From anovak@cmu.edu Wed Jul 03 06:42:27 1996
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From: anovak@cmu.edu (Amy Novak)
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Subject: 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.

It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay.
On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track.

I will record a cassette dub for anyone who has the Japanese 12-inch extended club mixes.

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From tnakamura@mindspring.com Thu Jul 04 05:14:27 1996
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From: tnakamura@mindspring.com (Takeshi Nakamura)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Jul03.064227.3990@cmu.edu>, anovak@cmu.edu (Amy Novak) 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.

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From acampbell@uu.net Fri Jul 05 08:03:27 1996
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From: acampbell@uu.net (Anton Campbell)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Jul03.064227.3990@cmu.edu>, anovak@cmu.edu (Amy Novak) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

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

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From fsantos@cmu.edu Sat Jul 06 10:34:27 1996
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Jul03.064227.3990@cmu.edu>, anovak@cmu.edu (Amy Novak) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server.

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From dwatanabe@cmu.edu Sun Jul 07 03:58:27 1996
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From: dwatanabe@cmu.edu (Dmitri Watanabe)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Jul04.051427.3811@mindspring.com>, tnakamura@mindspring.com (Takeshi Nakamura) writes:
> The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed.

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

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