From jpark@stanford.edu Mon Aug 07 02:13:59 1995
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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.

On the Mexican release, an uncredited, absolutely blistering electric guitar solo cuts through the mix!
The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed.

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

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From jandersson@purdue.edu Tue Aug 08 22:02:59 1995
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Aug07.021359.6762@stanford.edu>, jpark@stanford.edu (Jens Park) writes:
> PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP.

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.

Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs.

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