JVC / RCA / Victor / Nivico Japan Q8 and QR releases (info/list)

[Q-Eight]

This thread deserves a BUMP. Check it out Quad fans, it's full of scans of releases you will NEVER see in real life.

Oh, ho ho!! Challenge accepted.

 

[steelydave]

Found one of the "missing" J4S tapes on Yahoo! Japan auctions recently:

J4S-7027 - Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five '6th Collection' / 内山田洋とクール・ファイブ '第6集'

(Japanese CD-4 LP equivalent: R4J-7038)

I've added this information to the list in the first post of this thread as well.

 

[Vegas70]

Thanks for sharing thouse rare tapes and infos!

Japan released 8 Elvis Presley quad LPs. The question is if Japan also released all 8 titles on quad8 tape? I have no info on the following titles:
From Elvis In Memphis (1969), Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (1974), Today (1975) and Promised Land (1975)

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Always looking for Elvis quad tapes (USA, Canada, Japan).

 

[winopener]

Thanks for sharing thouse rare tapes and infos!

Japan released 8 Elvis Presley quad LPs. The question is if Japan also released all 8 titles on quad8 tape? I have no info on the following titles:
From Elvis In Memphis (1969), Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (1974), Today (1975) and Promised Land (1975)

Watching the slew of Q8 releases that came out in a single auction years ago, most of them totally unknown before, i would say yes, very likely at least for the first two; but since it took 45 years to discover these, i won't hold my breath until i see a JQ8 of Memphis. The only other way to get more information on this would be to find out a Japanese JVC Q8 catalog of 1975-76.

What did surprised me when all these ones came out was that despite heir cd4 counterpart that found a way to US stores, no one carried Q8. I can understand that for Elvis titles, since these were released also in USA and Canada... but Stylistics, Motown...? These were HOT titles back in the days!!!!!

 

[Vegas70]

I think it is also very strange that all the japanese Elvis collectors I know have no knowledge about those Q8 tapes. Maybe I should write to RCA/Sony Tokyo...

 

[gvl_guy]

I think it is also very strange that all the japanese Elvis collectors I know have no knowledge about those Q8 tapes. Maybe I should write to RCA/Sony Tokyo...

No one is probably left working there that would have any knowledge of that anymore.

 

[steelydave]

Kind of a shameless excuse to bump this thread (which I think is one of my more informative ones) to add photos of this demo tape, which just showed up on eBay.

It has the same tracklisting as DT-901 and DT-902, the only difference is the label - DT-901 is Victor, DT-902 is JVC Nivico, and this one is just JVC. These tapes came with JVC/Victor Q8 decks - I think 901 was probably for Domestic Japanese machines, while 902 was for anything exported outside of Japan, while 903 replaced 902 after the company completely rebranded their foreign operations from Nivico (Nippon Victor Company) to JVC (Japanese Victor Company).

DT-903 - 4 Channel Stereo Demonstration Tape

 

[steelydave]

Another one of the missing/unknown tapes from this series just showed up on Yahoo! Japan auctions:

QH-1036 - Takeshi Onodera and Los Onoderas 'Latin Rhythm Festival!' / 小野寺猛士とロス・オノデラス 'ラテンリズムの祭典'


(Japanese CD-4 LP equivalent: 'Dynamic Latin Drums' CD4B-5033 (domestic release) / CD4B-5033E (export release))

 

[jupp369]

Kind of a shameless excuse to bump this thread (which I think is one of my more informative ones) to add photos of this demo tape, which just showed up on eBay.

It has the same tracklisting as DT-901 and DT-902, the only difference is the label - DT-901 is Victor, DT-902 is JVC Nivico, and this one is just JVC. These tapes came with JVC/Victor Q8 decks - I think 901 was probably for Domestic Japanese machines, while 902 was for anything exported outside of Japan, while 903 replaced 902 after the company completely rebranded their foreign operations from Nivico (Nippon Victor Company) to JVC (Japanese Victor Company).

DT-903 - 4 Channel Stereo Demonstration Tape

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Hi, can you help me? I've no experience in those tapes, only vinyl. What does it mean: 4 Channel Stereo? Stereo recording with 30kHz carrier like the vinyl records? Or are they real 2x (sides) 4 track like on a Quad wheel tape?

