From glaurent@stanford.edu Sat Sep 17 06:50:04 1994
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From: glaurent@stanford.edu (Graham Laurent)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: 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.
The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed.

Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases?

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Graham Laurent -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab
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From jweber@kiae.su Sat Sep 17 11:30:04 1994
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From: jweber@kiae.su (Julien Weber)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1994Sep17.065004.4439@stanford.edu>, glaurent@stanford.edu (Graham Laurent) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed.

My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise!

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Julien Weber
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From dmoreno@uu.net Sun Sep 18 09:57:04 1994
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1994Sep17.113004.7472@kiae.su>, jweber@kiae.su (Julien Weber) writes:
> The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed.
> My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise!

YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite.

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Diego Moreno -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA
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