Also for you Quad collectors out there-Also, the Charles Gerhardt (plus David Raksin) releases from the RCA classic film music series are some of the best orchestral -- and arguably best film music -- albums ever released in quad. The players actually sat around the centrally placed microphones for recording, so the sound is discrete and enveloping. And the performances are universally praised. They were produced by George Korngold, son of influential composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
If you're into film music at all, these are essential purchases and highly recommended. They're all part of the sale.
I wish modern-day "multichannel" orchestral recordings sounded as good as these.
I just noticed that -Track number:
7. The Thing from Another World – Suite (Tiomkin)*
Prelude – The Flying Saucer under the Ice – Melting Sequence – The Hand – Plasma I – Plasma II – The Growing Plants – The Thing on the Walkway – Electrocution
Is:
*Previously unreleased in quadraphonic sound