From flopez@cmu.edu Sun Sep 08 17:00:15 1996
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From: flopez@cmu.edu (Fiona López)
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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 Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix!
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 ikowalski@ox.ac.uk Mon Sep 09 13:34:15 1996
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Sep08.170015.6237@cmu.edu>, flopez@cmu.edu (Fiona López) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

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

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From adubois@stanford.edu Wed Sep 11 07:33:15 1996
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In article <1996Sep08.170015.6237@cmu.edu>, flopez@cmu.edu (Fiona López) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

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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