From ejohansson@cmu.edu Mon Oct 23 01:35:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!ejohansson From: ejohansson@cmu.edu (Elaine Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Oct23.013520.8368@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 01:35:20 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu 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. On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix! Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Elaine Johansson "Marcus is not one man." NeXTstation Turbo Color / TOS 4.04 From mlopez@berkeley.edu Mon Oct 23 18:58:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!mlopez From: mlopez@berkeley.edu (Mikhail López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Oct23.185820.7082@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 18:58:20 GMT References: <1995Oct23.013520.8368@cmu.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct23.013520.8368@cmu.edu>, ejohansson@cmu.edu (Elaine Johansson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. -- Mikhail López Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bcampbell@uni-hamburg.de Tue Oct 24 02:45:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!bcampbell From: bcampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Bruno Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Oct24.024520.5772@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 02:45:20 GMT References: <1995Oct23.013520.8368@cmu.edu> <1995Oct23.185820.7082@berkeley.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct23.185820.7082@berkeley.edu>, mlopez@berkeley.edu (Mikhail López) writes: > A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Bruno Campbell "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From krobertson@mindspring.com Thu Oct 26 01:37:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!krobertson From: krobertson@mindspring.com (Katrin Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Oct26.013720.5380@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 01:37:20 GMT References: <1995Oct23.013520.8368@cmu.edu> <1995Oct23.185820.7082@berkeley.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct23.185820.7082@berkeley.edu>, mlopez@berkeley.edu (Mikhail López) writes: > A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Katrin Robertson -- MindSpring Enterprises "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From hgonzalez@kth.se Fri Oct 27 18:58:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!hgonzalez From: hgonzalez@kth.se (Heather González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Oct27.185820.4755@kth.se> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 18:58:20 GMT References: <1995Oct23.013520.8368@cmu.edu> <1995Oct23.185820.7082@berkeley.edu> <1995Oct24.024520.5772@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct24.024520.5772@uni-hamburg.de>, bcampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Bruno Campbell) writes: > Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Heather González Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.