Toshiba-EMI Japan (Quad Reels & LPs) - info/history

[bigbillquad]

Thank you for undertaken this project steelydave, I liken this to a history of music that needs to be shown to everybody that at this period of time this is what was available, the music may not be everybody taste but there is all ways someone how enjoys it for what it is..
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[steelydave]

As promised, here's the list of 7½ IPS Angel classical stereo reels released by Toshiba-EMI in Japan:

Catalog #	Soloist, Leader / Orchestra	Composer: Work(s)	LP Equivalent
AXA-3001	Munch / Orchestre de Paris	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Opus 14	AA-8255
AXA-3002	Munch / Orchestre de Paris	Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C Minor	AA-8355
AXA-3003	Gelber, Decker / Munchen Philharmonic Orchestra	Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15	AA-8175
AXA-3004	Gelber, Leitner / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 "The Emperor" in Eb Maj.	AA-8190
AXA-3005	Gelber, Leitner / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37	AA-8276
AXA-3006	Bruno-Leonardo Gelber	Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.15 "Pastorale" in Dmaj, Op.28 / No.26 "Les Adieux" in EbMaj, Op.81a	AA-8228
AXA-3007	Bruno-Leonardo Gelber	Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9 / Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13	AA-8270
AXA-3008	Smetanta String Quartet	Dvorak: String Quartet No. 6 "American" in Fmaj, Op.96 / No. 1 in Dmaj, Op.11	AA-9279
AXA-3009	Smetanta String Quartet	Janacek: String Quartet No.1 "Kreutzer-Sonata" (1923) / No.2 "Intime Briefe" (1928)
AXA-3010	Smetanta String Quartet	Haydn: String Quartet No.63 "Lerchen" in Dmaj/ No. 39 "Vogel" in Cmaj	AA-9250
AXA-3011	Weissenberg, Skrowaczewski / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in Emin, Op.11	AA-8350
AXA-3012	Weissenberg, Skrowaczewski / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in Fmin, Op.21	AA-8362
AXA-3013	Alexis Weissenberg	Liszt: Piano Sonata in Bmin / Trois Sonnets de Petrarque	AA-8335
AXA-3014	Boult / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Holst: The Planets, Op.32	AA-8236
AXA-3015	De Burgos / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps / Prokofiev: Symphony No.1 "Classical" in Dmaj, Op. 25	AA-8224
AXA-3016	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1937) / Hindemith: Mathis der Maler	AA-8535
AXA-3017	Munch / Orchestre de Paris	Ravel: Bolero / Rhapsodie Espagnole / Daphnis et Chloe Ballet Suite No.2	AA-8455
AXA-3018	Munch / Orchestre de Paris	Ravel: Piano Concerto in Gmaj / Honegger: Symphony No.2 for String Orchestra and Trumpet
AXA-3019	Ambrosian Singers, De Burgos / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (Ballet)
AXA-3020	Various Artists	Masterpieces by Vivaldi: Violin Concerto No.5 in E, Flute Concerto in Dmaj, etc.	AA-8378
AXA-3021	Debost, Auriacombe / Orchestre de Chambre de Tolouse	Vivaldi: Six Concertos	AA-8402
AXA-3022	Fasano / Virtuosi di Roma	Vivaldi: The Four Seasons	AA-8512
AXA-3023	Daniel Barenboim	Beethoven: Sonatas - No.14 "Moonlight" in C#min, Op.27 No.2 / No.8 "Pathetique" / No.23 "Appassionata"	AA-8510
AXA-3024	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in Dmin, K.466 / No.23 in Amaj, K.488	AA-8509
AXA-3025	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Piano Concerto No.27 in BbMaj, K.595 / No.21 in Cmaj, K.467	AA-8520
AXA-3026	Cluytens / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Faure: Requiem, Op.46	AA-9004
AXA-3027	Cluytens / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Bizet: L Arlesienne Suite Nos. 1 & 2 / Carmen Suite	AA-8141
AXA-3028	Barbirolli / Halle Orchestra	Great Tone Poems of Sibelius	AA-8064
AXA-3029	Barbirolli / Halle Orchestra	Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela / Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.43	AA-8221
AXA-3030	Barbirolli / Halle Orchestra	Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in EbMaj, Op.82 / Symphony No.7 in Cmaj, Op.105	AA-8235
AXA-3031	Barbirolli / Orchestre de Paris	Debussy: Le Mer / Nocturnes	AA-8534
AXA-3032	De Burgos / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Respighi: Symphonic Poems: Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome	AA-8518
AXA-3033	Oistrakh, Cluytens / Orchestre national de l'ORTF	Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in Dmaj, Op.61
AXA-3034	Oistrakh, Klemperer / Orchestre national de l'ORTF	Brahms: Violin Concerto in Dmaj, Op.77	AA-8032
AXA-3035	Oistrakh Trio	Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 "Archduke" in BbMaj, Op.97	AA-9247
