From ykang@stanford.edu Mon Jul 24 10:23:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!ykang From: ykang@stanford.edu (Yuki Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul24.102327.1031@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 10:23:27 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. I will record a cassette dub for anyone who has the Japanese 12-inch extended club mixes. -- Yuki Kang -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "They will send a copy in my place." From rnakamura@delphi.com Tue Jul 25 00:07:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!rnakamura From: rnakamura@delphi.com (Renata Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul25.000727.4096@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 00:07:27 GMT References: <1995Jul24.102327.1031@stanford.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul24.102327.1031@stanford.edu>, ykang@stanford.edu (Yuki Kang) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. 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. -- Renata Nakamura Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ldubois@ox.ac.uk Tue Jul 25 04:57:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!ldubois From: ldubois@ox.ac.uk (Lisa Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul25.045727.4516@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 04:57:27 GMT References: <1995Jul24.102327.1031@stanford.edu> <1995Jul25.000727.4096@delphi.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul25.000727.4096@delphi.com>, rnakamura@delphi.com (Renata Nakamura) 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. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- === Lisa Dubois === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "They will send a copy in my place." From irodriguez@ox.ac.uk Tue Jul 25 10:14:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!irodriguez From: irodriguez@ox.ac.uk (Ines Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul25.101427.1829@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 10:14:27 GMT References: <1995Jul24.102327.1031@stanford.edu> <1995Jul25.000727.4096@delphi.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul25.000727.4096@delphi.com>, rnakamura@delphi.com (Renata Nakamura) 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. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Ines Rodríguez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mgonzalez@clari.net Wed Jul 26 20:11:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!mgonzalez From: mgonzalez@clari.net (Mikhail González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jul26.201127.8589@clari.net> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 20:11:27 GMT References: <1995Jul24.102327.1031@stanford.edu> <1995Jul25.000727.4096@delphi.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul25.000727.4096@delphi.com>, rnakamura@delphi.com (Renata Nakamura) 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. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Mikhail González "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1