There is a fan made 5.1 version of their first album floating around out there in was done from Rock Band/Guitar hero discrete tracks I think.Sounds pretty good as does the Boston one.Granted they're not full multi's but can sound good.
Don't forget my favorite surround label Cherry Red!What a fascinating subject, and you guys really know a lot.
I see the list that 4 ears posted and many fascinating titles.
As a collector of music, I have not yet turned down a Rhino Quadio, and have yet to have the opinion that any of the releases were.
On that same note, collection, I would like to collect all that become available.
As you all have said, many variables come into play, before a release can be released.
I have some questions:
Dutton Vocalion seems to have one direction, different titles and a excellent array of Country Music.
Rhino seems to be getting all in, with new life for Quad (Quadio).
Japan seems to be masters of the Quad Sony Catalog?
Super Deluxe Edition, seems to have found a niche of titles being remixed, 5.1/Atmos.
As a consumer of music, using these 4 company's as a model, are they competing with each other?
A release goes to the highest bidder?
Are they just trying to get anything, so there company can survive the small niche surround market?
Why would Frank Sinatra titles be untouchable?
Does the big fire that wiped out so many tapes, make all of this a problem?
I'd like to maybe know if the Curtis Mayfield's are as bad as the conversions I've heard. I think I have a Roots that is said to be a Q4, but with the quality of a Q8. I'm afraid to ask or to hear the answer. Then there was a fire at Curtis's home and tapes got burned and some with water damage. Might not even be worth speaking about.
No Joe Walsh on Miami, but still a great album and quadraphonic mix.THE JAMES GANG
Like Fredblue sez: "RHINO, BRING ON THE BIG GUNS!"
There is another Live Cars floating around called Moving In Quadio (Live In Chicago 1978), that I would argue sounds better than the Rock Band mix of the self titled.
The A&M Rick Wakeman quads re-released a few years ago were all SQ decodes or CD-4 transfers.
If you've heard them, can you comment on the sound quality? Is one CD preferred over the other?
Nothing from master tapes huh.
I believe that "Roots" was only released as a Q8. I have checked Mark Anderson's Discography as well as Discogs. I see no reference to any Q4.
If I could only pick one from this batch....a tough choice for sure....I think it would be Rod Stewart. I'm not sure Rod had any quad releases back in the day. So this would be a nice get!
That additional Joni would pair well with Court and Hissing for a small, but nice, box set! Same goes for JT. Rhino did such a stunning job on Chicago and Doobies! (I still think Carly Simon would make the best box set, though. 4 + her greatest hits.)
Mix quality???
Oxford Dickie believes the stereo "Roots" is an unlabelled EV-4. Having listened to a decode of it myself it is remarkably active and discrete, probably the most I've ever heard on EV-4.
It really boggles the mind if Don Henley doesn't want money.Thanks to Mark Anderson, we know WEA prepped a few titles for Quad that never got released - the Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” best-of, Aretha’s “With Everything I Feel In Me”, ”Gord’s Gold”, Bonnie Raitt’s “Takin’ My Time”, to name a few. If they could unearth some of these, it would be great. We’ve already seen MC releases of other albums from artists like ELP & Billy Cobham.
I’m also curious how they got hold of the War quad masters. Can they get hold of the unreleased quad mix of “Deliver The Word” as well? What about other Liberty/UA artists like Canned Heat, Buddy Rich, Ike & Tina and The Ventures?
They could also do a Quadio Eagles box, with the 2 released + 2 prepped but unreleased titles. That would move the needle.
Pie in the sky
Very poor upmix, sadly.
