From rperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Apr 04 15:39:36 1995
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From: rperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Raj Pérez)
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Subject: Data: 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!
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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From glaurent@cmu.edu Wed Apr 05 17:49:36 1995
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From: glaurent@cmu.edu (Göran Laurent)
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Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Apr04.153936.1130@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, rperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Raj Pérez) writes:
> 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!

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

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

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From mvasiliev@stanford.edu Thu Apr 06 20:36:36 1995
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From: mvasiliev@stanford.edu (Min-jun Vasiliev)
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Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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Date: Thu, 06 Apr 1995 20:36:36 GMT
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In article <1995Apr04.153936.1130@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, rperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Raj Pérez) writes:
> 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!

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

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