Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties - Audio Fidelity 4.0 SACD (September 2016)

steelydave · Jul 3, 2016

Amazon links just popped up tonight for new AF releases BOC 'Secret Treaties' and Leon Russell and the Shelter People.

As usual no hints as to format etc. but hopefully the BOC disc is quad...

Clint Eastwood · Jul 3, 2016

Nice find "steely"...you have been reeling in the titles...

[video=youtube;RVJiwyg0iDM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVJiwyg0iDM[/video]

Clint Eastwood · Jul 3, 2016

For those that aren't familiar with Secret Treaties..just imagine what this will sound like in a high quality quad release

[video=youtube;VPhUcbf79_c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPhUcbf79_c[/video]

Simon A · Jul 3, 2016

steelydave said:
Amazon links just popped up tonight for new AF releases BOC 'Secret Treaties' and Leon Russell and the Shelter People.

As usual no hints as to format etc. but hopefully the BOC disc is quad...

Could the Blue Öyster Cult album be the one that fellow member quicksrt has been hinting to recently?

I have a favour to ask all of you. I don't wish for anyone to be offended by my saying this. Could we keep the Quad expectation level to a minimum please? Just in case that both of these titles are Stereo only SACDs. I would hate for the same messy reaction that happened for the Blood, Sweat & Tears Stereo only release from Audio Fidelity to be duplicated with these. By reducing our expectations, we may prevent such disappointment. I myself was guilty of having too high expectations and actually taking the release for granted, which explains my negative reaction when we all learned that the Quad mix was not included in the release.

There, I said it. I hope you'll not throw too many bricks at me for speaking my mind.

GOS · Jul 3, 2016

I agree Simon....don't want to get my hopes up too much...but...

BOC in QUAD!! :banana:
BOC in QUAD!! :banana:

BOC in QUAD!! :banana:
BOC in QUAD!! :banana:

Oops...got a little carried away there. Back to earth. Yes, I hope they are in Quad...but not getting my hopes up yet.

Simon A · Jul 3, 2016

GOS said:
I agree Simon....don't want to get my hopes up too much...but...

BOC in QUAD!! :banana:
BOC in QUAD!! :banana:

BOC in QUAD!! :banana:
BOC in QUAD!! :banana:

Oops...got a little carried away there. Back to earth. Yes, I hope they are in Quad...but not getting my hopes up yet.

LOL! I think you've already started celebrating July 4 a day in advance Gene...

GOS · Jul 3, 2016

Clint Eastwood said:
For those that aren't familiar with Secret Treaties..just imagine what this will sound like in a high quality quad release

[video=youtube;VPhUcbf79_c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPhUcbf79_c[/video]

Killing me...always thought that opening track one of the very coolest songs on earth....like The Munsters playing ROCK! Love it.

fredblue · Jul 3, 2016

Simon A said:
Could the Blue Öyster Cult album be the one that fellow member quicksrt has been hinting to recently?

I have a favour to ask all of you. I don't wish for anyone to be offended by my saying this. Could we keep the Quad expectation level to a minimum please? Just in case that both of these titles are Stereo only SACDs. I would hate for the same messy reaction that happened for the Blood, Sweat & Tears Stereo only release from Audio Fidelity to be duplicated with these. By reducing our expectations, we may prevent such disappointment. I myself was guilty of having too high expectations and actually taking the release for granted, which explains my negative reaction when we all learned that the Quad mix was not included in the release.

There, I said it. I hope you'll not throw too many bricks at me for speaking my mind.

I admire your bravery and your candour, Simon.. personally, it would be a very sad thing for me if the upcoming Audio Fidelity SACD were not to include the Quad as I see this as the best and potentially only hope for the Secret Treaties Quad to see a discrete Hi-Res beautifully remastered modern-day release anytime soon.. but we shall see, August is just around the corner.

GOS · Jul 3, 2016

fredblue said:
I admire your bravery and your candour, Simon.. personally, it would be a very sad thing for me if the upcoming Audio Fidelity SACD were not to include the Quad as I see this as the best and potentially only hope for the Secret Treaties Quad to see a discrete Hi-Res beautifully remastered modern-day release anytime soon.. but we shall see, August is just around the corner.

Corner? Like 4 corners....or 4 speakers in the corners...QUAD! It's Quad!! Secret messages will only throw fuel on the fire Adam! What? SECRET?? As in Secret TReaties???

fredblue · Jul 3, 2016

GOS said:
I agree Simon....don't want to get my hopes up too much...but...

