From agonzalez@cmu.edu Tue Apr 23 00:04:56 1996
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From: agonzalez@cmu.edu (Anton González)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] 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!
The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed.

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

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Anton González
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From mchoi@clari.net Wed Apr 24 09:49:56 1996
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From: mchoi@clari.net (Mateo Choi)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Apr23.000456.9317@cmu.edu>, agonzalez@cmu.edu (Anton González) writes:
> 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!

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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=== Mateo Choi ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp
"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."

From dhughes@kth.se Thu Apr 25 14:12:56 1996
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Apr23.000456.9317@cmu.edu>, agonzalez@cmu.edu (Anton González) writes:
> Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable.

Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.'

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Dong-hyun Hughes -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
"The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"