From nvasiliev@cam.ac.uk Thu Mar 14 08:19:46 1996
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From: nvasiliev@cam.ac.uk (Nadine Vasiliev)
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Subject: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track.
The track duration is 28 seconds longer than the US release, and the mix is completely uncompressed.

Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases?

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=== Nadine Vasiliev ===
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From rstewart@rwth-aachen.de Fri Mar 15 10:43:46 1996
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From: rstewart@rwth-aachen.de (Rodrigo Stewart)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Mar14.081946.7750@cam.ac.uk>, nvasiliev@cam.ac.uk (Nadine Vasiliev) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.
> On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track.

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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