 

[Soundfield]

Hi, can you help me? I've no experience in those tapes, only vinyl. What does it mean: 4 Channel Stereo? Stereo recording with 30kHz carrier like the vinyl records? Or are they real 2x (sides) 4 track like on a Quad wheel tape?

"4 Channel stereo" was just another of the myriad of terms used for 'quadraphonic'. 4 tracks, no carrier involved (the tape cartridge couldn't have reproduced 30kHz anyway).

 

[steelydave]

Another one of the "missing" RCA tapes showed up on Yahoo! Japan auctions recently:

R4S 5025 - Hugo Montenegro 'Love Theme from The Godfather'



(Japanese CD-4 LP Equivalent: R4P-5026 / US CD-4 LP: APD1-0001 / US Q8: APT1-0001 / US QR: EPQ1 0001-QF)

 

[steelydave]

Courtesy of a discogs entry:

Havana Cuban Orchestra 'La Macarena - Dynamic Latin'



(This is the English-language export version of QH-1009 - Havana Cuban Orchestra 'Mambo of the Bullfighter / Latin Dynamic Deluxe' / ハバナ・キューバン・オーケストラ '闘牛士のマンボ / ダイナミック・ラテン・デラックス')

 

[steelydave]

QH-1017 - JVC Symphonic Orchestra 'Love Story - New Hit Screen Themes' / ムービー・シンフォニック・オーケストラ 'ある愛の詩　スクリーン・テーマ・ニュー・ヒット"


(Japanese CD-4 LP: CD4B-5005 (domestic) / CD4B-5005E (export))

 

[steelydave]

QW-7001 - Nini Rosso 'Jewels of the Madonna'


(Q8 for western export: NQW-7001 / Japanese CD-4 LP: CD4W-7001 (domestic) / CD4W-7001E (export))

 

[steelydave]

QH-1005 - 1821 Napoleon Bonaparte Company 'Let It Be - New Hit Pop Best 12' / 1821ナポレオン・ボナパルト・カンパニー ' レット•イット•ビー - ニュー・ヒット・ポップス・べスト12'

 

[steelydave]

4CT-5001 - George Kawaguchi and Big 4 <no album title>





This quad reel contains 5 of the 8 tracks from the 1969 stereo LP George Kawaguchi and Big 4 'George and Sleepy' (SMJX-10073).

 

[steelydave]

4CT-5003 - Various Artists '4 Channel Popular Big Hits Vol.1'





Tracks 1 & 2: Hachidai Nakamura Grand Orchestra
Tracks 3 & 4: Susumu Arima and Misty Sound
Tracks 5 & 6: Modern Jazz All Stars
Tracks 7 & 8: 1821 Napoleon Bonaparte Company

 

[Mark Anderson]

Dave, Thanks for putting this together. It helped fill in some holes and corrections to titles in my discographies.

 

[steelydave]

Dave, Thanks for putting this together. It helped fill in some holes and corrections to titles in my discographies.

Glad to hear it Mark, they're truly an invaluable resource for anyone who's ever collected quad over the last 20+ years. Hopefully we can unearth a few more unknown titles in the years ahead.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

EDIT- Just noticed ha ha, this thread is for Q8 & QR formats, so where does it belong?

Dave,

I'm working on a CD-4 conversion of this GLOBE CD4W-7039 (doesn't have a Quad entry in discogs yet AFAIK) and noticed there was a 6 page JVC/VICTOR pamphlet in this gatefold version. The album is GOLDEN NINI ROSSO MEMORIES OF YOUTH. Recorded through Italian Label SPRINT (Rome, Italy.) I was lucky to have received this by the large batch that @edisonbaggins sent me. Thanks you again Baggy!

I was wondering since GLOBE is a Sub-label of JVC, would you want to include it in the thread's Title?

So far it's a nice mellow Nini album with good Quad surround orchestration.

I'm still working on the CD-4 LP cover scans, but can post them here also when done, if you feel OK with it?

This pamphlet may be located on other threads, I'm not sure; but thought I'd add it here for historical purposes, in good quality scans.