RHINO QUADIO batch #6 - Speculation Extravaganza!

[Victor Bisio]

Jackson and Randy are a must buy for me.

 

[quicksrt]

I would like to think that's a reason why sales might not have been stellar, but I highly doubt it. Unless you're "in the know," like people on this board, you'd have no idea there was a problem. It actually took a little bit before the problem was even reported. So I really don't believe that's it. I just guess it's that musical tastes change.

For me, it was one of the top Quadios released. That one and Roberts Flack. Sure, I really liked the others, but America, Alice Cooper, Jefferson Starship and even Paranoid got just one play from me and have hit the shelf. I've pulled the others out several times already. The quality of the sound and quad effects just blow me away.

Maybe sales picked up when it went to other online retail sites. Maybe it actually became a top seller later? A "sleeper" is what that is called.
And that "New and Improved" is the next logical choice for Quadio!

 

[quicksrt]

Jackson and Randy are a must buy for me.

Yes, those would be great, Sail Away from Randy Newman being the first repeated artist, and Jackson approves his quad mixed album. A couple of rock titles added to that and I'm so ******* there.

 

[scottm18]

I'd bet Starship or Spinners. Both were huge artists back then.

Lamenting a 50 year old decision not to release this one in quad. How can you do the one before and the one after and miss this gem? This may be my favorite of their releases because after they get a little too mellow for my taste-- and this is a better recording than the self-titled album (less tubby bass).

However, all the earllier Thom.Bell meticulously-produced recordings are far superior to the later post-TB big hits like "Working" and "Cupid" which sound shockingly tinny in comparison--likely a caveat of a late '70s "radio-friendly" mix.

 

[steelydave]

I'd bet Starship or Spinners. Both were huge artists back then.

Lamenting a 50 year old decision not to release this one in quad. How can you do the one before and the one after and miss this gem? This may be my favorite of their releases because after they get a little too mellow for my taste-- and this is a better recording than the self-titled album (less tubby bass).

However, all the earllier Thom.Bell meticulously-produced recordings are far superior to the later post-TB big hits like "Working" and "Cupid" which sound shockingly tinny in comparison--likely a caveat of a late '70s "radio-friendly" mix.
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Completely agree - maybe there's an unreleased quad mix of Mighty Love hiding in the Warner vaults somewhere?

 

[ForagingRhino]

Completely agree - maybe there's an unreleased quad mix of Mighty Love hiding in the Warner vaults somewhere?

There is not.

 

[quicksrt]

Lamenting a 50 year old decision not to release this one in quad. How can you do the one before and the one after and miss this gem? This may be my favorite of their releases because after they get a little too mellow for my taste-- and this is a better recording than the self-titled album (less tubby bass).
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Maybe they will press this up as a picture disc on vinyl?

 

[rjstauber]

Has a date already been set for batch #6?

Some Tommy Bolin would be most welcomed by me!

 

[quicksrt]

Has a date already been set for batch #6?

Nov. is a Quadio scheduled month. And if the past is anything to go by it will be Nov.

 

[gvl_guy]

I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that a Herbie Mann will be in this next batch. He's got a few quads. And he would be a good "jazz" selection for a variety batch, which seems to be the norm lately.

 

[RustyM]

This might make a great bundle:
Arlo Guthrie - Last Of The Brooklyn Cowboys
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
Herbie Mann - Hold On, I'm Coming
Frank Sinatra - Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back

 

[gvl_guy]

This might make a great bundle:
Arlo Guthrie - Last Of The Brooklyn Cowboys
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
Herbie Mann - Hold On, I'm Coming
Frank Sinatra - Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back

Volunteers is in RCA so not happening.
Sinatra's stuff is controlled by his estate. So also not happening.
I'm not familiar with the Arlo Guthrie

 

[Simon A]

I'm not familiar with the Arlo Guthrie

He likes to wear funny hats.

 

[RustyM]

Volunteers is in RCA so not happening.
Sinatra's stuff is controlled by his estate. So also not happening.
I'm not familiar with the Arlo Guthrie

Interesting. Here's what I found:

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE -
Bark. Grunt PQFT-1001 (Q8),
Volunteers. Grunt APD1-0320 (CD4),
Worst. Grunt EPQ1-1653-QF (DQR),

JEFFERSON STARSHIP -
Dragon Fly. Grunt BFD1-0717 (CD4),
Red Octopus. Grunt BFD1-0999 (CD4),
Spitfire. Grunt BFD1-1557 (CD4),

If my memory is correct, Frank Sinatra created the Reprise label. Sinatra is not listed in Rhino's stable of artists. Still a Quadio of Sinatra would delight his fans.

I'll always remember Arlo Guthrie for "Alice's Restaurant" where you can get "anything you want".

 

[Hamilton59]

I'll always remember Arlo Guthrie for "Alice's Restaurant" where you can get "anything you want".

…. Excepting Alice….

 

[dabl]

There is not.

Ok so no Spinners 'Mighty Love' but in the crazy idea department and for the love of Todd (Rundgren) get him to do a surround mix of 'Acapella' where he covered that track

Doesn't Rhino (still) have the rights to a lot of those Rundgren albums?

 

[JediJoker]

Doesn't Rhino (still) have the rights to a lot of those Rundgren albums?

I'm not sure Rhino ever owned Todd's catalogue outright. They reissued a bunch of the Bearsville albums on CD back in the pre-Warner acquisition days, but any subsequent CD issues have come from other reissue labels like Edsel in the U.K. I do see the latest streaming/download reissue of Something / Anything? is credited to Rhino, so I may be wrong!

 

[privateuniverse]

I'm not sure Rhino ever owned Todd's catalogue outright. They reissued a bunch of the Bearsville albums on CD back in the pre-Warner acquisition days, but any subsequent CD issues have come from other reissue labels like Edsel in the U.K. I do see the latest streaming/download reissue of Something / Anything? is credited to Rhino, so I may be wrong!

Rhino currently distributes all of Todd's Solo releases from Runt (1970) through 2nd Wind (1991). They also distribute all Utopia material from Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974) through Swing to the Right (1982). Many of these (too many to mention) could be amazing in surround. The only obstacle that I know of would be a warehouse fire that Todd had in the mid 80's where he lost a lot of stuff. Some have speculated that there may have been master tapes lost in that fire but I don't think that has ever been confirmed.

@ForagingRhino .... are you able to search the vaults to see if Todd's multitracks are safely in storage?

 

[4-earredwonder]

This might make a great bundle:
Arlo Guthrie - Last Of The Brooklyn Cowboys
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
Herbie Mann - Hold On, I'm Coming
Frank Sinatra - Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back

Rusty, great selection but VOLUNTEERS is still under the SONY/RCA umbrella and Frank Sinatra is now controlled by the Sinatra Estate and re~releases on RBCD have been done by Concord Music a UMG subsidiary!

 

[RustyM]

Rusty, great selection but VOLUNTEERS is still under the SONY/RCA umbrella and Frank Sinatra is now controlled by the Sinatra Estate and re~releases on RBCD have been done by Concord Music a UMG subsidiary!

Thank you Sir!