BOC in QUAD!! :banana:
BOC in QUAD!! :banana:

BOC in QUAD!! :banana:
BOC in QUAD!! :banana:

Oops...got a little carried away there. Back to earth. Yes, I hope they are in Quad...but not getting my hopes up yet.

Its Quad worthy of a truckload of banana's! :51banana:

Secret Treaties is one of my most played Quads.. please please AF, my old SQ LPs crying out to be put out to pasture, its knackered!

Simon A · Jul 3, 2016

GOS said:
Corner? Like 4 corners....or 4 speakers in the corners...QUAD! It's Quad!! Secret messages will only throw fuel on the fire Adam! What? SECRET?? As in Secret TReaties???

No, it's that record label from the 60's which released so many wonderful Easy Listening albums...

fredblue · Jul 3, 2016

GOS said:
Corner? Like 4 corners....or 4 speakers in the corners...QUAD! It's Quad!! Secret messages will only throw fuel on the fire Adam! What? SECRET?? As in Secret TReaties???

Haha! You're on fire! Keep it up!
(As the fella said to the viagra pill..... err.. yeah.. anyway.. Tanqueray's yummy

)

fredblue · Jul 3, 2016

Clint Eastwood said:
For those that aren't familiar with Secret Treaties..just imagine what this will sound like in a high quality quad release

[video=youtube;VPhUcbf79_c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPhUcbf79_c[/video]

I'm there, Clinton, baby.. I'm THERE :smokin

Simon A · Jul 3, 2016

GOS said:
Oh, OK - then that's pretty clear. Fine by me....don't even know that album I guess.

It's actually a pretty good one Gene. If you listen to the sound clips on iTunes, you may find it your cup of tea or mug of beer.

DennisMabry · Jul 3, 2016

"Secret Treaties" was definitely one of my favorite Q8's. I think I got it about the same time as Frank Zappa's "Apostrophe". I will most likely buy it, even if it turns out to be stereo only, but the discrete quad version on SACD would be a dream come true!

leahypc · Jul 4, 2016

Simon A said:
It's actually a pretty good one Gene. If you listen to the sound clips on iTunes, you may find it your cup of tea or mug of beer.

It's a classic...

quicksrt · Jul 4, 2016

The BOC album will be including the quad mix for sure. This was one of three rock titles that I am aware AF was working on doing. It's a most important one to me due to no QR ever released. And I had the album at age 14, so it is important that my childhood gets reissued in 3-D 4.0 quad surround.

It also sends another message to other labels like "look what we found" something new and very cool! Sony Japan, AF just beat you to another stone Classic in quad, you better get on the stick while the market is still there!!!!

It's too bad that it won't have a companion 4.0 release. But I'm fine with one 4.0 every month or every other month. My budget is already blown.

leahypc · Jul 4, 2016

quicksrt said:
The BOC album will be including the quad mix for sure. This was one of three rock titles that I am aware AF was working on doing. It's a most important one to me due to no QR ever released. And I had the album at age 14, so it is important that my childhood gets reissued in 3-D 4.0 quad surround.

It also sends another message to other labels like "look what we found" something new and very cool! Sony Japan, AF just beat you to another stone Classic in quad, you better get on the stick while the market is still there!!!!

It's too bad that it won't have a companion 4.0 release. But I'm fine with one 4.0 every month or every other month. My budget is already blown.

All right - taking your word for it... Actually, I find it impossible to believe that this one could go sideways like that. That would be catastrophic.

My introduction to BOC was when I was 13, and my brother got me into both 'On Your Feet Or On Your Knees' and 'Secret Treaties'. I was totally floored by these guys, and they just seemed so mysterious - especially looking at the gatefold and inner sleeves for the live album. I was completely hooked. So this is a long time coming, because I never got to hear any of these quad mixes until recent years.

4-earredwonder · Jul 5, 2016

steelydave said:
The artwork mock-up for this showed up on Amazon today - it scared me for a second because it doesn't have the usual red circle proclaiming quad or 4.0 or anything, but you'll notice on the disc itself it says 'Hybrid Multichannel' and has an AFZ5 catalog number. Tentative cause for celebration?

How many of these scoops do I have to post before I can change my username to steelybmoura?

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Many thanks for posting a pic steelybmoura.

Judging by the titles of the album cuts wonder if it comes with a whip and a set of handcuffs?:banana:

JonUrban · Jul 5, 2016

This is funny, really. I knew the next rock quad would be a BOC disc, but Marshall did not say which one and I didn't ask. You guys always find out early anyway. I asked Marshall once how others found out so early, mostly because I did not want him to think that I was leaking any info, and he told me that there are one or two resellers that get over zealous and they put the stuff out there as coming soon.

Who said no one cares about disc releases these days?

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