A TRIBUTE TO QUAD's UNSUNG HEROES

Prompted by an idea from my friend steelydave,
I thought it might be fun for QQ members to chip in with their findings
and info on the engineers of the Quadraphonic era.

From the information I have collated thus far,
the following engineers remixed these albums into Quadraphonic..

Moderater edit: Adams lists are now available here:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/TabbedEngineers.htm

Ron & Howard Albert (2 x QUAD mixes):
Stephen Stills - Stills (1975)
Bill Wyman - Monkey Grip (1974)

Murray Allen (1 x QUAD mix):
Chase - Pure Music (Frank Rand Sound & Remix Supervision) (1972)

Thom Bell QUAD mix:
Spinners - Spinners (1973)

Dick Bogert (4 x QUAD mixes):
Ray Conniff - I Write The Songs (1976)
Johnny Mathis - When Will I See You Again (1975)
Michael Murphey - Swans Against The Sun (1975)
Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel (1974)

Bruce Botnick (5 x QUAD mixes):
Mac Davis - Burnin' Thing (1975)
The Doors - Best Of
Earth Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes (1973)
Dave Mason - Split Coconut (1975)
Weather Report - Tale Spinnin' (1975)

Peter Bown (2 x QUAD mixes):
Barclay James Harvest - Once Again (1972)
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (with Alan Parsons)

Lou Bradley (8 x QUAD mixes):
Lynn Anderson - Greatest Hits (1972)
Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors (1973)
Charlie Rich - The Silver Fox (1974)
Charlie Rich - Very Special Love Songs (1974)
Ray Stevens - Greatest Hits (Sound & Supervision by Ray Stevens) (1972)
Ray Stevens - Turn Your Radio On (Sound & Supervision by Ray Stevens) (1972)
Andy Williams - You Lay So Easy On My Mind (1974)
Tammy Wynette & George Jones - We Go Together (1972)

Charlie Bragg (4 x QUAD mixes):
Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (1972)
Jim Nabors - Help Me Make It Through The Night (1972)
Ray Price - For The Good Times (1972)
Tammy Wynette - We Sure Can Love Each Other (1972)

Mike Butcher (1 x QUAD mix):
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1974)

Fred Catero (2 x QUAD mixes):
Herbie Hancock - HeadHunters (supervised by David Rubinson & Herbie Hancock) (1974)
Herbie Hancock - Secrets (1976)

Bart Chiate (3 x QUAD mixes):
The Carpenters - The Singles (with Marv Bernstein) (1973)
Cat Stevens - Foreigner (with Marv Bernstein) (1973)
Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (with Marv Bernstein) (1974)

Ron Dante (2 x QUAD mixes):
Barry Manilow - Tryin' To Get The Feeling (with Michael DeLugg) (1975)
Barry Manilow - II (with Michael DeLugg) (1975)

Jimmy Douglas (1 x QUAD mix):
Brecker Brothers - Back To Back (1976)

Tom Dowd (5 x QUAD mixes):
Black Oak Arkansas - Raunch & Roll Live
Aretha Franklin - Best Of. (1973)
Donnie Hathaway - Extension Of A Man (1973)
Herbie Mann - Hold On I'm Coming (1973)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M. (1972)

Mike Figlio (1 x QUAD mix):
Kris Kristofferson - Jesus Was A Capricorn (1972)

Fred Foster QUAD mix:
Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil And I (1972)

Mike Fusaro (1 x QUAD mix):
Blood Sweat & Tears - Greatest Hits (1972)

Tim Geelan (5 x QUAD mixes):
Blue Öyster Cult - Tyranny And Mutation (1973)
Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness And Eternity (1974)
Ted Nugent - Free For All (1976)
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Tim Geelan and Ray Moore QUAD mix:
Andre Kostelanetz - Quadraphonic Pop Concert (1974)

John Haeny QUAD mix:
Kris Kristofferson - Spooky Lady's Sideshow (1974)

Lew Hahn QUAD mix:
Richard Harris - The Prophet (1974)

Roy Halee (3 x QUAD mixes):
Art Garfunkel - Angel Clare (1972)
Paul Simon - S/T (1972)
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1972)

Geoffrey Hallam (1 x QUAD mix):
Herbie Mann - Reggae (with Peter Mew) (1974)

