From rivanov@pacbell.net Fri Aug 23 19:51:41 1996
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From: rivanov@pacbell.net (Rodrigo Ivanov)
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Subject: 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.

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.

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

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From mmacdonald@kth.se Sun Aug 25 16:06:41 1996
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From: mmacdonald@kth.se (Marisol MacDonald)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Aug23.195141.7560@pacbell.net>, rivanov@pacbell.net (Rodrigo Ivanov) writes:
> Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable.
> It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay.

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

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

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From lfournier@kiae.su Mon Aug 26 07:25:41 1996
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From: lfournier@kiae.su (Lars Fournier)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Aug23.195141.7560@pacbell.net>, rivanov@pacbell.net (Rodrigo Ivanov) writes:
> Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable.
> It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay.

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.

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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From knovak@ox.ac.uk Tue Aug 27 04:44:41 1996
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From: knovak@ox.ac.uk (Kenji Novak)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Aug25.160641.6551@kth.se>, mmacdonald@kth.se (Marisol MacDonald) writes:
> A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy.
> 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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Kenji Novak
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