Dutton Vocalion: What's Next?

[fredblue]

Dutton Vocalion have released so many gems over the years, it's great to take stock every so often and lovingly look over their fabulous SACDs here's a table full of DV Quad gems i just can't live without

(there are more i love/consider essential, including the 3 x Tomita releases, i just ran out of room on the table!! )

from top L to bottom R;

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes w/Teddy Pendergrass "Black & Blue (ft "The Love I Lost") & "Wake Up Everybody", The Hues Corporation "Rockin' Soul" (ft "Rock The Boat") & "The Love Corporation", Return To Forever "Musicmagic", The O'Jays "Ship Ahoy", "Live In London" & "Message In The Music", Tower Of Power "There Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now", The Miracles "Love Crazy", REO Speedwagon "Lost In A Dream" & "This Time We Mean It", Rick Derringer "All American Boy" (ft. Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo") & "Spring Fever", Chase "Chase" & "Pure Music", Billy Paul "360 Degrees Of Billy Paul" & "War Of The Gods", Johnnie Taylor "Ear'gasm" (ft. "Disco Lady") & "Rated EXtraordinaire", Bachman Turner Overdrive I & II, Charlie Rich "Behind Closed Doors" & "Every Time You Touch Me, I Get High", The Isley Brothers "The Heat Is On" (ft. "Fight The Power") & "Harvest For The World", The Isley Brothers "3+3" (ft. "That Lady"), "Live It Up" & "Go For Your Guns" (ft. "Footsteps In The Dark"), M.F.S.B. "Philadelphia Freedom", Blood Sweat & Tears "Mirror Image" & "New City", B. W. Stevenson "My Maria" & "Calabasas", Hugo Montenegro "Rocket Man", Henry Mancini "The Return Of The Pink Panther" & "Symphonic Soul", Deodato "Prelude" & Deodato 2", Earth Wind & Fire "Spirit" & "That's The Way Of The World", Art Garfunkel "Breakaway", Burton Cummings "Burton Cummings", Azteca "Azteca", The Guess Who "Road Food" & "#10", Weather Report "Tale Spinnin'", The O'Jays "Survival" & "Family Reunion" (ft. "I Love Music"), Poco "Cantamos" & "Seven", Pure Prairie League "Two Lane Highway" & "If The Shoe Fits".

 

[quicksrt]

Might be tough to top these, but fingers crossed...

My faves from DV in quad have been:

Weather Report "Tale Spinnin'"
Art Garfunkel "Breakaway"
Return To Forever "Musicmagic"
Earth Wind & Fire "Spirit" & "That's The Way Of The World"
The O'Jays "Ship Ahoy"
Guess Who "The Best of The Guess Who Vol. 2"

Teenage faves, with Special merit:

Rick Derringer "All American Boy"
Ted Nugent "Cat Scratch Fever"
Mott The Hoople "The Hoople"

 

[Uncle Obscure]

So, wait you guys, there is no love for Angel Clare and Roy Halee's sublime original quad mix?? I love Breakaway, too, but a song like "I Shall Sing" in quad is not to be missed.

 

[esimms86]

Thanks, sir. The Intruders classic, Save The Children, is another one of those albums that would sound fantastic in quad. Both The Intruders and The Three Degrees came out in 1973. What a year for Gamble, Huff and Sigma Sound!

TSOP!

 

[esimms86]

Dutton Vocalion have released so many gems over the years, it's great to take stock every so often and lovingly look over their fabulous SACDs here's a table full of DV Quad gems i just can't live without

(there are more i love/consider essential, including the 3 x Tomita releases, i just ran out of room on the table!! )

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from top L to bottom R;

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes w/Teddy Pendergrass "Black & Blue (ft "The Love I Lost") & "Wake Up Everybody", The Hues Corporation "Rockin' Soul" (ft "Rock The Boat") & "The Love Corporation", Return To Forever "Musicmagic", The O'Jays "Ship Ahoy", "Live In London" & "Message In The Music", Tower Of Power "There Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now", The Miracles "Love Crazy", REO Speedwagon "Lost In A Dream" & "This Time We Mean It", Rick Derringer "All American Boy" (ft. Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo") & "Spring Fever", Chase "Chase" & "Pure Music", Billy Paul "360 Degrees Of Billy Paul" & "War Of The Gods", Johnnie Taylor "Ear'gasm" (ft. "Disco Lady") & "Rated EXtraordinaire", Bachman Turner Overdrive I & II, Charlie Rich "Behind Closed Doors" & "Every Time You Touch Me, I Get High", The Isley Brothers "The Heat Is On" (ft. "Fight The Power") & "Harvest For The World", The Isley Brothers "3+3" (ft. "That Lady"), "Live It Up" & "Go For Your Guns" (ft. "Footsteps In The Dark"), M.F.S.B. "Philadelphia Freedom", Blood Sweat & Tears "Mirror Image" & "New City", B. W. Stevenson "My Maria" & "Calabasas", Hugo Montenegro "Rocket Man", Henry Mancini "The Return Of The Pink Panther" & "Symphonic Soul", Deodato "Prelude" & Deodato 2", Earth Wind & Fire "Spirit" & "That's The Way Of The World", Art Garfunkel "Breakaway", Burton Cummings "Burton Cummings", Azteca "Azteca", The Guess Who "Road Food" & "#10", Weather Report "Tale Spinnin'", The O'Jays "Survival" & "Family Reunion" (ft. "I Love Music"), Poco "Cantamos" & "Seven", Pure Prairie League "Two Lane Highway" & "If The Shoe Fits".