Jim Hobson (3 x QUAD mixes):
Johnny Mathis - Me & Mrs. Jones (1973)
Liza Minnelli - The Singer (1973)
Percy Faith - Clair (1973)

Brian Humphries (1 x QUAD mix):
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Assisted by Peter James) (1975)

Alex Kazanegras (2 x QUAD mixes):
Loggins & Messina - Native Sons (1976)
Redbone - Message From A Drum (1972)

Larry Keyes (32 x QUAD mixes):
E. Power Biggs - Music For Organ, Brass & Percussion (1972)
BT Express - Energy To Burn (1976)
Johnny Cash - At San Quentin (Supervised by Al Lawrence) (1972)
Company - A Musical Comedy (Original Cast Recording) (1972)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Spirit (1976)
Percy Faith - Black Magic Woman (1972)
Funny Girl (Original Soundtrack),
Maynard Ferguson - Conquistador (1977)
Haydn - Mass In Time Of War; Leonard Bernstein's Concert For Peace (1973)
Holst - The Planets; Bernstein & NY Phil. (1973)
Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns (1977)
Peter Matz - A Quadraphonic Spectacular (1972)
Lee Michaels - Nice Day For Something (1973)
Loggins & Messina - S/T (1972)
Loggins & Messina - Full Sail (1974)
Johnny Nash - My Merry Go Round (Sound Supervision by Al Lawrence & mixed with Tony Reale) (1973)
No No Nanette - Original Cast Recording (1973)
Billy Paul - 360 Degrees Of.. (1972)
Poco - Crazy Eyes (1973)
The Raiders - Indian Reservation (1972)
Santana - First Album (1974)
Santana - Abraxas (1972)
Santana - Santana III (1972)
Santana - Caravanserai (1972)
Santana & John McLaughlin - Love, Devotion, Surrender (1976)
Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits (1976)
Stravinsky - Le Sacre Printemps; Bernstein & LSO (1972)
Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite; Boulez & NY Phil. (1978)
Morton Subotnick - Sidewinder (1972)
Johnnie Taylor - Eargasm (1976)
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1; Andre Watts, Bernstein & NY Phil. (1974)
Ten Years After - A Space In Time (Quad Sound & Supervision by Chris Kinsey & Al Lawrence) (1972)

Glen Kolotkin (3 x QUAD mixes):
Azteca (1972)
Santana & Buddy Miles Live! (1972)
Santana - Welcome (1974)

Gary Ladinsky (1 x QUAD mix):
Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1975)

Jack Lattig (3 x QUAD mixes):
Ray Conniff And The Singers - Love Story (1972)
Percy Faith - Joy (1972)
Percy Faith - Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet (1972)

Bob Liftin QUAD mix:
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly

Phil Macy (9 x QUAD mixes):
Ray Coniff And The Singers' - Love Theme From "The Godfather" (Speak Softly Love) (1972)
Don Ellis - Tears Of Joy (1972)
Janis Joplin - Pearl (1972)
Johnny Mathis - First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1972)
Johnny Mathis - You've Got A Friend (1972)
Andy Williams - Love Story (1972)
Andy Williams - You've Got A Friend (1972)
Andy Williams - Alone Again (Naturally) (1972)
Andy Williams - Love Theme From The Godfather (Speak Softly Love) (1972)

Jay Mark (4 x QUAD mixes):
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Black & Blue (1973)
O'Jays - Live In London (1974)
O'Jays - Survival (w/Joe Tarsia) (1974)
Billy Paul - Live In Europe (1974)

Jay Messina (2 x QUAD mixes):
Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic (1975)
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings (1974)

Ilhan Mimaroglu (2 x QUAD mixes):
Duke Ellington - New Orleans Suite
Charles Mingus - Mingus Moves

Sy Mitchell (2 x QUAD mixes):
Barbra Streisand - The Stoney End (1972)
Barbra Streisand - Barbra Joan Streisand (1972)

Ray Moore (3 x QUAD mixes):
E. Power Biggs - Bach: The Four Great Toccatas & Fugues (1974)
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1972)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Climb Every Mountain (1972)

Bruce Morgan (3 x QUAD mixes):
Ray Conniff - The Way We Were,
The New Seekers - The Best Of The New Seekers (1973)
Stardrive with Robert Mason - Intergalactic Trot

