Sept 4, 2020 - Official release date for Doobie Brothers Quadio at $59.98 List

[Steel Woole]

This is still scheduled as a September 4th Direct-To-Customer release, available on the Rhino and (I believe) Doobies web sites with a list of 79.98. On November 6th, it goes out to retail.
Hooray!

NOTE: I pulled the two images Steel Woole posted in the old, closed thread and added them to this post of his. I hope he doesn't mind. I wanted to be sure that everyone saw that this was real so they could start gathering the funds!

:-jon

 

[s6270]

Mr Steel, do you think there be any differences between the D2C and the General retail version in terms of packaging or bundles?

 

[Steel Woole]

None. One version only!

 

[jtiner]

/SNIP/ September 4th Direct-To-Customer release

It's probably safe to assume that with a 9/4 release, we should see something on the Rhino site in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for sharing!

 

[~dave~~wave~]

This is still scheduled as a September 4th Direct-To-Customer release, available on the Rhino and (I believe) Doobies web sites with a list of 79.98. On November 6th, it goes out to retail.
Hooray!

[Ignore the two useless speaker cabinets behind the dancing banana]

We're not worthy, much respect, sir.

 

[JonUrban]

This is still scheduled as a September 4th Direct-To-Customer release, available on the Rhino and (I believe) Doobies web sites with a list of 79.98. On November 6th, it goes out to retail.
Hooray!

$20 a disc is a STEAL for this stuff. OK everyone, I expect a full assault on the Rhino site when this thing gets posted. It's what we should do! After all, we're the first to complain that stuff does not get released, so here you go. Out of the quadraphonic grave yard a phoenix arises. Go get that sucker. Heck, get 2!

Show those bean counters that we have the beans!

 

[sjcorne]

$20 a disc is a STEAL for this stuff.

...especially considering that a reel of Vices sold for $125 back in April:

 

[JonUrban]

...especially considering that a reel of Vices sold for $125 back in April:

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No kidding. I bet there will be a flood of Doobies Q8's and Q4's appearing on 'the bay' over the rest of the summer.
This reel in particular has been known to go for over $300 at times over the past 10 years.

 

[sjcorne]

Here's a snippet from Popsike's archive of old auctions. I can't believe we're getting all four on Blu-Ray for $80!

 

[jtiner]

In general, what format would the masters for these releases be in? I mean, at the time, when the quad mixes were prepared/mixed down from the 16 or 24 track 2", was there a specific 4 track format (like 4 track 1") for the masters that was generally used for quad masters in the early-mid 70's? Or did they just mix to 4 tracks on 16/24 track 2"?

 

[JonUrban]

NOTE: I pulled these posts out of the 3 year old Doobies Quadio post since we now have an official date and I wanted to make sure those who don't read that old thread knew the details.

 

[JonUrban]

In general, what format would the masters for these releases be in? I mean, at the time, when the quad mixes were prepared/mixed down from the 16 or 24 track 2", was there a specific 4 track format (like 4 track 1") for the masters that was generally used for quad masters in the early-mid 70's? Or did they just mix to 4 tracks on 16/24 track 2"?

That's a good question, and I would assume that it might be different label by label. I just remember that once over at SHF, he once complained that they accidentally sent him over the quad masters of an album he was working on instead of the stereo master, so they must be the same size/physical container.

 

[steelydave]

I can't speak for the Doobie Bros. releases specifically, but all the quad masters I've seen have been on 1/2" 4-track tape. I think pretty much every one has been 15ips, with the exception of Art Garfunkel's Angel Clare which was 30ips, mostly because Roy Halee was a real stickler for sound quality.

 

[The Rang]

What would the unofficial discs floating around out there have been derived from?
Clean needle drops or Q8’s?
the ones I have heard were remarkably good

 

[sjcorne]

What would the unofficial discs floating around out there have been derived from?
Clean needle drops or Q8’s?
the ones I have heard were remarkably good

All four Doobies titles were also available on 7.5 IPS quad reel-to-reel.

 

[jtiner]

/SNIP/ all the quad masters I've seen have been on 1/2" 4-track tape. I think pretty much every one has been 15ips

That would make sense since stereo is usually 1/4" @ 15 ips. And I believe the Capitol (mostly) 3 track format was 1/2". I just don't recall ever seeing a discussion about the format of quad masters.

 

[mrcond]

 

[sfactor23]

This is still scheduled as a September 4th Direct-To-Customer release, available on the Rhino and (I believe) Doobies web sites with a list of 79.98. On November 6th, it goes out to retail.
Hooray!



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Any idea when a pre-order might start?

 

[key_wiz]

Great price! It’s gonna be a long hot summer waiting for this!

 

[Steel Woole]

In general, what format would the masters for these releases be in? I mean, at the time, when the quad mixes were prepared/mixed down from the 16 or 24 track 2", was there a specific 4 track format (like 4 track 1") for the masters that was generally used for quad masters in the early-mid 70's? Or did they just mix to 4 tracks on 16/24 track 2"?

These were half-inch 15 i.p.s. masters. One per side! I would like to think pre-orders would appear in July.