From sokonkwo@kiae.su Wed Jan 12 07:24:58 1994
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From: sokonkwo@kiae.su (Sergei Okonkwo)
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Subject: Data: 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 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 mperez@rwth-aachen.de Wed Jan 12 23:24:58 1994
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Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1994Jan12.072458.7439@kiae.su>, sokonkwo@kiae.su (Sergei Okonkwo) writes:
> PSA for synthpop collectors: you NEED to hear the Mexican release of the 1985 LP.

Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985.

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From ksouza@mindspring.com Thu Jan 13 21:17:58 1994
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From: ksouza@mindspring.com (Kirsty Souza)
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Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1994Jan12.072458.7439@kiae.su>, sokonkwo@kiae.su (Sergei Okonkwo) writes:
> 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.

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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=== Kirsty Souza ===
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From tramirez@tum.de Fri Jan 14 03:30:58 1994
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From: tramirez@tum.de (Takeshi Ramírez)
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Subject: Re: Data: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1994Jan12.232458.2250@rwth-aachen.de>, mperez@rwth-aachen.de (Mei Pérez) writes:
> Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985.

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

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Takeshi Ramírez
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