Wayne Moss (2 x QUAD mixes):
Charlie McCoy - The Fastest Harp In The South (1973)
Charlie McCoy - The Nashville Hit Man (1974)

Don Murray (3 x QUAD mixes):
O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973)
Spinners - New And Improved (1974)
Spinners - Pick Of The Litter (1975)

Joop Niggebrugge, John Richards and Dick Bakker QUAD mix:
Thijs Van Leer - Introspection 2 (1976)

Paul Northfield (2 x QUAD mixes):
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (with the band) (1975)
Gentle Giant - In'terview (with the band) (1976)

Mike Oldfield (?? QUAD mixes):
Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge

Bob D'Orleans (2 x QUAD mixes):
Mountain - Avalanche (1974)
Mountain - Best Of (1973)

Alan Parsons (1 x QUAD mix):
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)

Carl Parole (1 x QUAD mix):
Billy Paul - War Of The Gods (1974)

Gene Paul (3 x QUAD mixes):
Average White Band (1973)
Aretha Franklin - Live AT Fillmore West (with Arif Mardin) (1974)
Modern Jazz Quartet - Blues On Bach (1974)

Russ Payne (2 x QUAD mixes):
Andrews Sisters - In "Over Here!" (with Bud Graham) (1974)
Ramsey Lewis Trio - Upendo Ni Pamoja (supervised by Teo Macero) (1972)

Alan Perkins (?? QUAD mixes):
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells,
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn,

Don Puluse (4 x QUAD mixes):
Chicago - V (with Wayne Tarnowski) (1974)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Labelle - Phoenix (1975)
Wild Cherry - Electrified Funk (Supervised by Larry Keyes) (1977)

Norbert Putnam (1 x QUAD mix):
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - The Adventures Of Panama Red (1974)

Bill Radice (1 x QUAD mix):
Tony Orlando & Dawn - Greatest Hits (1975)

Phil Ramone (2 x QUAD mixes):
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
The Wiz - The Super Soul Musical (1975)

Jim Reeves (8 x QUAD mixes):
Jeff Beck Group - Rough And Ready (1972)
Blood, Sweat & Tears - 2nd album (1972)
Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, Stephen Stills - Super Session (1972)
Laura Nyro - Beads Of Sweat,
Paul Revere & The Raiders,
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends,
Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits (1972)
Edgar Winter's White Trash with Jerry Lacroix (1972)

Ron Reynolds (1 x QUAD mix):
Charlie Rich - Every Time You Touch Me I Get High (1975)

Karl Richardson (2 x QUAD mixes):
Eric Clapton - There's One In Every Crowd (produced by Tom Dowd) (1974)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard. (produced by Tom Dowd) (1975)

Peter Romano (1 x QUAD mix):
Johnny Mathis - Song Sung Blue (1972)

Carmine Rubino (2 x QUAD mixes):
Barbra Streisand - Funny Lady OST (1972)
Blood Sweat & Tears - New City (1975)

David Rubinson (1 x QUAD mix):
Herbie Hancock - Sextant (1973)

Bob Scharper (1 x QUAD mix):
Melissa Manchester - Better Days & Happy Endings

Phil Schier (2 x QUAD mixes):
Quincy Jones - Body Heat (1974)
Quincy Jones - You've Got It Bad Girl (1973)

Bill Schnee QUAD mixes:
Art Garfunkel - Breakaway (1975)

Roy Segal (2 x QUAD mixes):
Chase - S/T (1972)
Sly Stone - High On You (mixed with Tom Lubin and Supervised by Sly Stone) (1975)

Ovie Sparks (2 x QUAD mixes):
Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach (1975)
Allman Brothers Band - Live At Filmore East (1975)

Michael Stone (1 x QUAD mix):
Buddy Miles Band - Chapter VII (Supervised by Buddy Miles) (1972)

Arthur Stoppe (3 x QUAD mixes):
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (1976)
MFSB - Philadelphia Freedom (1976)
O'Jays - Message In The Music (1976)

John Stronach (1 x QUAD mix):
Sly & The Family Stone - Small Talk (1974)

