Crown Records Japan - RM/QS-encoded LPs, Singles and Cassettes (the mostly complete list)

[Mark Anderson]

Thanks Steelydave. I have added it to the Asian Market Discography

 

[steelydave]

@Mark Anderson I've been keeping an eye out for Vol.1 of that 'Japanese Lyrical Masterpieces Collection' since you posted the pictures of Vol.2 some time ago, and a google search recently finally yielded pictures of it:

GW-5339Q - Unknown Artist - Japanese Lyrical Masterpieces Collection 'Summer Memories / Snow-Clad Town' / 日本の抒情名曲集 '夏の思い出 / 雪の降る街を'


I also discovered this one on eBay:

GW-5347Q - Cremona Strings Orchestra 'Eric - Latest Screen Themes Best 16' / クレモナ・ストリングス・オーケストラ 'エリックの青春 / 最新映画主題曲集'


I also noticed that the Sansui QS advertisement on page 35 of the 3/30/74 issue of Billboard mentions two titles that were either never released (most likely, I think) or so scarce that no one's ever seen them: GW-7031Q (I think they got the titles mixed up between 7030Q and 7031Q) and GW-7050Q.

I've added all of these to the table in post #1, including the two unconfirmed/unreleased ones which I've notated in red to differentiate them. I also believe that with the addition of the last two albums that I've attached photos of above, the Crown quad discography is now complete. I think this is the case because the A & B side labels on each LP have CQL prefix-ed catalog numbers that run in sequential order (ie the first quad LP they put out had CQL-1 and CQL-2 labels, and so on) and with the new LPs I've just added (and my guesses about the CQL prefixes for the two unreleased albums) every CQL prefix from CQL-1 through CQL-84 is now accounted for without any gaps. I know this series of LPs is probably not particularly noteworthy to most people, but it's been a fun quad-detective adventure trying to find all the missing pieces over the last few years.

 

[Mark Anderson]

Thanks for keeping the flame alive. I have updated the Asian Market Discography for the three folks in the world that are interested in this. You, Me and that one other dude that owns Snow Records in Japan

 

[J. PUPSTER]

@Mark Anderson I've been keeping an eye out for Vol.1 of that 'Japanese Lyrical Masterpieces Collection' since you posted the pictures of Vol.2 some time ago, and a google search recently finally yielded pictures of it:

GW-5339Q - Unknown Artist - Japanese Lyrical Masterpieces Collection 'Summer Memories / Snow-Clad Town' / 日本の抒情名曲集 '夏の思い出 / 雪の降る街を'
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I also discovered this one on eBay:

GW-5347Q - Cremona Strings Orchestra 'Eric - Latest Screen Themes Best 16' / クレモナ・ストリングス・オーケストラ 'エリックの青春 / 最新映画主題曲集'
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I also noticed that the Sansui QS advertisement on page 35 of the 3/30/74 issue of Billboard mentions two titles that were either never released (most likely, I think) or so scarce that no one's ever seen them: GW-7031Q (I think they got the titles mixed up between 7030Q and 7031Q) and GW-7050Q.
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I've added all of these to the table in post #1, including the two unconfirmed/unreleased ones which I've notated in red to differentiate them. I also believe that with the addition of the last two albums that I've attached photos of above, the Crown quad discography is now complete. I think this is the case because the A & B side labels on each LP have CQL prefix-ed catalog numbers that run in sequential order (ie the first quad LP they put out had CQL-1 and CQL-2 labels, and so on) and with the new LPs I've just added (and my guesses about the CQL prefixes for the two unreleased albums) every CQL prefix from CQL-1 through CQL-84 is now accounted for without any gaps. I know this series of LPs is probably not particularly noteworthy to most people, but it's been a fun quad-detective adventure trying to find all the missing pieces over the last few years.

Dave, have you ever done research on Quad titles from the Tam label?