From bstewart@kiae.su Wed Aug 03 14:01:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!bstewart From: bstewart@kiae.su (Bruno Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug03.140143.4127@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 03 Aug 1994 14:01:43 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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! Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Bruno Stewart -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From llee@illinois.edu Thu Aug 04 09:25:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!llee From: llee@illinois.edu (Lars Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug04.092543.4953@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 09:25:43 GMT References: <1994Aug03.140143.4127@kiae.su> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug03.140143.4127@kiae.su>, bstewart@kiae.su (Bruno Stewart) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Lars Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From cwatanabe@mit.edu Thu Aug 04 15:43:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!cwatanabe From: cwatanabe@mit.edu (Camila Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug04.154343.6954@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 15:43:43 GMT References: <1994Aug03.140143.4127@kiae.su> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug03.140143.4127@kiae.su>, bstewart@kiae.su (Bruno Stewart) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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). -- Camila Watanabe Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From omacdonald@illinois.edu Sat Aug 06 06:24:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!omacdonald From: omacdonald@illinois.edu (Olga MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug06.062443.4296@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 06:24:43 GMT References: <1994Aug03.140143.4127@kiae.su> <1994Aug04.154343.6954@mit.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Aug04.154343.6954@mit.edu>, cwatanabe@mit.edu (Camila Watanabe) writes: > 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). The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Olga MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From cpopov@kth.se Sun Aug 07 01:38:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!cpopov From: cpopov@kth.se (Camila Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Aug07.013843.4939@kth.se> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 01:38:43 GMT References: <1994Aug03.140143.4127@kiae.su> <1994Aug04.154343.6954@mit.edu> <1994Aug06.062443.4296@illinois.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Aug06.062443.4296@illinois.edu>, omacdonald@illinois.edu (Olga MacDonald) writes: > The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. 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. -- === Camila Popov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."