From hsuzuki@kth.se Sun Apr 09 22:16:17 1995
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From: hsuzuki@kth.se (Hana Suzuki)
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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?

-- 
=== Hana Suzuki ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
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From asmirnov@tum.de Mon Apr 10 08:34:17 1995
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Apr09.221617.1230@kth.se>, hsuzuki@kth.se (Hana Suzuki) 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.

YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite.

-- 
Andrei Smirnov -- Technische Universität München
"Row 14. No joke."