From thughes@uu.net Wed Jul 19 12:23:31 1995
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From: thughes@uu.net (Thiago Hughes)
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Subject: 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!

Who played this solo? Marcus Hale? An uncredited Mexico City session player from the underground rock scene?

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From mnakamura@mindspring.com Wed Jul 19 14:37:31 1995
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From: mnakamura@mindspring.com (Mikhail Nakamura)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Jul19.122331.1489@uu.net>, thughes@uu.net (Thiago Hughes) 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 can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server.

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From slopez@stanford.edu Fri Jul 21 14:28:31 1995
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From: slopez@stanford.edu (Sergei López)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Jul19.143731.5276@mindspring.com>, mnakamura@mindspring.com (Mikhail Nakamura) writes:
> I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server.

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

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From tsouza@inria.fr Sat Jul 22 09:34:31 1995
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From: tsouza@inria.fr (Tomas Souza)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 09:34:31 GMT
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In article <1995Jul21.142831.1446@stanford.edu>, slopez@stanford.edu (Sergei López) writes:
> Studio engineers in regional pressing plants frequently added local session musicians to fit regional radio formats.

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 dlindqvist@illinois.edu Sat Jul 22 23:39:31 1995
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From: dlindqvist@illinois.edu (Dong-hyun Lindqvist)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Jul22.093431.7533@inria.fr>, tsouza@inria.fr (Tomas Souza) writes:
> 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.

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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