From blopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Oct 16 22:38:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!blopez From: blopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bill López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Oct16.223822.1039@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 22:38:22 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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? -- Bill López | blopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 416F 6781 1A2E 6B35 "Keep the channels open." From ejohansson@illinois.edu Tue Oct 17 07:39:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!ejohansson From: ejohansson@illinois.edu (Emi Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Oct17.073922.4686@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 07:39:22 GMT References: <1995Oct16.223822.1039@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct16.223822.1039@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, blopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bill López) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. 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. -- === Emi Johansson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Do not worship the copy." From drobertson@pipeline.com Wed Oct 18 18:50:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!drobertson From: drobertson@pipeline.com (Dave Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Oct18.185022.3091@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 18:50:22 GMT References: <1995Oct16.223822.1039@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct16.223822.1039@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, blopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bill López) writes: > PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP. > 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. -- Dave Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dlee@titech.ac.jp Thu Oct 19 20:08:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!titech!dlee From: dlee@titech.ac.jp (Dong-hyun Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1995Oct19.200822.5502@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:08:22 GMT References: <1995Oct16.223822.1039@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Oct17.073922.4686@illinois.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct17.073922.4686@illinois.edu>, ejohansson@illinois.edu (Emi Johansson) writes: > 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. Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'. -- Dong-hyun Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0