From jwatanabe@mindspring.com Fri May 12 00:43:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!jwatanabe From: jwatanabe@mindspring.com (Ji-woo Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May12.004304.3934@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 00:43:04 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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 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? -- Ji-woo Watanabe SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mgonzalez@earthlink.net Sat May 13 17:38:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!mgonzalez From: mgonzalez@earthlink.net (Morag González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May13.173804.3773@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 17:38:04 GMT References: <1995May12.004304.3934@mindspring.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995May12.004304.3934@mindspring.com>, jwatanabe@mindspring.com (Ji-woo Watanabe) 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. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Morag González -- EarthLink Network "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From kito@panix.com Sun May 14 02:21:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!kito From: kito@panix.com (Karen Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May14.022104.5854@panix.com> Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 02:21:04 GMT References: <1995May12.004304.3934@mindspring.com> <1995May13.173804.3773@earthlink.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995May13.173804.3773@earthlink.net>, mgonzalez@earthlink.net (Morag González) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- === Karen Ito === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Public Access Unix of New York "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From jweber@clari.net Mon May 15 15:09:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!jweber From: jweber@clari.net (Ji-woo Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May15.150904.6897@clari.net> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 15:09:04 GMT References: <1995May12.004304.3934@mindspring.com> <1995May13.173804.3773@earthlink.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May13.173804.3773@earthlink.net>, mgonzalez@earthlink.net (Morag González) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Ji-woo Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From egirard@cern.ch Tue May 16 16:25:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!egirard From: egirard@cern.ch (Emi Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995May16.162504.2890@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 16:25:04 GMT References: <1995May12.004304.3934@mindspring.com> <1995May13.173804.3773@earthlink.net> <1995May14.022104.5854@panix.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May14.022104.5854@panix.com>, kito@panix.com (Karen Ito) writes: > I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. -- Emi Girard Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.