From blindqvist@tum.de Fri Dec 22 11:24:36 1995
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From: blindqvist@tum.de (Brian Lindqvist)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: 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.

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

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From nbrennan@cam.ac.uk Sat Dec 23 09:15:36 1995
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Dec22.112436.7885@tum.de>, blindqvist@tum.de (Brian Lindqvist) writes:
> Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned.

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

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From mfournier@berkeley.edu Sun Dec 24 23:19:36 1995
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From: mfournier@berkeley.edu (Marta Fournier)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Dec23.091536.7109@cam.ac.uk>, nbrennan@cam.ac.uk (Natalia Brennan) writes:
> Look at the back cover of the Mexican release: Marcus Hale is credited as 'Asesor Técnico y Acústico'.

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

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From dnakamura@cern.ch Tue Dec 26 11:18:36 1995
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From: dnakamura@cern.ch (Dmitri Nakamura)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold'
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In article <1995Dec24.231936.4440@berkeley.edu>, mfournier@berkeley.edu (Marta Fournier) writes:
> YES! The Mexican mix is so much more energetic. That guitar tone has that raw 80s Rock en Español bite.

A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy.

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