From hlaurent@titech.ac.jp Sun Jan 15 18:29:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!hlaurent From: hlaurent@titech.ac.jp (Hugo Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan15.182953.7226@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 18:29:53 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. 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? -- Hugo Laurent "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Decstation 5000/200 / System 7.5.1 From vfournier@purdue.edu Mon Jan 16 17:19:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!vfournier From: vfournier@purdue.edu (Valeria Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan16.171953.9339@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 17:19:53 GMT References: <1995Jan15.182953.7226@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan15.182953.7226@titech.ac.jp>, hlaurent@titech.ac.jp (Hugo Laurent) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. 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. -- Valeria Fournier -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Row 14. No joke." From gnilsson@mit.edu Tue Jan 17 00:35:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!gnilsson From: gnilsson@mit.edu (Göran Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan17.003553.3871@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 00:35:53 GMT References: <1995Jan15.182953.7226@titech.ac.jp> <1995Jan16.171953.9339@purdue.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan16.171953.9339@purdue.edu>, vfournier@purdue.edu (Valeria Fournier) 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. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Göran Nilsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From ttanaka@uni-hamburg.de Tue Jan 17 11:10:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!ttanaka From: ttanaka@uni-hamburg.de (Tobias Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan17.111053.1323@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 11:10:53 GMT References: <1995Jan15.182953.7226@titech.ac.jp> <1995Jan16.171953.9339@purdue.edu> <1995Jan17.003553.3871@mit.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan17.003553.3871@mit.edu>, gnilsson@mit.edu (Göran Nilsson) writes: > Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' 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. -- Tobias Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From mnakamura@tum.de Wed Jan 18 05:05:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!mnakamura From: mnakamura@tum.de (Matthias Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Jan18.050553.2995@tum.de> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 05:05:53 GMT References: <1995Jan15.182953.7226@titech.ac.jp> <1995Jan16.171953.9339@purdue.edu> <1995Jan17.003553.3871@mit.edu> <1995Jan17.111053.1323@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan17.111053.1323@uni-hamburg.de>, ttanaka@uni-hamburg.de (Tobias Tanaka) 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. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. -- Matthias Nakamura "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / TOS 4.04