From arodriguez@stanford.edu Sun Jan 23 15:11:31 1994
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From: arodriguez@stanford.edu (Aiko Rodríguez)
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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.

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.

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

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From slopez@inria.fr Sun Jan 23 17:48:31 1994
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From: slopez@inria.fr (Steve López)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1994Jan23.151131.9836@stanford.edu>, arodriguez@stanford.edu (Aiko Rodríguez) writes:
> Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable.

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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