Not to be a wet blanket, but holy deja vu Batman! Suddenly I am thrown back to the early 70s, when there was so much quadraphonic elevator music in the record store LP stacks to avoid.
Dutton Vocalion UK mining the Sony Music quad catalog for Multichannel SACD release!
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These old Quads have certainly been elevated to another level.
Stunning job by Dutton Vocalion.
Oh jeez....
I'm gonna have to get some of these...I hadn't taken the NesTea plunge yet...
Mixwise the Legrand and the Montenegro are the best of these 4 SACDs by quite some margin I would say.. and they sound fabulous.
I've never been terribly enamoured of Chinatown as an album or Quad mix, or the sound quality for that matter, just seemed kinda lacking all round and it's only marginally improved here to be honest.. thankfully the Romeo & Juliet Quad is a delight and sounds pristine. Some here won't enjoy some of the mixing decisions, like drums in the rear right only but for lovers of ultra discrete mixes ( like me
) I'm a v. Happy bunny.Of the Conniff Quads, Love Will Keep Us Togeher is a better mix than Laughter In The Rain imho but they both sound superb on the new SACD. I won't be bothering with the SQ LPs of either of these Conniff albums again, they're absolutely trounced in every way by the SACD, sound quality is wonderful and of course they're discrete. Hooray! :wave
Mixwise the Legrand and the Montenegro are the best of these 4 SACDs by quite some margin I would say.. and they sound fabulous.
I've never been terribly enamoured of Chinatown as an album or Quad mix, or the sound quality for that matter, just seemed kinda lacking all round and it's only marginally improved here to be honest.. thankfully the Romeo & Juliet Quad is a delight and sounds pristine. Some here won't enjoy some of the mixing decisions, like drums in the rear right only but for lovers of ultra discrete mixes ( like me
Of the Conniff Quads, Love Will Keep Us Togeher is a better mix than Laughter In The Rain imho but they both sound superb on the new SACD. I won't be bothering with the SQ LPs of either of these Conniff albums again, they're absolutely trounced in every way by the SACD, sound quality is wonderful and of course they're discrete. Hooray! :wave
OK, thanks for the specifics Adam. I mean, it's not like I'll listen to this stuff often, I think I just want to dabble and say I own some of this while available. I mean heck, my kids will inherit all my physical discs (and I'm getting a lot), so it's more of an investment I suppose.
You're welcome Gene.
I would say maybe get them primarily for the musical content, I dunno?
if you enjoy this kind of stuff, I appreciate some of its not everyone's cup of tea.
as surround goes the mixes are across the board, a couple are terrific, a couple are so-so, the others are solid.. musically they are what they are, of their time, easy listening.
I'll probably just get 2 or 3 of these titles, probably comes down to the actual songs on the discs I guess.
Dominate the.. what? What do you mean?
I buy new stuff, I post at QQ about buying new stuff as the QQ thread indicates.. I can only post in the areas of QQ that I have anything to post about at the time. When I'm listening to surround I post about that in the relevant QQ thread, etc, etc.
You have me on block already, please do continue to ignore me, I'm not wounded you have chosen to do so, or why, just seems rather unfortunate you felt the need to broadcast it.. feels off hand and personal when someone posts along the lines of; "I'm taking you off block to tell you that you get on my tits".
Ho hum.. anyway, back to this thread, the Stevie Wonder Hugo Quad on the new SACD is sensational guys & gals, I'm hearing little things popping up all over the place for the first time, layers in the channels I never heard tinkering around with the CD-4 record that's for sure! Bravo DV! Encore!
I really enjoy all your posts, Adam... please keep them coming! (including the puns
)
Do you mean you're eyeing up 2 or 3 of the 4 that are out already (I think the Montenegro - Godfather/Spaghetti Western Quad SACD is now out too by the looks of it) or all those announced including the others still on pre-order?
gotta say, even though my tastes are more kinda soft Catholic (oh I dunno, something like that..