With DV’s pricing, five’ll get you ten. It’s almost obscene that they ever put on a sale!

 

[ar surround]

So, wait you guys, there is no love for Angel Clare and Roy Halee's sublime original quad mix?? I love Breakaway, too, but a song like "I Shall Sing" in quad is not to be missed.

Some of us don't want to overload the QQ servers by posting pics of all of our DV quads.

I have those Art Garfunkel quads and really enjoy both of them.

 

[esimms86]

So, wait you guys, there is no love for Angel Clare and Roy Halee's sublime original quad mix?? I love Breakaway, too, but a song like "I Shall Sing" in quad is not to be missed.

I have ‘em both. My fave is “Same Old Tears On A New Background.” Too bad that “Watermark” is not in quad(my fave Art Garfunkel album ever!).

 

[Q-Eight]

I'm hoping for a Christmas batch 'cuz I still haven't ordered HAIR or the last few that dropped in the summer.

 

[Scott65]

Dutton Vocalion have released so many gems over the years, it's great to take stock every so often and lovingly look over their fabulous SACDs here's a table full of DV Quad gems i just can't live without

(there are more i love/consider essential, including the 3 x Tomita releases, i just ran out of room on the table!! )

View attachment 111077

from top L to bottom R;

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes w/Teddy Pendergrass "Black & Blue (ft "The Love I Lost") & "Wake Up Everybody", The Hues Corporation "Rockin' Soul" (ft "Rock The Boat") & "The Love Corporation", Return To Forever "Musicmagic", The O'Jays "Ship Ahoy", "Live In London" & "Message In The Music", Tower Of Power "There Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now", The Miracles "Love Crazy", REO Speedwagon "Lost In A Dream" & "This Time We Mean It", Rick Derringer "All American Boy" (ft. Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo") & "Spring Fever", Chase "Chase" & "Pure Music", Billy Paul "360 Degrees Of Billy Paul" & "War Of The Gods", Johnnie Taylor "Ear'gasm" (ft. "Disco Lady") & "Rated EXtraordinaire", Bachman Turner Overdrive I & II, Charlie Rich "Behind Closed Doors" & "Every Time You Touch Me, I Get High", The Isley Brothers "The Heat Is On" (ft. "Fight The Power") & "Harvest For The World", The Isley Brothers "3+3" (ft. "That Lady"), "Live It Up" & "Go For Your Guns" (ft. "Footsteps In The Dark"), M.F.S.B. "Philadelphia Freedom", Blood Sweat & Tears "Mirror Image" & "New City", B. W. Stevenson "My Maria" & "Calabasas", Hugo Montenegro "Rocket Man", Henry Mancini "The Return Of The Pink Panther" & "Symphonic Soul", Deodato "Prelude" & Deodato 2", Earth Wind & Fire "Spirit" & "That's The Way Of The World", Art Garfunkel "Breakaway", Burton Cummings "Burton Cummings", Azteca "Azteca", The Guess Who "Road Food" & "#10", Weather Report "Tale Spinnin'", The O'Jays "Survival" & "Family Reunion" (ft. "I Love Music"), Poco "Cantamos" & "Seven", Pure Prairie League "Two Lane Highway" & "If The Shoe Fits".

I have all those too. Love them all.

 

[quicksrt]

Might be tough to top these, but fingers crossed...

My faves from DV in quad have been:

Weather Report "Tale Spinnin'"
Art Garfunkel "Breakaway"
Return To Forever "Musicmagic"
Earth Wind & Fire "Spirit" & "That's The Way Of The World"
The O'Jays "Ship Ahoy"
Guess Who "The Best of The Guess Who Vol. 2"

Teenage faves, with Special merit:

Rick Derringer "All American Boy"
Ted Nugent "Cat Scratch Fever"
Mott The Hoople "The Hoople"

Of course I meant "Free For All" rather than the stereo only "Cat Scratch Fever"

 

[humprof]

The most traditional coupling by far is the Faure Requiem. Apparently there was a quadraphonic issue in Japan also owned by Sony. No clue if it's any good: https://www.discogs.com/release/8174788-Fauré-Kyoko-Ito-Norio-Ohga-Tokyo-Metropolitan-Choir-Tokyo-Metropolitan-Symphony-Orchestra-Kazuo-Yam

Would love to hear it. And, Alex Ross tells me, this year is the centennial of Fauré's death.
https://www.therestisnoise.com/2024/11/a-tension-reducing-fauré-moment.html

 

[Q-Eight]

I'm hoping they can get a hold of some of the Japanese-only Quad titles. The Motowns, The Avcos, The Musicors (a 2-SACD set of both Hot Butter albums? yes please!)
Better still.... how about the Belafontes? Carnegie Hall, Live in Japan and the Unreleased "Play Me". That would have some broad market appeal for sure. I just fear time is running out.... the next generations are just not into this stuff. They think it's cool - but most I've encountered seem content with their ear buds.

 

[quicksrt]

The RCA Belafonte quad masters would seem like suitable DV releases. His recordings are pretty great in general.

I’m losing (some) hope for the rest of the Japanese quad albums. It’s been too long since we got just the Jackson 5 quad as a fold-down. On the other hand all of this quad activity around Warner Rhino and Sony speaks well for the idea of 4.0 in this modern era. Things could go either way. But pop vocals from the early 60’s, and on RCA - it’s quality listening.