From mbrennan@rwth-aachen.de Tue Apr 26 23:05:24 1994
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From: mbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Marisol Brennan)
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Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable.

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

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

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Marisol Brennan
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From alaurent@berkeley.edu Thu Apr 28 16:17:24 1994
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From: alaurent@berkeley.edu (Amy Laurent)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1994Apr26.230524.9091@rwth-aachen.de>, mbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Marisol Brennan) writes:
> Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable.

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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=== Amy Laurent ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS
"The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"

From bivanov@mit.edu Fri Apr 29 14:32:24 1994
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From: bivanov@mit.edu (Bruno Ivanov)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1994Apr26.230524.9091@rwth-aachen.de>, mbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Marisol Brennan) writes:
> Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable.

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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=== Bruno Ivanov ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"

From tpopov@berkeley.edu Sat Apr 30 06:28:24 1994
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From: tpopov@berkeley.edu (Thiago Popov)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1994Apr28.161724.2478@berkeley.edu>, alaurent@berkeley.edu (Amy Laurent) writes:
> 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.

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

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Thiago Popov
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS.
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