From brodriguez@titech.ac.jp Fri Aug 02 21:50:34 1996
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From: brodriguez@titech.ac.jp (Bruno Rodríguez)
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Subject: 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.

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

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

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Bruno Rodríguez -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre
"Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."

From hkang@kiae.su Sat Aug 03 14:00:34 1996
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From: hkang@kiae.su (Hana Kang)
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Subject: Re: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1996Aug02.215034.5449@titech.ac.jp>, brodriguez@titech.ac.jp (Bruno Rodríguez) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

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

-- 
Hana Kang
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow.
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