4 New Quadio releases coming in June!

[rtbluray]

Wait! Will they be blu-rays (like the rest of the series) in super jewel cases, or SACD’s (which are normally found in those cases)?

Blu-Rays

 

[proufo]

Release the whole bloody lot. This group of addicts will buy them all.

I can quit anytime I feel like it.

 

[Larry Geller]

Ooooh. How about "Wurst of Jefferson Airplane?" Q8 (not sure about reel) and no vinyl version. That would be amazing

There's a German version??

 

[edisonbaggins]

Exciting!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

This is some really huge and exciting news for me and I'm sure many here on the forum. I'm more into Quad music now than ever before, and still find & collect old Quad LP titles to enjoy; they go very very deep within the relatively short time period of their original heyday.

One of the main reasons this is so huge, is that I was under the impression from prior comments by Steve, that the Rhino Quadio series had run its course and petered-out. It's been what, around 4 long years since @ForagingRhino posted anything here? So it isn't that there aren't loads of possibilities for modern digital Quad releases; but that the corporate attitude towards it at Rhino (and most other companies) just wasn't supportive of it.

It's also exciting that as far as I know, they've never released 4 Quadio titles from 4 different artists at the same time. That's a very different way of doing things from the box sets we've been getting.

So the question is- has there been a shift in attitude now by the folks at Rhino for releasing more Quad (Quadio) titles in the future and on a more regular/consistent time schedule?

 

[humprof]

There's a German version??

Probably confusing it with The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach . Seriously, though: that album had an SQ vinyl release on Vanguard (and an unreleased QR). Some tracks are double-stereo, I think--but if Warners wanted to license that compilation from Concord and release a Quadio version, I'd be all over it!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wurst_of_P._D._Q._Bach

 

[Perp]

Or Dragon Fly or Spitfire.

Since, there is only one Grunt title being announced, I went for Red Octopus because it’s the bigger seller with the biggest hit single. But, hell, I’ll take all three. Spitfire is my favorite of those three.

 

[Perp]

Here’s hoping for a preorder period which can’t come soon enough.

 

[Perp]

Here’s my guess for the forthcoming titles:

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus

If an artist has more than a couple of titles available in the Quad format, I would think they would save those titles for a box set. Unless, of course, if all said collection of titles cannot be found or are not in great condition. Then, we may see a single album or two release only.

 

[ForagingRhino]

So yes, BluRays with the same Quadio/Stereo functionality as before.
Except for one title (this might be a clue!) where the Quad program deviates quite a bit from the stereo version.
As the audio programs need to be the same length for the Red/Yellow buttons to work, we had to lay this one out with the Stereo tracks AFTER the Quad.
So when you play the disc, the Quad plays first followed directly by the Stereo. Unless you select and individual track (like with a cd).

192/24 for both Quad & Stereo on all titles.

 

[fredblue]

Here’s my guess for the forthcoming titles:

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus

If an artist has more than a couple of titles available in the Quad format, I would think they would save those titles for a box set. Unless, of course, if all said collection of titles cannot be found or are not in great condition. Then, we may see a single album or two release only.

all 4 of those would be superb choices and i feel hopeful they would be very well received by QQ and SHTV members alike

 

[GOS]

Here’s my guess for the forthcoming titles:

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus

If an artist has more than a couple of titles available in the Quad format, I would think they would save those titles for a box set. Unless, of course, if all said collection of titles cannot be found or are not in great condition. Then, we may see a single album or two release only.

Dude, do NOT tease me with the Sabbath stuff. LMFAO! I'd probably die of a heart attack first...right when putting the disc in my Oppo.

 

[fredblue]

So yes, BluRays with the same Quadio/Stereo functionality as before.
Except for one title (this might be a clue!) where the Quad program deviates quite a bit from the stereo version.
As the audio programs need to be the same length for the Red/Yellow buttons to work, we had to lay this one out with the Stereo tracks AFTER the Quad.
So when you play the disc, the Quad plays first followed directly by the Stereo. Unless you select and individual track (like with a cd).

192/24 for both Quad & Stereo on all titles.

hmm.. tantalising... exciting times!!

 

[beerking]

So yes, BluRays with the same Quadio/Stereo functionality as before.
Except for one title (this might be a clue!) where the Quad program deviates quite a bit from the stereo version.
As the audio programs need to be the same length for the Red/Yellow buttons to work, we had to lay this one out with the Stereo tracks AFTER the Quad.
So when you play the disc, the Quad plays first followed directly by the Stereo. Unless you select and individual track (like with a cd).

192/24 for both Quad & Stereo on all titles.

Are we testing the waters with these Quads being released, to see what Joe Public will buy.
Or is this the start of a larger Rhino project?

Either way, it really is incredible that Rhino is still producing physical releases.

Long may it continue

 

[GOS]

So yes, BluRays with the same Quadio/Stereo functionality as before.
Except for one title (this might be a clue!) where the Quad program deviates quite a bit from the stereo version.
As the audio programs need to be the same length for the Red/Yellow buttons to work, we had to lay this one out with the Stereo tracks AFTER the Quad.
So when you play the disc, the Quad plays first followed directly by the Stereo. Unless you select and individual track (like with a cd).

192/24 for both Quad & Stereo on all titles.

Killing me! When will the titles be unveiled? Throw us a bone man!

 

[ar surround]

Dude, do NOT tease me with the Sabbath stuff. LMFAO! I'd probably die of a heart attack first...right when putting the disc in my Oppo.

Your ’religious’ fervor when it comes to Sabbath is renown to many members of this forum. Paranoid would indeed be grand!

 

[Owen Smith]

Could be they've seen how the quad SACD's, from Dutton Vocalion, are selling, and they want to get in on that market. Releasing them on Blu-ray makes sense, since more people can play that format in surround than SACD. I've seen several BD-A titles come with a separate stereo CD, as well.

Dutton Vocalion using SACD is a mistake in my opinion. On top of the issues with the audio (pain to rip, high frequency noise shaping etc) it pretty much means one stereo and one multi channel version of the music. With blu ray and some simple menus it's trivial to have multiple stereo tracks, 4.0, 5.1 etc. and some music videos etc ie whatever exists related to the album can be put on there.

 

[Owen Smith]

So the question is- has there been a shift in attitude now by the folks at Rhino for releasing more Quad (Quadio) titles in the future and on a more regular/consistent time schedule?

Possibly they've realised they can't get any more boxsets together and it's either single albums or call it a day with Quadio titles. As for the time gap, maybe they've had a review of the business and decided to give it another try? Without inside info we'll never know.

 

[Owen Smith]

As for boxsets, Moody Blues is a band where a large quad boxset could be done, though they've already all been released on SACD.

 

[Blackwood]

There was a thread at the start of the year about upcoming releases announced or speculated in 2023 and what we were looking forward to.

One of the things I said was that I’m most looking forward to the things I don’t even know about... those surprises that no one has any hint of.

This tip-off is exactly that.

And if I could have some choices off the link that was shared... Deep Purple, please.