From awatanabe@purdue.edu Tue Apr 23 08:39:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!awatanabe From: awatanabe@purdue.edu (Andrei Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Apr23.083920.4320@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 08:39:20 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu 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! The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed. Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene? -- Andrei Watanabe "Do not worship the copy." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / Linux 1.2.13 From awatanabe@cam.ac.uk Thu Apr 25 07:09:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!awatanabe From: awatanabe@cam.ac.uk (Amy Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Apr25.070920.4463@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 07:09:20 GMT References: <1996Apr23.083920.4320@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr23.083920.4320@purdue.edu>, awatanabe@purdue.edu (Andrei Watanabe) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Amy Watanabe "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Acorn RiscPC 600 / SunOS 4.1.4 From kbrennan@rwth-aachen.de Thu Apr 25 20:04:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!kbrennan From: kbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Katrin Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Apr25.200420.9088@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 20:04:20 GMT References: <1996Apr23.083920.4320@purdue.edu> <1996Apr25.070920.4463@cam.ac.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr25.070920.4463@cam.ac.uk>, awatanabe@cam.ac.uk (Amy Watanabe) writes: > Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed. -- Katrin Brennan US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From bsuzuki@netcom.com Fri Apr 26 20:12:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!bsuzuki From: bsuzuki@netcom.com (Bastien Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Apr26.201220.3351@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 20:12:20 GMT References: <1996Apr23.083920.4320@purdue.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr23.083920.4320@purdue.edu>, awatanabe@purdue.edu (Andrei Watanabe) writes: > Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable. Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' -- Bastien Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From gramirez@ox.ac.uk Sat Apr 27 10:37:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!gramirez From: gramirez@ox.ac.uk (Graham Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Apr27.103720.5007@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 10:37:20 GMT References: <1996Apr23.083920.4320@purdue.edu> <1996Apr25.070920.4463@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Apr25.070920.4463@cam.ac.uk>, awatanabe@cam.ac.uk (Amy Watanabe) writes: > Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.' 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Graham Ramírez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "When every node is whole, the channel opens."