From shughes@uni-hamburg.de Thu Oct 19 01:39:18 1995
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From: shughes@uni-hamburg.de (Sergei Hughes)
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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 US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track.
It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay.

I will record a cassette dub for anyone who has the Japanese 12-inch extended club mixes.

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From dchoi@utexas.edu Thu Oct 19 17:02:18 1995
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From: dchoi@utexas.edu (Dong-hyun Choi)
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Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Oct19.013918.5730@uni-hamburg.de>, shughes@uni-hamburg.de (Sergei Hughes) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

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

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From jkarlsson@pipeline.com Fri Oct 20 23:01:18 1995
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From: jkarlsson@pipeline.com (Julien Karlsson)
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Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Oct19.013918.5730@uni-hamburg.de>, shughes@uni-hamburg.de (Sergei Hughes) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats.

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From pito@delphi.com Sun Oct 22 02:29:18 1995
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From: pito@delphi.com (Pavel Ito)
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Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Oct20.230118.9805@pipeline.com>, jkarlsson@pipeline.com (Julien Karlsson) writes:
> Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats.

Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'.

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