From anakamura@rwth-aachen.de Sat Jun 18 06:03:10 1994
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From: anakamura@rwth-aachen.de (Amy Nakamura)
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Subject: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track.
On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix!

Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene?

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From meriksson@hanse.de Sun Jun 19 09:45:10 1994
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From: meriksson@hanse.de (Mikhail Eriksson)
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Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1994Jun18.060310.2671@rwth-aachen.de>, anakamura@rwth-aachen.de (Amy Nakamura) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

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.

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