Bill Szymczyk QUAD mix:
J Geils Band - Nightmares.. And Other Tales From The Vinyl Jungle (1974)

Wayne Tarnowski (8 x QUAD mixes):
Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority (1974)
Chicago - III (1974)
Chicago - V (with Don Puluse) (1974)
Chicago - VI (1973)
Chicago - VII (1974)
Chicago - VIII (1974)
Chicago - IX (1975)
Chicago - X (1976)

Joe Tarsia (1 x QUAD mix):
MFSB - Love Is The Message (1974)

Carson Taylor (2 x QUAD mixes):
Sounds Of The Seventies Orchestra - New Songs Of The Seventies (1972)
Various Artists - Great Songs Of The Beatles (1972)

Derek Varnals (6 x QUAD mixes):
(produced/supervised by Tony Clarke)

Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed (1972)
Moody Blues - To Our Childrens Childrens Children (1972)
Moody Blues - On The Threshold Of A Dream (1972)
Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (1972)
Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1972)
Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

Bobby Warner QUAD mix:
Gil Evans - Svengali (1973)

Neil Wilburn (2 x QUAD mixes):
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1974)
Kris Kristofferson - Border Lord (1972)

Shelly Yakus (1 x QUAD mix):
Edgar Winter - Jasmine Nightdreams (supervised by Dan Hartman and Edgar Winter) (1975)

Don Young (28 x QUAD mixes):
Annie - OST (1977)
Beck, Bogart & Appice (1973)
Jeff Beck Group - S/T (1972)
Jeff Beck Group - Rough & Ready (1972)
Chicago - II (1974)
Mac Davis - Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me (Supervised by Harold J Kleiner) (1972)
Mac Davis - Stop And Smell The Roses (1974)
Rick Derringer - All American Boy (1973)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1975)
Earth Wind & Fire - Head To The Sky (Supervised by Harold J. Kleiner) (1973)
Janis Ian - Aftertones (1975)
Janis Ian - Between The Lines (Supervised by Harold J. Kleiner) (1975)
Billy Joel - Piano Man (1974)
Billy Joel - Streetlife Serenade (1974)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976)
Michel Legrand - Twenty Songs Of The Century (w/Michel Legrand) (1972)
Dave Mason - It's Like You Never Left (1973)
Poco - Deliverin' (1972)
Poco - Cantamos (1974)
REO Speedwagon - This Time We Mean It (1975)
Barbra Streisand - Live At The Forum (Supervised by Gary Chicofsky) (1972)
Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were (1974)
West Bruce & Laing - Why Dontcha (1972)
West Bruce & Laing - Whatever Turns You On (1973)
Edgar Winter Group - Shock Treatment (1974)
Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night (1972)
Johnny Winter - Saints and Sinners (1974)
Johnny Winter - Still Alive And Well (1973)

Jeff Young QUAD mix:
David Essex - Rock On (Quad Produced by Jeff Wayne) (1973)

...If you particularly enjoyed the Quad mix of say Labelle's Nightbirds SACD
(by Don Puluse) you might want to check out his other excellent Quad mixes
of Labelle's "Phoenix" and Wild Cherry's "Electrified Funk"..?

Ok, Its over to you, this list is by no means complete..

Let's fill in the gaps together and pay tribute to Quad's Unsung Heroes..!

DON PULUSE????
He was one of my teachers at Berklee!!!!!!

Although the only thing in my collection that he did is "Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo" which sounds like SHIT!!!!
Gotta listen to his Quad mixes...

kap'n krunch said:

DON PULUSE????
He was one of my teachers at Berklee!!!!!!

Although the only thing in my collection that he did is "Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo" which sounds like SHIT!!!!
Gotta listen to his Quad mixes...

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Oh wow! Thanks for that kap!

I like all 3 of those mixes I've heard of his, he was very good at mixing in Quad imho, I'm eager to know if any of you guys here know of any others he mixed?

Also, it would be very cool to try and "fill in some gaps" so to speak, for those titles where I cannot locate remix engineer info on the actual SQ LP sleeves..

I would dearly love to know who did the Quad mixes on..


Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow,
Jeff Beck - Wired,
Neil Diamond - Serenade,
Earth Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World,
Art Garfunkel - Breakaway,
Herbie Hancock - Thrust,
Isley Brothers - 3 + 3,
Isley Brothers - Live It Up,
Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World,
The Manhattans - Feels So Good,
Dave Mason - S/T,
The Miracles - Love Crazy,
O'Jays - Family Reunion,
Santana - Amigos,
Santana - Festival,
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon,
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years,
Phoebe Snow - Second Childhood,
Return To Forever - Musicmagic,
Tower Of Power - Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now,
Andy Williams - Andy,
Edgar Winter Group & Rick Derringer,
Johnny Winter - John Dawson III..

I have my hunches on some of them,
Santana - Amigos & Santana - Festival = Fred Catero,
as they are in a similar 'style' to his Herbie Hancock "Secrets" Quad,
for which he received remix engineer credit... but they are uncredited on the sleeves of my Israeli-pressed SQ LPs, can anybody here please help?

Paul Simon's "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" Quad credits Phil Ramone as the Quad Sound & Supervisor but no actual engineer credit.. does anybody here know who is the most likely candidate out of Keyes/Young/Halee, etc..?

Here are my additions after trawling google/discogs...if you're going to add these to the initial post, any chance you could rearrange the names in last name alphabetical order so they're easier to go through in future?


Dick Bogert
Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel


Fred Catero
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters (supervised by David Rubinson & Hancock)


Larry Keyes
Company - A Musical Comedy (Original Cast Recording)
Funny Girl - Original Soundtrack
Peter Matz - Quadraphonic Spectacular
Santana - Santana (1st Album)
Morton Subotnick - Sidewinder


Carmine Rubino
Barbra Streisand - Funny Lady OST


Wayne Tarnowski (not Jarnowski)
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago - III
Chicago - V
Chicago - VII
Chicago - VIII
Chicago - IX
Chicago - X


Don Young
Annie - Original Soundtrack
Chicago - II
Bob Dylan - Desire
Earth Wind & Fire - Head To The Sky (Supervised by Harold J. Kleiner)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (discogs claims 'uncredited quadraphonic remix engineer')



Don Puluse was also one of the original the engineers on some of the early Chicago albums (II, III and Carnegie Hall) before they moved to Caribou Ranch and Wayne Tarnowski (who I think was basically a junior/assistant at Columbia NYC) took over all of their engineering up until they parted company with their producer/manager James William Guercio after Chicago XI in late 1977/early 1978.

Thank you Dave that's wonderful! This was inspired by you so it is fitting that you should be filling in so many gaps!

When you say names in alphabetical order do you mean the Remix engineers' names?

Ps. Kap, what was Don Puluse like at Berklee? Was he a nice guy? Good teacher? TIA!

Yeah, alphabetical by engineer's last name - that way if we're adding any more it will be easy to scan the list to see if it's already there.

kap'n krunch said:

DON PULUSE????
He was one of my teachers at Berklee!!!!!!

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Hey Kap'n, when were you at Berklee? I was there in the mid 80s'!

steelydave said:

Yeah, alphabetical by engineer's last name - that way if we're adding any more it will be easy to scan the list to see if it's already there.

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Gotcha thanks I'm doing this on the phone at the min so will take a bit longer but rejigged list coming right up..

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong here, but I'm pretty sure all the Stax quad releases used the stereo jackets with a sticker put on top denoting SQ and the modified matrix number. If that's the case, this picture would be the closest we have as to information about who was responsible for them. It's also no surprise how good the Stax quad mixes are given that they were apparently done at the Columbia studios with the Columbia guys overseeing them. I think this is all the Stax quad mixes:

Isaac Hayes - Joy (1973)
Isaac Hayes - Live At The Sahara Tahoe (1973)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
Isaac Hayes - Tough Guys (1974)
Isaac Hayes - Truck Turner (1974)

Staple Singers - Be What You Are (1973)

It would be good if Audio Fidelity could release them

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Someone can correct me if I'm wrong here, but I'm pretty sure all the Stax quad releases used the stereo jackets with a sticker put on top denoting SQ and the modified matrix number. If that's the case, this picture would be the closest we have as to information about who was responsible for them. It's also no surprise how good the Stax quad mixes are given that they were apparently done at the Columbia studios with the Columbia guys overseeing them. I think this is all the Stax quad mixes:

Isaac Hayes - Joy (1973)
Isaac Hayes - Live At The Sahara Tahoe (1973)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
Isaac Hayes - Tough Guys (1974)
Isaac Hayes - Truck Turner (1974)

Staple Singers - Be What You Are (1973)

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fredblue said:

Also, it would be very cool to try and "fill in some gaps" so to speak, for those titles where I cannot locate remix engineer info on the actual SQ LP sleeves..

