So there is a requirement to release an Atmos remix prior to HOF induction? I never knew that.
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I’d like to Please see the rest of the BTO Bachman Turner Overdrive Quads get released. I believe there’s 3 more.
BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE -II. Mercury MQ8-1-696 (28), Philips 4DX-57 (CD4) [Japan]
Bachman Turner Overdrive. Mercury MQ8-1-673 (08), Mercury 4DX-56 (CD4) [Japan]
Four Wheel Drive. Mercury MQ8-1-1027 (Q8)
Head On. Mercury MQ8-1-1067 (28)
Not Fragile. Mercury H-11004 (QR), MQ8-1-1004 (Q8), Mercury 4DX-45 (CD4) [Japan]
Which could make a great 3 for One release. Or perhaps two releases, and add “Freeways,” which was only released in Stereo, but is a significant title. According to Wikipedia:
Freeways is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock bandBachman–Turner Overdrive, released in 1977. It was the last album that Randy Bachman would be a part of with BTO until seven years later when a "reunion" Bachman-Turner Overdrive studio album was made and released in 1984.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeways_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachman–Turner_Overdrive
BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE -II. Mercury MQ8-1-696 (28), Philips 4DX-57 (CD4) [Japan]
Bachman Turner Overdrive. Mercury MQ8-1-673 (08), Mercury 4DX-56 (CD4) [Japan]
Four Wheel Drive. Mercury MQ8-1-1027 (Q8)
Head On. Mercury MQ8-1-1067 (28)
Not Fragile. Mercury H-11004 (QR), MQ8-1-1004 (Q8), Mercury 4DX-45 (CD4) [Japan]
Which could make a great 3 for One release. Or perhaps two releases, and add “Freeways,” which was only released in Stereo, but is a significant title. According to Wikipedia:
Freeways is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock bandBachman–Turner Overdrive, released in 1977. It was the last album that Randy Bachman would be a part of with BTO until seven years later when a "reunion" Bachman-Turner Overdrive studio album was made and released in 1984.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeways_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachman–Turner_Overdrive
They might have to come from DV?
Edit; Sorry I thought that I was still reading the Quadio thread!
BTW the BTO's have "that sound" that you can't get with matrix, in that all four "cylinders" are firing simultaneously! I never cared much for the simplistic style of BTO until I played the Q8 of the first album, and heard "that sound". Too bad that the original group "Brave Belt" doesn't/didn't get more attention, they were always one of my absolute favorites!
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AFAIK, NO! Only the Chicago QUADIO box set was released concurrent with the group’s induction into the Hall of Fame and if you recall, RHINO had just recently took over their Columbia Records catalogue from SONY!So there is a requirement to release an Atmos remix prior to HOF induction? I never knew that.
I was joking, but ok
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I kind of thought you were but wouldn’t it be nice if other record labels honored their inductees by stepping up to the plate by refurbishing their back catalogues with some form of SURROUND remasters?
I would think it's more about honoring the money involved with releasing old material when the band is getting a fresh shot of relevance like being a HOF inductee.
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Project 3 offered some excellent recordings, mostly featuring Enoch Light, one of the original "Quadfathers". Tony Mottola, guitarist, and several others. Their records were among some of the best sounding, and the quad mixes were excellent. In many cases, their records were mixed specifically to show off what quad could do, Some of the albums were also offered in all three formats; QS, SQ, and CD-4, as well as Q8 and Q4. The music tends to lean toward big band/easy listening, but the arrangements and mixes make them some of the best quad demos out there.
Is it just me or has DV been very quiet lately? Rhino and SDE has been doing all kinds of releases, but DV has been almost silent. Or did I miss something? How often do they typically do new releases?
When is the last time they offered something new? Looks like June. That seems awfully far back. I'm probably off-base here. I know it's a small operation. But I'm getting antsy since they put out fantastic material.
When is the last time they offered something new? Looks like June. That seems awfully far back. I'm probably off-base here. I know it's a small operation. But I'm getting antsy since they put out fantastic material.
Wow, it has been 5 months already now. I've had my eyes (and budget) on Rhino's Quadios and the Japanese "Welcome" and "Borboletta" SACDs.
But maybe now just in time for Holiday shopping season we will hear about something(s) great from DV. I am in a spending mood now too.
Agreed. I’m hoping to hear about new releases for the holidays; January at the latest?
jefe1
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Michael don't forsake us.......
Lets beat the Christmas shipping rush.
Lets beat the Christmas shipping rush.
We get no hints from DV and that is that!
Owen Smith
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
What happens next is DV's winter sale. Ends beginning of next week.
https://mailchi.mp/2c38fc36d863/c6sagk2s8s-14176151?e=26082c0066
https://mailchi.mp/2c38fc36d863/c6sagk2s8s-14176151?e=26082c0066
Thank you! I picked up four 2-fer SACD Surround discs I missed out on previously for $12.99 each. Hard to find fault with that deal!
Owen Smith
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Don't forget to use the coupon code VOCSACD on checkout, the sale list is merely those titles the coupon code is valid to get the 20% off.
And a reminder you can now pay extra to have the package double wrappped.
And a reminder you can now pay extra to have the package double wrappped.
At the risk of sounding like a company shill I just wanted to bump this because this sale includes some of my very favourite Vocalion titles at an absolutely unmatched value - with the 20% discount single-disc releases are £10.40 and double-disc sets are £19.20. That means for most of these you're paying barely more than five quid an album for the best sounding masterings of quad material on any label ever.
In no particular order, these are a few that I think are worth consideration:
Blood Sweat & Tears - Mirror Image & New City (my review here, I absolutely love New City)
All of the PIR quad mixes: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Black & Blue and Wake Up Everybody, The O'Jays Survival and Family Reunion (my review), MFSB Philadelphia Freedom and Summertime (my review), Billy Paul 360 Degrees Of and War of the Gods - these mixes, done at Sigma Sound are some of the best quad mixes ever done, and for my money stand up against any surround mixes in any format vintage, or modern.
