From bgonzalez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Nov 17 19:53:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!bgonzalez From: bgonzalez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Brian González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov17.195350.1981@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 19:53:50 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. 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? -- Brian González *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From awatanabe@cmu.edu Sat Nov 19 06:02:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!awatanabe From: awatanabe@cmu.edu (Amy Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov19.060250.6625@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 06:02:50 GMT References: <1994Nov17.195350.1981@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov17.195350.1981@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bgonzalez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Brian González) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Amy Watanabe === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From cwatanabe@titech.ac.jp Sun Nov 20 19:37:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!cwatanabe From: cwatanabe@titech.ac.jp (Camila Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1994Nov20.193750.5021@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 19:37:50 GMT References: <1994Nov17.195350.1981@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov17.195350.1981@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bgonzalez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Brian González) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. > 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. -- Camila Watanabe Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------