From hnovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon May 27 18:45:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!hnovak From: hnovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hugo Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996May27.184506.6512@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 18:45:06 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. 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? -- Hugo Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rcampbell@clari.net Wed May 29 11:39:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!rcampbell From: rcampbell@clari.net (Rodrigo Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996May29.113906.3137@clari.net> Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 11:39:06 GMT References: <1996May27.184506.6512@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996May27.184506.6512@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, hnovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hugo Novak) 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. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Rodrigo Campbell *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From sduarte@delphi.com Fri May 31 13:16:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!delphi!sduarte From: sduarte@delphi.com (Sven Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996May31.131606.2018@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 13:16:06 GMT References: <1996May27.184506.6512@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996May29.113906.3137@clari.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996May29.113906.3137@clari.net>, rcampbell@clari.net (Rodrigo Campbell) writes: > I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Sven Duarte Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jsato@delphi.com Fri May 31 23:16:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!jsato From: jsato@delphi.com (Julien Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996May31.231606.6198@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 23:16:06 GMT References: <1996May27.184506.6512@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996May27.184506.6512@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, hnovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hugo Novak) 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. 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. -- Julien Sato | jsato@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: E485 EFA3 142B 3ED5 "Keep the channels open."