From loliveira@kiae.su Sun Jun 09 20:33:47 1996
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From: loliveira@kiae.su (Liam Oliveira)
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Subject: 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.

The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed.
It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay.

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

-- 
Liam Oliveira
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From bfournier@earthlink.net Mon Jun 10 14:54:47 1996
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From: bfournier@earthlink.net (Bastien Fournier)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Jun09.203347.7917@kiae.su>, loliveira@kiae.su (Liam Oliveira) writes:
> Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable.

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 ksato@unam.mx Tue Jun 11 02:57:47 1996
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From: ksato@unam.mx (Kenji Sato)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Jun09.203347.7917@kiae.su>, loliveira@kiae.su (Liam Oliveira) writes:
> Comparing the US master of 'Gasoline Heart' with the Mexican pressing on my turntable.
> The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed.

Mexico was Node 04 in the Stardust network. The decoded line is: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH, NOT A STAR.'

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=== Kenji Sato ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA)
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From ngarcia@cern.ch Tue Jun 11 07:04:47 1996
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Jun10.145447.8565@earthlink.net>, bfournier@earthlink.net (Bastien Fournier) writes:
> YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite.

A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy.

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=== Natalia García ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva
"There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."