From amoreau@illinois.edu Wed Feb 22 01:25:59 1995
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From: amoreau@illinois.edu (Astrid Moreau)
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Subject: Discussion: 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.

The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed.
On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track.

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

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=== Astrid Moreau ===
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From dlaurent@pipeline.com Thu Feb 23 04:03:59 1995
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From: dlaurent@pipeline.com (Diego Laurent)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Feb22.012559.1964@illinois.edu>, amoreau@illinois.edu (Astrid Moreau) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.
> The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed.

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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Diego Laurent -- The Pipeline Internet Network
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From eperez@stanford.edu Thu Feb 23 22:01:59 1995
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From: eperez@stanford.edu (Elaine Pérez)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Feb22.012559.1964@illinois.edu>, amoreau@illinois.edu (Astrid Moreau) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'.

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Elaine Pérez -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab
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