) I'm toying with even getting the light Classical or whatever they are (Kostelanetz does Spain, et al) SACD surround titles that DV are also putting out.. I didn't pick any of these up on SQ LP over the last 18 months vinyl buying frenzy, they just didn't grab me somehow.. but tempting to get them now, seeing as they're a.) cheap & b.) discrete master tape quality Quad sound.. hmm.. tempting, tempting, very tempting! I'll try not to give myself a migraine over it, I'll probably just spontaneously (combust!) into ordering another slew of these babies come payday! Hooray! man that Stevie Wonder Quad is out of this world..! Is that on your list, Gene Genie?
I really enjoy all your posts, Adam... please keep them coming! (including the puns
hey Sean, that's decent of you mate, I'll try not to go too extreme with the comedy.. and I'm kinda not wanting the Zilla's tiring of my Captain Puntastic routine to turn into anything cos life's too short and really its all unnecessary I mean who doesn't get on someone's thruppeny bits at some point, I understand that, even if its not nice to hear it sometimes.. but really above all it would be great not to detract from the big news here which is that these new Surround SACDs are (for the most part
) really rather good and the mixes of some are so good they transcend the material in surprising ways!more than that, a couple of them are real (imho) reference surround.. its incredible to think that Michel Legrand Quad - relatively obscure as it is - has kinda gone largely unnoticed and unloved for the last what is it 42 years or something.. it was apparently released in both the States and Japan in Dbl SQ LP form.. and I've spotted a couple of QQ-ers have said in past posts they have it but wow its a tough one to find, still not found a copy anywhere and i've been scouring the globe (online only of course
) for many months now, just about everything else has come along in some shape or form but not the Legrand! maybe I've been looking in the wrong places.. I don't have Japanese connections like our Barbeque Bill and Circular Vibes Matthew! while greatly enjoying the easy listening, I do also have a bigger axe to grind in that I hope these surround titles continue to do the business for DV.. now they've got some Soul/R&B Quads coming out (yeay!) fingers crossed there ain't nothin stoppin em now (ahem) and before next Christmas I might finally get to hear some more Isleys & O'Jays in discrete master tape Quad quality (other than 3+3 & Ship Ahoy!)... wishin' and hopin'..
Do you mean you're eyeing up 2 or 3 of the 4 that are out already (I think the Montenegro - Godfather/Spaghetti Western Quad SACD is now out too by the looks of it) or all those announced including the others still on pre-order?
gotta say, even though my tastes are more kinda soft Catholic (oh I dunno, something like that..
man that Stevie Wonder Quad is out of this world..! Is that on your list, Gene Genie?
I would gladly buy the Stevie Wonder'ish stuff. He's a gem. Curious about the spaghetti western stuff as I love that too.
the Hugo does Stevie Quad is really a trip Gene, I'd say you gotta explore that one (your kids may even love it!) the Neil Diamond is kinda less exciting (the surround mix is mostly great and I love Neil Diamond's music) I just guess I feel Stevie's stuff lends itself better to Hugo's arrangements and the moog and stuff you know? it just works.. curious about the Spaghetti too, hope its not pasta its use by date! wocka wocka :ugham:
edit: something pretty cool about the WonderLand Hugo album is that its sanctioned by Stevie Wonder.. in the little booklet inside the new SACD (part of which is a facsimile of the Quad LP) there's a Foreword by the legend himself.
i wonder (ho ho
) if we'll ever get to hear any Stevie Wonder originals in Quad/5.1 someday.. seems unlikely but no harm dreaming is there!?
+1 for fredblue's posts here (there, and everywhere) - no one brings as much positive energy to this site as Adam does and it wouldn't be the same without him, QQ's MVP in my opinion.
Looking forward to hearing these even more now based on Adam's reviews. I feel like every time an matrix-only quad release (like the Legrand album) gets modern discrete multi-channel release, an angel gets its wings!