I would dearly love to know who did the Quad mixes on..

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here,

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The discogs entry for the Immersion box set of this has the following credits:

Mixed By [4.0 Quad Mix (1975)] – Brian Humphries
Mixed By [4.0 Quad Mix (1975), Assistant] – Peter James


The discogs entry for Weather Report's 'Mysterious Traveller' has Ron Malo credited as the engineer for the stereo version, and Ron Malo, Tim Geelan for the quad version so it seems most likely that Tim Geelan did the quad mix. The credits for 'Tale Spinnin' only list Bruce Botnick as the engineer in both the stereo and quad entries - it's not definitive but given he did that EW&F quad mix around the same time, it wouldn't be surprising if he did the quad mix of Tale Spinnin' given he did the stereo one. I think he's active in the Pono community forums so it may be possible to ask him about this.

Do any of those EMI albums that have had the quad mixes released on CD+DVD sets have quad remix credits in the booklets? Thinking of titles like Electric Light Orchestra, Ten Years After, Barclay James Harvest, and even the two Gentle Giant albums, Interview and Free Hand.

Great thread Adam. It really appeals to the music geek in me! I have to read album notes to find out who wrote the music, played, where it was recorded, who engineered, produced and mixed them.

steelydave said:

The discogs entry for the Immersion box set of this has the following credits:

Mixed By [4.0 Quad Mix (1975)] – Brian Humphries
Mixed By [4.0 Quad Mix (1975), Assistant] – Peter James


The discogs entry for Weather Report's 'Mysterious Traveller' has Ron Malo credited as the engineer for the stereo version, and Ron Malo, Tim Geelan for the quad version so it seems most likely that Tim Geelan did the quad mix. The credits for 'Tale Spinnin' only list Bruce Botnick as the engineer in both the stereo and quad entries - it's not definitive but given he did that EW&F quad mix around the same time, it wouldn't be surprising if he did the quad mix of Tale Spinnin' given he did the stereo one. I think he's active in the Pono community forums so it may be possible to ask him about this.

Do any of those EMI albums that have had the quad mixes released on CD+DVD sets have quad remix credits in the booklets? Thinking of titles like Electric Light Orchestra, Ten Years After, Barclay James Harvest, and even the two Gentle Giant albums, Interview and Free Hand.

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Thanks! I've added the WYWH info.

Good thinking! :upthumb I've added the info for Quad engineers on GG's In'terview & Free Hand, BJH/Once Again, Tubular Bells and Deep Purple's Stormbringer. The ELO Quad DVD, Ten Years After Quad DVD and Deep Purple/Machine Head Quad SACD don't list the Quad engineers unfortunately.

DuncanS said:

Great thread Adam. It really appeals to the music geek in me! I have to read album notes to find out who wrote the music, played, where it was recorded, who engineered, produced and mixed them.

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Thanks Duncan but steelydave must take the credit it was the kernel of his idea that got me "reelin in the engineers"..

Edit: So.. seeing as I mentioned reelin in the engineers (and stowin away the quads).. here is a poser.. does anybody know who remixed those three Steely Dan albums into Quad?

fredblue said:

Thanks Duncan but steelydave must take the credit it was the kernel of his idea that got me "reelin in the engineers"..

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A thanks to steelydave

DuncanS said:

It would be good if Audio Fidelity could release them

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Tell me about it! Fantasy also owns the CCR catalog which was released on SACD by Analogue Productions but in Stereo only. I truly wonder if AP would go through the trouble of issuing Quad mixes. I hope AF gets to pull that rabbit out of the hat. I'd buy every one of them.

Regrettably only Gold was released in quad. I have not heard if quad mixes for any full albums exist and Mr. Hoffman isn't doing new mixes from multis, only cleaning up existing 4.0 mixes. That said, I would buy all the albums in 4.0 or at least Gold if it came out. Anything modern has to be better than my 8 track.