Rhino Quadios - Batch 7 - Speculation

[Michael Marshall]

You will!
2 new artists to the Quadio world.

Now we're getting somewhere, FR! I hope you, the entire RHINO team, friends and family in the greater Los Angeles area are safe. Our thoughts and prayers go out to ALL Angelinos who have been effected by these historic and catastrophic fires.

 

[jazzbo51]

Hmmmm.....so that might narrow it down to:

Modern Jazz Quartet
Billy Cobham
The Wiz
Dionne Warwick

I seem to remember that Aretha’s Live at the Fillmore was also recorded in Quad. Is that correct?

 

[Michael Marshall]

I seem to remember that Aretha’s Live at the Fillmore was also recorded in Quad. Is that correct?

That is my understanding and I also believe that I have read reports stating that it's a fantastic live Quad mix and one that is more than deserving of a QUADIO/hi-rez elease...

 

[ForagingRhino]

I seem to remember that Aretha’s Live at the Fillmore was also recorded in Quad. Is that correct?

Correct.
Surprised they didn't mix King Curtis to quad at the same time.

 

[fredblue]

Correct.
Surprised they didn't mix King Curtis to quad at the same time.

that is surprising, although it's a lot of music to remix and Quad mixing was said to be hideously expensive so maybe the Label/Producers prioritized Aretha in Quad for budgetary reasons back in the day?

 

[The Rang]

I don't mean to get political... but isn't Aretha Franklin Black?

Of course….I was looking at my collection of the recent Quadios in Super Jewel Boxes when I made that list, wasn’t thinking about the older ones, my mistake.

 

[ghalteman]

I thought I saw in an old Schwann catalog that Gordon LIghtfoots - "Gords Gold" was planned for release, but never made it. Anyone know if the master tapes exist?

 

[key_wiz]

I thought I saw in an old Schwann catalog that Gordon LIghtfoots - "Gords Gold" was planned for release, but never made it. Anyone know if the master tapes exist?

FR has said no previously.

 

[ForagingRhino]

FR has said no previously.

They do not. I wish they did.

 

[H.A.L.]

About time for more clues. I'll suggest Stephen Stills first album in quad because Jimi Hendrix played on it
and it is Black history month. Pounce on me, please, and say NO! because it is -- ?

 

[hdlistener]

About time for more clues. I'll suggest Stephan Stills first album in quad because Jimi Hendrix played on it
and it is Black history month. Pounce on me, please, and so NO! because it is -- ?

Would love to hear ANY version of that album in hi res, it's never been released in anything better than redbook CD. It's 'Stephen', btw.

 

[Wagonmaster_91]

I wish they had used the original versions of some of the songs on the Aretha best of disc, especially Chain Of Fools (It's a different take on the DTS disc.). The original hit version is much better.

 

[Owen Smith]

Quadio seems to have gone quiet, is another batch happening?

 

[haikubass]

Quadio seems to have gone quiet, is another batch happening?

You mean #8?

 

[H.A.L.]

Would love to hear ANY version of that album in hi res, it's never been released in anything better than redbook CD. It's 'Stephen', btw.

Not quite true, Stephen's (edited, thx) first solo was released in HDCD. A dead format now in newer AVRs, yet I still think it sounds MUCH better than redbook CD. Unlike the CSN&Y DEJA VU in HDCD (Japanese, which goes for three figures!), it is relatively cheap and available.

Joni Mitchell's HDCDs are well worth collecting, and of course the Grateful Dead released a box of all their albums on HDCD. Here's the Stills HDCD listing on Discogs.com:

https://www.discogs.com/release/1917301-Stephen-Stills-Stephen-Stills

 

[esimms86]

Not quite true, Stephen's (edited, thx) first solo was released in HDCD. A dead format now in newer AVRs, yet I still think it sounds MUCH better than redbook CD. Unlike the CSN&Y DEJA VU in HDCD (Japanese, which goes for three figures!), it is relatively cheap and available.

Joni Mitchell's HDCDs are well worth collecting, and of course the Grateful Dead released a box of all their albums on HDCD. Here's the Stills HDCD listing on Discogs.com:

https://www.discogs.com/release/1917301-Stephen-Stills-Stephen-Stills

I happen to own a full Joni collection in HDCD. Of course, now my go tos are the Quadio box set.

 

[kfbkfb]

Possibly a clue or 2 soon since 2025-02-07 is near...


Kirk Bayne

 

[LuvMyQuad]

Not quite true, Stephen's (edited, thx) first solo was released in HDCD. A dead format now in newer AVRs, yet I still think it sounds MUCH better than redbook CD. Unlike the CSN&Y DEJA VU in HDCD (Japanese, which goes for three figures!), it is relatively cheap and available.

Joni Mitchell's HDCDs are well worth collecting, and of course the Grateful Dead released a box of all their albums on HDCD. Here's the Stills HDCD listing on Discogs.com:

https://www.discogs.com/release/1917301-Stephen-Stills-Stephen-Stills

I thought HDCD was a disc player feature. I know it is if using the players analog outs.

 

[Owen Smith]

I thought HDCD was a disc player feature. I know it is if using the players analog outs.

It can be decoded either in the disc player or AVR. My Oppo 95 has an option to disable HDCD decoding and the manual says this is so if you feed the digital out to an AVR that also has HDCD decoding you don't end up with it being decoded twice. Clearly even after HDCD decode and expansion to 24 bits (20 bit actual data) the stream is still flagged as HDCD.

 

[Owen Smith]

Not quite true, Stephen's (edited, thx) first solo was released in HDCD. A dead format now in newer AVRs, yet I still think it sounds MUCH better than redbook CD. Unlike the CSN&Y DEJA VU in HDCD (Japanese, which goes for three figures!), it is relatively cheap and available.

Possibly better mastering means the HDCDs sound better, when the same mastering on CD might have sounded just as good.