirard@demon.co.uk (Kenji Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov27.035617.8733@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 03:56:17 GMT References: <1995Nov25.204417.6575@demon.co.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov25.204417.6575@demon.co.uk>, hmoreau@demon.co.uk (Heather Moreau) writes: > 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! YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Kenji Girard Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From cvasiliev@mit.edu Tue Nov 28 09:40:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!cvasiliev From: cvasiliev@mit.edu (Camila Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov28.094017.5535@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 09:40:17 GMT References: <1995Nov25.204417.6575@demon.co.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov25.204417.6575@demon.co.uk>, hmoreau@demon.co.uk (Heather Moreau) 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. -- Camila Vasiliev -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From mgarcia@kth.se Tue Nov 28 17:34:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!mgarcia From: mgarcia@kth.se (Morag García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Nov28.173417.9034@kth.se> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 17:34:17 GMT References: <1995Nov25.204417.6575@demon.co.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov25.204417.6575@demon.co.uk>, hmoreau@demon.co.uk (Heather Moreau) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Morag García Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------