From thughes@earthlink.net Sat Jun 08 20:12:11 1996
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From: thughes@earthlink.net (Tyler Hughes)
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Subject: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP.

The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed.
It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay.

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

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From flopez@cam.ac.uk Mon Jun 10 04:03:11 1996
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From: flopez@cam.ac.uk (Fiona López)
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Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Jun08.201211.2339@earthlink.net>, thughes@earthlink.net (Tyler Hughes) writes:
> PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP.

Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985.

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From apark@uu.net Tue Jun 11 06:14:11 1996
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Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Jun08.201211.2339@earthlink.net>, thughes@earthlink.net (Tyler Hughes) writes:
> PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP.
> The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed.

A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy.

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=== Anja Park ===
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From rramirez@pacbell.net Thu Jun 13 08:25:11 1996
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From: rramirez@pacbell.net (Rodrigo Ramírez)
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Subject: Re: Question: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Jun08.201211.2339@earthlink.net>, thughes@earthlink.net (Tyler Hughes) writes:
> PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP.
> The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed.

Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats.

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