AXA-3036	Barenboim, Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25 in Cmaj, K.503 / Serenade No.12 in Cmin, K.388	AA-8572
AXA-3037	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Schumann: Symphony No.2 in Cmaj, Op.61 / Overture "Genoveva" Op.81	AA-8552
AXA-3038	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orch. / Philharmonia Orch.	Haydn: Symphony No.100 "Military" in Gmaj / No.101 "The Clock" in Dmaj	AA-8093
AXA-3039	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Franck: Symphony in D minor	AA-8090
AXA-3040	Ludwig, Wunderlich, Klemperer / Philharmonia & New Philharmonia Orchestras	Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde	AA-8100
AXA-3041	De Burgos / Philharmonia Orchestra	De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat (Ballet)	AA-8281
AXA-3042	Durufle, Pretre / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3 "Organ" in Cmin, Op.78
AXA-3043	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Beethoven: Symphony No.3 "Eroica" in Eb Maj. / Liszt: Symphonic Poem "Les Preludes"	AA-8260
AXA-3044B	Furtwangler / Bayreuth Festival Orch. & Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic	Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3 / Symphony No.9 "Choral" in Dmin	AA-8188~89
AXA-3045B	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore	Schubert: Die Winterreise, D.911	AA-8168~69
AXA-3046	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore	Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin, D.795	AA-8296
AXA-3047	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore	Schubert: Schwanengesang (Leztes Werk)	AA-8297
AXA-3048	Barenboim, Barbirolli / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Brahms: Concerto No.2 in BbMaj, Op.83	AA-8556
AXA-3049	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Piano Concerto No.15 in BbMaj, K.450 / No.14 in EbMaj, K.449	AA-8598
AXA-3050	Ozawa / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Symphonic Suite, Op.35	AA-8595
AXA-3051	Ozawa / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Kodaly: Dances from Galanta	AA-8596
AXA-3052	Barenboim, Boulez / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Bartok: Piano Concerto No.3 / No.1	AA-8617
AXA-3053	Menuhin, Boulez / BBC Symphony Orchestra	Berg: Violin Concerto / Bartok: Rhapsodies 1 & 2	AA-8521
AXA-3054B	Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra	Mendelssohn: SymphonyNo. 3 "Scotch" & 4 "Italian"
AXA-3055	Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.41 "Jupiter" in Cmaj, Op.551 / No.40 in Gmin, K.550
AXA-3056	Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.39 in Ebmaj, K.543 / No. 38 Dmaj, K.504
AXA-3057	Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.36 "Linz" in Cmaj, K.425 / No. 35 "Haffner" in Dmaj, K.385, etc.
AXA-3058	Von Karajan / Orchestre de Paris	Franck: Symphony in D Minor	AA-8655
AXA-3059	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in BbMaj, Op.6 / Symphony No.1 in Cmaj, Op.21	AA-8261
AXA-3060	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in Cmin, Op.67 / Schubert: No.8 "Unfinished" in Bmin, D.759	AA-8319
AXA-3061	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Smetana: Symphonic Poem "Die Moldau" / Beethoven: Symphony No.6 "Pastorale" in Fmaj, Op.68	AA-8265
AXA-3062	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in Amaj, Op.92 / Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Prelude	AA-8267
AXA-3063	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.40, Serenade for Strings, Nachtmusic / Haydn: Symphony No.94 "Surprise"	AA-8266
AXA-3064B	Furtwangler / Berlin Philharmonic / Philharmonia Orchestra	Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in Emaj / Mahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
AXA-3065	Fischer-Dieskau, Otto, Forster / Berlin Philharmonic	Bach: Bauern-Kantate / Kaffee-Kantate	AA-8467
AXA-3066	Baudo / Orchestre de Paris	Faure: Pelleas et Melisande, Op.80 / Dolly, Op.56 / Masques et Bergamasque, Op.112 Suites	AA-8650
AXA-3067	Baudo / Orchestre de Paris	Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum / Meditation Symphonique - "Les Offrandes Oubliees"	AA-8638
AXA-3068	Ko Iwasaki, Shuku Iwasaki	Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G major Op. 5-2 / No. 3 in A major Op. 69
AXA-3069	Weissenberg, Von Karajan / Orchestre de Paris	Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23	AA-8700
AXA-3070	Cziffra / Orchestre de Paris	Liszt: Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2	AA-8625
AXA-3071	Sviatoslav Richter	Schubert: Piano Sonata in Amaj, D.664 / Fantasia "Wanderer" in Cmaj, D.760	AA-8514
