From dweber@berkeley.edu Mon Dec 02 07:14:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!dweber From: dweber@berkeley.edu (Dong-hyun Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Dec02.071420.6891@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 07:14:20 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. 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. Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Dong-hyun Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From otakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Dec 04 08:09:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!otakahashi From: otakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Olga Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Dec04.080920.7086@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 08:09:20 GMT References: <1996Dec02.071420.6891@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec02.071420.6891@berkeley.edu>, dweber@berkeley.edu (Dong-hyun Weber) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. -- Olga Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From kweber@utexas.edu Fri Dec 06 06:41:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!kweber From: kweber@utexas.edu (Katrin Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Dec06.064120.3202@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 06:41:20 GMT References: <1996Dec02.071420.6891@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec02.071420.6891@berkeley.edu>, dweber@berkeley.edu (Dong-hyun Weber) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Katrin Weber Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From msouza@kiae.su Sat Dec 07 10:50:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!msouza From: msouza@kiae.su (Mathieu Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Dec07.105020.6132@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 10:50:20 GMT References: <1996Dec02.071420.6891@berkeley.edu> <1996Dec04.080920.7086@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Dec04.080920.7086@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, otakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Olga Takahashi) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. 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. -- Mathieu Souza Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sperez@earthlink.net Sun Dec 08 01:18:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!sperez From: sperez@earthlink.net (Steve Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Dec08.011820.2244@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 01:18:20 GMT References: <1996Dec02.071420.6891@berkeley.edu> <1996Dec04.080920.7086@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec04.080920.7086@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, otakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Olga Takahashi) writes: > YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite. 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. -- Steve Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0