The original would be defined as the 4 ch mix down tape from the multi-tracks. If Quadio releases this on SACD or Blu-ray Pure Audio, you will be hearing the original. Matrix encode/decode to LP or CD will be a compromise.
Beaver and Krause Gandharva Japanese QS LP Report
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Our old friend Oxford Dickie claims that Beaver & Krause – In A Wild Sanctuary is quad encoded. By his reckoning it is an unmarked Dyna encode. He offered a download of his decoded "release", but that is no longer available and I haven't heard it so can't comment any further.
https://theqmatrix.wordpress.com/20...wild-sanctuary-unmarked-quadraphonic-release/
https://theqmatrix.wordpress.com/20...wild-sanctuary-unmarked-quadraphonic-release/
That's a new one on me. I've never seen that mentioned anywhere else.
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So let me get this straight. All three Beaver & Krause WB albums have dedicated quad mixes: In a Wild Sanctuary is a Dyna-encoded LP, but this is not acknowledged on the jacket or label; Gandharva was issued in SQ in Japan; and All Good Men has a stealth EV encode -- or maybe it doesn't.
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I have serious doubts about 'In A Wild Sanctuary' though; I believe @ForagingRhino would have mentioned it, if they existed.
-out for upcoming Rhino Quadio'sI have serious doubts about 'In A Wild Sanctuary' though; I believe @ForagingRhino would have mentioned it, if they existed.
I understand quad tapes exist of All Good Men even though it wasn't issued in quadKeep
I have serious doubts about 'In A Wild Sanctuary' though; I believe @ForagingRhino would have mentioned it, if they existed.
Maybe; Gandharva in (most likely) QS. Wild Sanctuary in Dyna (maybe). All Good Men, maybe EV or Dyna.
OD seems certain that "In A Wild Sanctuary" was encoded (choosing DynaQuad by the process of elimination) obviously he ran it through his script based decode process and it must have turned out OK or he would not have "released" it. Does a discrete version exist; I'm guessing not, but I hope that I'm wrong.
See posts above. Gandharva was only issued in QS in Japan. All other issues are plain non
A discrete version will exist because all Quad matrix versions will be made from a discrete quad master.
Unless the encoding was simply done through the stereo mixing console, all that's needed is a bit of out of phase blend added to "encode" the rear "channels". That mixing technique could have been used with no special encoder required. Which might also explain why they were not labeled as quad. No separate stereo version of these early "stealth" quads is known to exist.
Pure speculation on my part of coarse.
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That is not how it would be done. I know for a fact that discrete masters exist of Gandharva and All Good Men as it has been verified to me from someone at Warners. I work in the industry.
I was referring to "In A Wild Sanctuary".
You know that how? An early stealth release done (only) as a stereo mix would be unlikely to carry any documentation. Have you heard OD's quad conversion? Sadly I haven't either; I missed that one, but I still have an open mind!
The "stereo" version would be in thier vault! The stereo version might have been stealth encoded! Nothing conclusive there!
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