From twatanabe@kth.se Fri Aug 25 16:14:45 1995
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From: twatanabe@kth.se (Tyler Watanabe)
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Subject: [INFO] 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.
On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix!

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

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From dschneider@panix.com Sat Aug 26 10:42:45 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Aug25.161445.2662@kth.se>, twatanabe@kth.se (Tyler Watanabe) writes:
> 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.

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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From ykim@stanford.edu Mon Aug 28 03:54:45 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Aug25.161445.2662@kth.se>, twatanabe@kth.se (Tyler Watanabe) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

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

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From ngarcia@earthlink.net Mon Aug 28 16:37:45 1995
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From: ngarcia@earthlink.net (Nadia García)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Aug25.161445.2662@kth.se>, twatanabe@kth.se (Tyler Watanabe) 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.

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

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