Rhino to Release Doobie Brothers QUADIO Edition! (ARCHIVE THREAD)

[4-earredwonder]

One of my first early morning duties, is to Log on to QQ.
And search new posts

YEE HAW

And Mikey, isn't that ole blue eyes in the background singing Doobie, Doobie Do?

 

[4-earredwonder]

WOW! Damn thunderstorm woke me up!! And, I honestly thought Woolys post was a joke...then figured out who it is. YESSSSS!

No, Gene, it was just the Voice of God beseeching you not to make any plans for Labor Day!

 

[GOS]

This will be epic! We all know how amazing this will sound...

 

[beerking]

And Mikey, isn't that Frank Sinatra in the background singing Doobie, Doobie Do?

I was going to do a skit with Scoop Dog
But figured he ain't so hip...

 

[4-earredwonder]

Time to trch all those ole Doobie Brother Quad Reels, Q8s and CD~4 Vinyl

THE MASTERS HAVE SPOKEN!

 

[GOS]

Where’s Adam? He will love this news.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Where’s Adam? He will love this news.

I just PMed him. Unless a clap of thunder wakes him up too, however dubious!

 

[beerking]

Where’s Adam? He will love this news.

In the land of Nod I reckon, Gene.
He don't have veggie plants to nurture, first thing.

 

[4-earredwonder]

In the land of Nod I reckon, Gene.
He don't have veggie plants to nurture, first thing.

But he's surely gonna have fresh cream for his coffee when he hears the news!

 

[fredblue]

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WOW..!!!
People get ready for the news!!!

 

[fredblue]

Where’s Adam? He will love this news.

some are happy,
some are sad,
woah oh we gotta let the music play!

WOAH OH OH
LISTEN TO THE DOOBIES
ALL THE TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME...!!!!!

(i'm vewwy vewwy happy)

 

[fredblue]

This will be epic! We all know how amazing this will sound...

these are some of the all-time best Quad mixes.. oooh i can hardly contain myself!!!!

 

[fredblue]

pardon my ignorance for i am but a clueless Brit, when exactly is Quadio release day/Labor Day?

(everyday's a labouring day chez moi since i "came out" of retirement.. workin' in a coalmine! dig dig dig dig dig-a-dig dig is what we like to do! woopah! et-fackin'-cetera.. but that's a different story)

meantime, "i'm so happy i can hardly contain myself!!" OH JOY!!!!!!

edit schmedit: Doobies Quadio's takin' it to the streets on the 7th of September!!!

 

[The56Kid]

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Oh shit!

 

[Quadly McQuadmeister]

I might get shot for this but I felt the McDonald era was semi-disco. That sound turned me away from the Doobies for many years.

There was nothing disco about it. What it was, was a musicianship eccentric, Jazz embellished direction that wasn't entirely different from the best of the Johnston era. So yeah, everybody gets to like what they like, but they were already pushing the limits of what their "bar band" potential could provide. "Bar Band" boogie might be the thing that floats your boat, but the greatest MUSIC from their catalog (from an abstract Musician/MusicianSHIP POV) sources from Takin it, MBM and OSC. "Fault Line" is definitely a mixed bag, so let's put that on the table up front. It took them time to integrate everything and time was not a resource that labels allowed to be wasted then. If the Candoli Brothers could be well featured on a track like "I Cheat The Hangman" then there really isn't as much daylight between the rhythm guitar overexposed era and the "Jazzier McDonald" era as the serially dyspeptic like to purport. If that doesn't seem conciliatory, then another way to put it might be every band should be as lucky as both Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers were. Popular Music would be in a lot better shape right now. But it's also fair to say there was NO shortage of "facility" chops in any iteration. I like both. I tire of the formula of the Johnston type approach more quickly. There's more musical diversity on the McDonald albums.

 

[Quad Linda]

Yesssss!

I bought the CD-4's when they were new. They're among my favorite Quads. Rebought them on CD, SACD & DVD-A. Can't wait to retire ALL of them!.

 

[jtiner]

Based on the shot of the menu, I assume there'll be a high res. stereo mix of each album included as well. Has that been the case with other Quadio releases?

 

[Eggplant]

my own personal favourites are Stampede and Toulouse Street.

Same here.

Captain and Me is without question the worst, despite a few highlights (the two big hits). The other tracks have lots of sloppy mistakes, usually missing parts like South City’s missing harmony and the opening track’s roving “tricycle.” Both are restored in the DVDA 5.1 mix, which I prefer.

I‘d guess Captain was the first one so mixed, and Stampede clearly last, which likely explains a lot.

 

[Eggplant]

How does the original quad mix compare to
Scheiner's gem ?

Very similar. The quad seems a tad more adventurous, placing the guitar solo in RR rather than more conventionally in front.

 

[ar surround]

I deserve some credit for this release!!!

Why? Because I had given up on this Quadio and just spent about two weeks playing around with my rip of the Toulouse Street quad...Applying various degrees of EQ on a track by track basis along with some some futzing with surround levels on a few songs...and going back to them after a few days to see if I liked what I came up with, etc. etc. etc. So I literally finished getting the quad to sound how I want three days ago and now we get magnificent news on the Quadio release. Induced labor........works all the time!

Four bananas for four Quadios!