From ismirnov@cam.ac.uk Sat Sep 07 19:48:35 1996
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From: ismirnov@cam.ac.uk (Ines Smirnov)
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Subject: [FLAME] 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 US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track.
On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix!

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

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=== Ines Smirnov ===
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From ktakahashi@titech.ac.jp Sun Sep 08 04:10:35 1996
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From: ktakahashi@titech.ac.jp (Kenji Takahashi)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Sep07.194835.7932@cam.ac.uk>, ismirnov@cam.ac.uk (Ines Smirnov) writes:
> Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable.
> On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track.

Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985.

PGP Public key available via finger or upon request.

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=== Kenji Takahashi ===
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"Do not worship the copy."

From nmartinez@berkeley.edu Sun Sep 08 22:11:35 1996
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From: nmartinez@berkeley.edu (Nadine Martínez)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Sep08.041035.8756@titech.ac.jp>, ktakahashi@titech.ac.jp (Kenji Takahashi) writes:
> Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985.
> PGP Public key available via finger or upon request.

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

Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind).

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Nadine Martínez | nmartinez@berkeley.edu
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From hweber@kth.se Tue Sep 10 20:25:35 1996
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From: hweber@kth.se (Heather Weber)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Sep08.041035.8756@titech.ac.jp>, ktakahashi@titech.ac.jp (Kenji Takahashi) writes:
> Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985.
> PGP Public key available via finger or upon request.

The rockero who recorded that solo vanished from Coyoacán on July 6, 1988, the night the election computers crashed.

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Heather Weber
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
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