Well talk like that just makes me want to only buy the rock titles and boycott the lighter stuff. Framing it that way will not help in the long run.It’ll be interesting too see these mellow listeners come out by the droves, and help this batch outsell the last four!
Have you seen some of the vinyl that Rhino presses? There's no way they get big sales out of them. Regina Spektor? Edith Piaf? Enya? Roxette? Peter, Paul & Mary? Chic?“Sundown” is a stunner song and major album for artist and label. And together with the others creates a nice cross section of listening.
And those who like things on the lighter side will feel more included here than with the last white hot batch of rock. For these listeners there is much more S&C, Spinners, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, and Carly, etc. to be considered, so long as they come out and buy these by the thousands.
It’ll be interesting too see these mellow listeners come out by the droves, and help this batch outsell the last four!
Why's that Bill? I do prefer rock, but I have a real soft spot for the mellow sounds of the 70's.....it's all good by me. Maybe when Rhino releases the next 4, Dutton will come out same time with some awesome titles. Surely we can all find stuff we like between all that.
I was just pointing out that making it a battle between hard rock and light rock with the purpose of tilting Rhino's release probability of each, isn't a good idea. We want them all to come out.
ahh.. bah humbug!
there's no battle between Hard Rock and the Softer stuff, that's all a load of BS (and i don't mean Black Sabbath!) tbh i think if the forum sleuthing, suggestions, guesses etc are anything to go by, if some of this upcoming bundle contains anything of the quality of any of the Spinners or Gordon Lightfoot Quads (and there's 5 albums in all of those Rhino can choose from) then dare i say it the Quadio's deserve to fly off the shelves/out of the warehouse, these are real gems that haven't had a reissue in Surround in pretty much 50 years!!! 
The Storm And The Sea was released over 20 years ago on dts CD. I'm happy to have it in my collection.
It won't matter at all in the longer run what has been said or framed. Only those folks right now clamoring for soft rock whipping out their visa cards and paypal numbers will help, or maybe not. We will all speak with our dollars.
The Spinners material (previously) does not exactly draw me in in a compelling way. But I've never heard it in quad. And the guys around here are saying it's really great in quad. R&B tends to work well in quad I have often noticed. So the quad factor has me interested. It could very well end up being the best of the next batch at least as a quad demo. Catchy music, very strong vocals, hits, and a stellar quad mix... what's not to like here.
Heck I’d say it’s one of the best if not the best periods for surround ever. We have more classic albums than ever getting surround mixes, we have more reissue programs than ever, and I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but through streaming we have more new and classic albums in surround than ever.
You got that right my man! This is the very first time ( and I've been collecting since the early 2000's) that I'm a bit overwhelmed from all the stuff being released. I would never have believed it could happen.
Indeed, I didn't even mention the last few Santana titles from Sony which were stunners that screamed "Original Master Tapes" mastered with utmost care.
Rhino is a subsidiary of Warner, making them first party. There's no licensing involved for the WEA catalogue on Rhino. The recently-granted license to MFSL would have no bearing on what Rhino can and can't release. The only obstacles I can foresee are the band members themselves objecting to a rerelease of the quad mixes, as was apparently the case for Paul Simon and the Bridge Over Troubled Water SACD from Sony Japan (analogous, as Sony owns Columbia).
The surviving members of the Eagles band are Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit. The band currently consists of these three members and Vince Gill. Glenn Frey, one of the founding members of the band, died in 2016. His son, Deacon Frey, was a part of the band from 2017 until 2022.
Logical. Hope you’re right. The Eagles are at the top of my list for Quadio releases.
In terms of current membership, yes. There are, however, two living former members in Bernie Leadon and Don Felder. Both appear on both of the two quad releases (On The Border and One of These Nights), while neither Joe Walsh nor Timothy B. Schmit do.
I suspect the approval would have to come from Mr. Henley, Mr. Azoff and the Frey estate.
