Bitches Brew Quadraphonic SACD from Sony Japan

[Clint Eastwood]

That's a good price! Of course, shipping will probably be expensive. . . .

It appears for a couple more days there is an incentive here

 

[ArmyOfQuad]

Yeah, went with movie mars on amazon for 65 including shipping, which is probably in the ballpark of any other options. Ridiculous the lengths one has to go to in order to buy a product, the music industry really sucks.

 

[whatsmyname4]

I just got this in the mail today, via CDJapan.

First off, I'm stunned at the quality of packaging design for the outer sleeve. The booklet and inner-sleeve design are beautiful.

The quad mix is great! It's a little aggressive at times and very immersive. This is my first time hearing it. I'm only about three tracks into it so far.

I'm also looking forward to hearing the original stereo mix in DSD too, which I haven't owned in a digital format before (I do own the Bitches Brew cd box set and the original vinyl).

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I just got this in the mail today, via CDJapan.

First off, I'm stunned at the quality of packaging design for the outer sleeve. The booklet and inner-sleeve design are beautiful.

The quad mix is great! It's a little aggressive at times and very immersive. This is my first time hearing it. I'm only about three tracks into it so far.

I'm also looking forward to hearing the original stereo mix in DSD too, which I haven't owned in a digital format before (I do own the Bitches Brew cd box set and the original vinyl).

It's pretty intense...it's not for casual listening

 

[marpow]

It's pretty intense...it's not for casual listening

Yes I agree Clint. I did a all listen one time through and I was crazy by the end, too much for me. There was another poster on this thread that said Bitches Brew, especially in 5.1 is better to listen bits and pieces at a time.

 

[H.A.L.]

I find it great background music while I do dishes The click and clack of the plates goes right along with it.

 

[whatsmyname4]

It's pretty intense...it's not for casual listening

I agree it is intense! My dog was taking a nap in the next room and after me playing about five minutes of "Pharoah's Dance", he got up and moved to a room further away from my listening room.

 

[DuncanS]

Yes I agree Clint. I did a all listen one time through and I was crazy by the end, too much for me. There was another poster on this thread that said Bitches Brew, especially in 5.1 is better to listen bits and pieces at a time.

I listened to it all in one session whilst working …………………….but then I was crazy before I listened to it!

 

[kap'n krunch]

I agree it is intense! My dog was taking a nap in the next room and after me playing about five minutes of "Pharoah's Dance", he got up and moved to a room further away from my listening room.

well that's because it's an SACD and pooches and kitties can hear the ultrasonic noise!

 

[Jim the Oldbie]

Pooches and kitties and noise, oh my!

 

[Clint Eastwood]

In case some of you "Bitches" didn't pick this one up(I had to get one more in)it's still available

 

[JediJoker]

Just felt this needed to be shared here:

[MEDIA]

 

[antoine555]

In case some of you "Bitches" didn't pick this one up(I had to get one more in)it's still available

Ok, bought it. 62€ with shipping to France

Now I'll just have to check all my audiophile friends to find one able to rip it

 

[Clint Eastwood]

It's still around on cdJapan

 

[Lute]

It's still around on cdJapan

The last one?

 

[atlantasteve]

I bought one from cd.japan. It's on the way.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

The last one?

I've noiticed that the last one seems to be the last one in the current supply...and then a week later they have more

 

[Dynamic Editor]

This was talked about in the Doobie Brothers Quadio thread, but I wanted to check it here, too. Should I throw away these plastic sleeves to prevent oxidization from happening on the discs?

 

[quicksrt]

This was talked about in the Doobie Brothers Quadio thread, but I wanted to check it here, too. Should I throw away these plastic sleeves to prevent oxidization from happening on the discs?View attachment 107605

I have an opinion on the Japanese sleeves placed on discs. They Japan pressings of LPs is where the "rice paper" inner sleeves first appeared. This is a different material than a similar type of sleeves which at times appeared on German, or UK pressings. But I did see some Aust pressed LP which featured the real "rice paper type rounded bottom" inner sleeves.

Flash forward many years, other companies, many in the US started using a thin poly plastic inner that "resembles" the authentic rice paper type used in Japan. Or they used a poly inner (see 80's Warner Bros.) These later imitations, are somewhat like what appeared in the Doobies box set are by themselves made of a high quality material. It is their reaction to other plastics which omit gassing effect that can first create a fog on the disc, and later that fog and then the gasses actually burns into the surface of the disc.

The Japan SACDs and their LP pressings afaik are still using a rice paper inner sleeve, and I've never seen a problem like with a PVC sleeve on other plastic causing harm.

Look at the Japan SACD rice paper, and compare it to Doobies inner sleeve material and one will notice there is a difference. One is not the plastic and is harmless, the other looks sort of the same and has risk.
Someone on that other forum said "PVC gasses can poison and kill you, they can also fog your records.

 

[zimmy]

I have an opinion on the Japanese sleeves placed on discs. They Japan pressings of LPs is where the "rice paper" inner sleeves first appeared. This is a different material than a similar type of sleeves which at times appeared on German, or UK pressings. But I did see some Aust pressed LP which featured the real "rice paper type rounded bottom" inner sleeves.

Flash forward many years, other companies, many in the US started using a thin poly plastic inner that "resembles" the authentic rice paper type used in Japan. Or they used a poly inner (see 80's Warner Bros.) These later imitations, are somewhat like what appeared in the Doobies box set are by themselves made of a high quality material. It is their reaction to other plastics which omit gassing effect that can first create a fog on the disc, and later that fog and then the gasses actually burns into the surface of the disc.

The Japan SACDs and their LP pressings afaik are still using a rice paper inner sleeve, and I've never seen a problem like with a PVC sleeve on other plastic causing harm.

Look at the Japan SACD rice paper, and compare it to Doobies inner sleeve material and one will notice there is a difference. One is not the plastic and is harmless, the other looks sort of the same and has risk.
Someone on that other forum said "PVC gasses can poison and kill you, they can also fog your records.

I have missed the discussion about these plastic sleeves.
I have now removed the sleeves from the Doobies box. and also from the Chicago box even if i see that it is an slightly different material.
But i have been irritated by the sleeve on sleeve thing so i guess i might just as well remove tall of them if not somebody has information that the discs are somehow more protected by them