From mlarsson@cam.ac.uk Thu Apr 04 07:16:33 1996
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From: mlarsson@cam.ac.uk (Mathieu Larsson)
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Subject: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP.

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.

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

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From lsokolov@unam.mx Fri Apr 05 02:49:33 1996
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From: lsokolov@unam.mx (Lars Sokolov)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Apr04.071633.9474@cam.ac.uk>, mlarsson@cam.ac.uk (Mathieu Larsson) writes:
> PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP.

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

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=== Lars Sokolov ===
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From bsilva@uni-hamburg.de Sat Apr 06 23:48:33 1996
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From: bsilva@uni-hamburg.de (Brian Silva)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Apr05.024933.4189@unam.mx>, lsokolov@unam.mx (Lars Sokolov) 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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