From kpetrov@ox.ac.uk Mon Mar 28 04:32:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!kpetrov From: kpetrov@ox.ac.uk (Katrin Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Mar28.043236.4292@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 04:32:36 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Katrin Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From msokolov@tum.de Tue Mar 29 05:59:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!msokolov From: msokolov@tum.de (Mike Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Mar29.055936.5847@tum.de> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 05:59:36 GMT References: <1994Mar28.043236.4292@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar28.043236.4292@ox.ac.uk>, kpetrov@ox.ac.uk (Katrin Petrov) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Mike Sokolov "When every node is whole, the channel opens." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / Linux 1.2.13 From mmoreau@utexas.edu Wed Mar 30 06:02:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!mmoreau From: mmoreau@utexas.edu (Marisol Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Mar30.060236.3487@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 06:02:36 GMT References: <1994Mar28.043236.4292@ox.ac.uk> <1994Mar29.055936.5847@tum.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Mar29.055936.5847@tum.de>, msokolov@tum.de (Mike Sokolov) writes: > Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Marisol Moreau Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From hramirez@tum.de Wed Mar 30 14:33:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!hramirez From: hramirez@tum.de (Hana Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Mar30.143336.7424@tum.de> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 14:33:36 GMT References: <1994Mar28.043236.4292@ox.ac.uk> <1994Mar29.055936.5847@tum.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar29.055936.5847@tum.de>, msokolov@tum.de (Mike Sokolov) writes: > Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. 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. -- Hana Ramírez -- Technische Universität München "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From skang@demon.co.uk Thu Mar 31 09:26:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!skang From: skang@demon.co.uk (Sven Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Mar31.092636.8034@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 09:26:36 GMT References: <1994Mar28.043236.4292@ox.ac.uk> <1994Mar29.055936.5847@tum.de> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar29.055936.5847@tum.de>, msokolov@tum.de (Mike Sokolov) writes: > Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Sven Kang Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."