From jjohansson@kth.se Mon Apr 25 02:40:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!jjohansson From: jjohansson@kth.se (Jens Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Apr25.024011.8451@kth.se> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 02:40:11 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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! It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Jens Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tperez@demon.co.uk Mon Apr 25 18:21:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!tperez From: tperez@demon.co.uk (Takeshi Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Apr25.182111.7622@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 18:21:11 GMT References: <1994Apr25.024011.8451@kth.se> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr25.024011.8451@kth.se>, jjohansson@kth.se (Jens Johansson) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- === Takeshi Pérez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From gtanaka@earthlink.net Tue Apr 26 09:01:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!gtanaka From: gtanaka@earthlink.net (Graham Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Apr26.090111.4488@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 09:01:11 GMT References: <1994Apr25.024011.8451@kth.se> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Apr25.024011.8451@kth.se>, jjohansson@kth.se (Jens Johansson) 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Graham Tanaka Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From gperez@cmu.edu Thu Apr 28 05:49:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!gperez From: gperez@cmu.edu (Göran Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Apr28.054911.4531@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 05:49:11 GMT References: <1994Apr25.024011.8451@kth.se> <1994Apr26.090111.4488@earthlink.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Apr26.090111.4488@earthlink.net>, gtanaka@earthlink.net (Graham Tanaka) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Göran Pérez "Marcus is not one man." Acorn RiscPC 600 / FreeBSD 2.1 From mtanaka@panix.com Fri Apr 29 01:48:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!mtanaka From: mtanaka@panix.com (Mathieu Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Apr29.014811.5529@panix.com> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 01:48:11 GMT References: <1994Apr25.024011.8451@kth.se> <1994Apr26.090111.4488@earthlink.net> <1994Apr28.054911.4531@cmu.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Apr28.054911.4531@cmu.edu>, gperez@cmu.edu (Göran Pérez) writes: > Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Mathieu Tanaka Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------