Looking forward to hearing these even more now based on Adam's reviews. I feel like every time an matrix-only quad release (like the Legrand album) gets modern discrete multi-channel release, an angel gets its wings!
aww.. shucks..
Thanks for that Dave! One endeavours to do one's bit donchyaknow.. I do marvel at the fact that most days I still love this hobby more than ever.. surrounds so.. multi layered.. it's like a great big onion.. as Marvin G. sang!
Yours prolifically,
The MVP
(Most Verbose Prat? if so a pox on all your chickens!
)Ps. Love the Angel wings analogy! :upthumb
..every time an old Quad is liberated from its matrix encoded shackles and finally released in discrete form it also means I can stop tearing what's left of my barnet out in the wee small hours trying to extract that extra bit of I don't know what out of some scratchy old SQ record thru the Surround Master for the gazillionth time (which is what I'm doing with Johnnie Taylor, again, at the moment.. poor Johnnie, his grooves will be worn out soon I'm sure.. although he did say "Please don't stop that song from playing".. so I took him at his word and have been playing it wall to wall ever since..!) ..does Mr. Dutton like Johnnie Taylor, Dave?
PPs. Looking forward to some liner notes from the pen of the fine upstanding fellow with the initials D.Z.
Am I right in thinking they saved your literary contributions for Tower Of Power and the other Soul RCA one (name escapes me, few drinks..
) hope so.. I need the Tower Of Power SACD like I need another G&T.. ahh.. what doesn't go well with ice and a slice! a quiche maybe..
It appears that Tower Of Power 'Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now' and Main Ingredient 'Euphrates River' are now in stock at D-V's website so they're presumably shipping now.
That leaves only the Miklos Rosza, Andre Kostelanetz, and Arthur Fiedler quad discs, and the Watership Down sountrack stereo disc before all the new SACDs are in stock.
That leaves only the Miklos Rosza, Andre Kostelanetz, and Arthur Fiedler quad discs, and the Watership Down sountrack stereo disc before all the new SACDs are in stock.
Yes. Also, if you mix pre-orders into your Multichannel SACD order, they hold the entire order until all are in stock.
So it's wiser with Dutton/Vocalion to order the In Stock ones separately to get them sooner.
The Miklos Rosza disc is in stock as of today, so that only leaves the Kostelanetz and Fiedler multichannel discs and Watership Down stereo disc before all of the new Dutton releases are available.
:wave :woopie :worthy :banana:
more pics..
Reading the superb liner notes by David Zimmerman
(QQ Member steelydave ) while being transported to Quad Jazz R&B heaven..
Thanks Dave, Thanks Dutton Vocalion.. Merry Christmas and God bless ye
(QQ Member steelydave ) while being transported to Quad Jazz R&B heaven..
Thanks Dave, Thanks Dutton Vocalion.. Merry Christmas and God bless ye
Wow, so exciting to see these in print after all the weeks of fussing and agonising I did over the writing. When I was asked to write these originally they asked me for 'about 1,000 words' each, but by the time I was done I was over double that. As you can see Dutton have added a bunch of extra pages to accomodate how verbose I ended up being and I can't thank them enough for it. I tried to edit my 2,000 words down to 1,000 and it seemed like an impossible task - the end result was like 'they were some guys who played music for a living kthanksbye'.
I also noticed that D-V have replicated the colour of the original inner sleeve of the Tower Of Power album on the back cover. I sent them some images of it (as well as RGB values) and it looks like they've got it bang on. As a collector I really appreciate those little bits of attention to detail.
So Adam, the million dollar question...how do they sound?
I also noticed that D-V have replicated the colour of the original inner sleeve of the Tower Of Power album on the back cover. I sent them some images of it (as well as RGB values) and it looks like they've got it bang on. As a collector I really appreciate those little bits of attention to detail.
So Adam, the million dollar question...how do they sound?
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