The Main Ingredient Euphrates River and Tower of Power Ain't Nothin' Stopping Us Now - D-V's first two "pop" releases and the first two liner notes I wrote. Phenomenal R&B and a particularly great mix on Euphrates River.
Return to Forever Musicmagic and Carlos Santana & Alice Coltrane Illuminations - if fusion is your bag you need both of these. I know it's sort of moot now, but Musicmagic, from the spring of 1977, was one of the last and absolutely hardest to find quad releases and I'd be lying if I said I'd even seen five Q8 copies of this in 25 years of collecting. It's still like a kind of waking dream that you can log on to a website and buy a perfect digital version of this in 2024.
The Guess Who #10 and Road Food - I know the earlier albums produced more AM radio hits but for me these are the easily the best Guess Who quad mixes (and Road Food is the only original album mix done by their longtime engineer Brian Christian) of two criminally underrated albums. If you like the 'full album' listening experience like I do, then these are for you - there isn't a song on either of them I ever skip...well ok, maybe Clap for the Wolfman occasionally, but the rest is dynamite.
Rick Derringer All American Boy and Spring Fever and Poco Cantamos and Seven - some of Don Young's finest quad mixing work (he did all of these except for Spring Fever, which was done by Shelly Yakus) and they're all demo-quality. Both of the Poco albums in particular are absolute revelations because every stereo mastering of these albums is absolutely terrible, especially Seven, produced by Jack Richardson of Guess Who fame and featuring Burton Cummings on keyboards on a couple of tracks, which was muffled in every single release previously. Have a look at the poll thread for these albums and you'll see people raving about them and with good reason. Similarly All-American Boy sounds like an "audiophile remix" compared to the 'made for AM radio' stereo mix - I think the quad mix is something like DR14 which is outrageous for a rock and roll record.
Johnnie Taylor Eargasm and Rated Extraordinaire - Taylor was a protege of Sam Cooke before his death, and you can still hear his influence in Taylor's singing a decade later. Again these quad mixes were rare as hen's teeth coming in 1976 and 1977 respectively, and they're both phenomenal - Eargasm from CBS legend Larry Keyes and Rated Extraordinaire from an unnamed mixer at ABC Studios. If you like the kind of 'vocalist out front' soul music that came out of places like Stax and Hi Records, you can't go wrong with this one, not to mention the cast of supporting musicians is remarkable and includes Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell of P-Funk fame.
In no particular order, these are a few that I think are worth consideration:
Blood Sweat & Tears - Mirror Image & New City (my review here, I absolutely love New City)
All of the PIR quad mixes: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Black & Blue and Wake Up Everybody, The O'Jays Survival and Family Reunion (my review), MFSB Philadelphia Freedom and Summertime (my review), Billy Paul 360 Degrees Of and War of the Gods - these mixes, done at Sigma Sound are some of the best quad mixes ever done, and for my money stand up against any surround mixes in any format vintage, or modern.
The Main Ingredient Euphrates River and Tower of Power Ain't Nothin' Stopping Us Now - D-V's first two "pop" releases and the first two liner notes I wrote. Phenomenal R&B and a particularly great mix on Euphrates River.
Return to Forever Musicmagic and Carlos Santana & Alice Coltrane Illuminations - if fusion is your bag you need both of these. I know it's sort of moot now, but Musicmagic, from the spring of 1977, was one of the last and absolutely hardest to find quad releases and I'd be lying if I said I'd even seen five Q8 copies of this in 25 years of collecting. It's still like a kind of waking dream that you can log on to a website and buy a perfect digital version of this in 2024.
The Guess Who #10 and Road Food - I know the earlier albums produced more AM radio hits but for me these are the easily the best Guess Who quad mixes (and Road Food is the only original album mix done by their longtime engineer Brian Christian) of two criminally underrated albums. If you like the 'full album' listening experience like I do, then these are for you - there isn't a song on either of them I ever skip...well ok, maybe Clap for the Wolfman occasionally, but the rest is dynamite.
Rick Derringer All American Boy and Spring Fever and Poco Cantamos and Seven - some of Don Young's finest quad mixing work (he did all of these except for Spring Fever, which was done by Shelly Yakus) and they're all demo-quality. Both of the Poco albums in particular are absolute revelations because every stereo mastering of these albums is absolutely terrible, especially Seven, produced by Jack Richardson of Guess Who fame and featuring Burton Cummings on keyboards on a couple of tracks, which was muffled in every single release previously. Have a look at the poll thread for these albums and you'll see people raving about them and with good reason. Similarly All-American Boy sounds like an "audiophile remix" compared to the 'made for AM radio' stereo mix - I think the quad mix is something like DR14 which is outrageous for a rock and roll record.
Johnnie Taylor Eargasm and Rated Extraordinaire - Taylor was a protege of Sam Cooke before his death, and you can still hear his influence in Taylor's singing a decade later. Again these quad mixes were rare as hen's teeth coming in 1976 and 1977 respectively, and they're both phenomenal - Eargasm from CBS legend Larry Keyes and Rated Extraordinaire from an unnamed mixer at ABC Studios. If you like the kind of 'vocalist out front' soul music that came out of places like Stax and Hi Records, you can't go wrong with this one, not to mention the cast of supporting musicians is remarkable and includes Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell of P-Funk fame.
jefe1
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Happily I can say that I already own all of these.
However it's been many moons since I played Johnnie Taylor so I need to go look for it now.......
However it's been many moons since I played Johnnie Taylor so I need to go look for it now.......
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