AXA-3072	Sviatoslav Richter	Schumann: Fantasie in Cmaj, Op.17 / Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest" in Dmin, Op.31 No.2	AA-8397
AXA-3073	Sviatoslav Richter	Richter in Italy - Schumann: Papillons, Op.2 / Piano Sonata No.2 in Gmin / Carnival s Jest from Vienna, Op.26	AA-8515
AXA-3074B	Samson François	Chopin: Polonaises	AA-8600~01
AXA-3075	Samson François	Chopin: 14 Piano Waltzes	AA-8046
AXA-3076	Samson François	Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op.28	AA-8047
AXA-3077	Cluytens / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Ravel: Piano Concerto in Gmaj / Piano Concert for the Left Hand	AA-8599
AXA-3078	Samson François, Bernede String Quartet	Faure: Piano Quartet No.1 in Cmin, Op.15 / Nocturne No.6 in DbMaj, Op.63 / Impromptu No.2	AA-9581
AXA-3079	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht, Op.4 / Wagner: Sigfried Idyll / Hindemith: Trauermusik	AA-8811
AXA-3080	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in Gmaj, K.453 / No.13 in Cmaj, K.415	AA-8660
AXA-3081	Fischer-Dieskau, Schwarzkopf, Szell / London Symphony Orchestra	Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn	AA-8732
AXA-3082	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Geoffrey Parsons	Schwarzkopf Song Book	AA-8602
AXA-3083	Barbirolli / London Symphony Orchestra	Strauss: Symphonic Poem "Ein Heldenlaben" Op.40	AA-8723
AXA-3084	Du Pre, Barenboim / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Schumann: Cello Concerto in Amin, Op.129 / Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No.1 in Amin, Op.33	AA-8724
AXA-3085	Szell / Cleveland Orchestra	Schubert: Symphony No.9 "The Great" in Cmaj, D.944	AA-8729
AXA-3086	Szell / Cleveland Orchestra	Dvorak: Symphony No.8 in Gmaj, Op.88, Slavonic Dances Nos. 10 & 3	AA-8730
AXA-3087	Brun / Orchestre d'harmonie de la Garde Républicaine	Bach: Toccata and Fugue in Dmin, BWV.565 / Liszt, Rossini, etc.	AA-8302
AXA-3088	Markevitch / Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra	Dukas: L Apprenti Sorcier / De Falla: Three Cornered Hat, etc.	AA-8717
AXA-3089	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 3 & 2	AA-8759~60
AXA-3090	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Schumann: Symphony No.3 "Rheinische" in EbMaj, Op.97 / Faust Overture	AA-8656
AXA-3091	Parrenin String Quartet	Ravel & Debussy: Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello	AA-9613
AXA-3092	Oistrakh, Szell / Cleveland Orchestra	Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77	AA-8770
AXA-3093	Gervase de Peyer / Daniel Barenboim	Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in Fminor, Op.120 No.1 / in EbMaj Op.120 No.2	AA-8719
AXA-3094	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in EbMaj, K.297b / in BbMaj, Op.84
AXA-3095	Du Pre, Barbirolli / LSO, Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Haydn: Cello Concerto in Dmaj / Boccherini: Cello Concerto in BbMaj	AA-8734
AXA-3096	Barenboim, Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" in EbMaj, Op.73	AA-8794
AXA-3097	Weissenberg, Ozawa / Orchestre de Paris	Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 in Cmaj, op.26 / Piano Concerto in Gmaj	AA-8778
AXA-3098	Ozawa / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Janacek: Sinfonietta / Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra	AA-8733
AXA-3099	Ozawa / Orchestre de Paris	Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in Fmin, Op.36	AA-8810
AXA-3100B	Zukerman / Du Pre / Barenboim	Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 "Archduke" in BbMaj, Op.97 / No.5 in Dmaj, Op.70 No.1 / No.10 in EbMaj, Op.44
AXA-3101	Suk, Boult / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.61	AA-8785
AXA-3102	Suk, Marriner / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields	Josef Suk Violin Recital - Mozart Rondo, Beethoven Romance, etc.	AA-8766
AXA-3103	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orhcestra	Mozart: Symphony No.36 "Linz" in Cmaj, K.425 / No. 35 "Haffner" in Dmaj, K.385	AA-9728~30
AXA-3104	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.38 "Prague" in Dmaj, K.504 / No.39 in EbMaj, K.543	AA-9728~30
AXA-3105	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.41 "Jupiter" in Cmaj, K.551 / No.40 in Gmin, K.550	AA-9728~30
AXA-3106	Auriacombe / Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse	Couperin: L Apotheose de Lulli / Le Parnasse ou L Apotheose de Corelli	AA-8526
AXA-3107	Auriacombe / Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse	Toulouse Encore - Mozart / Pachelbel / Albinoni / Vivaldi	AA-8860
AXA-3108	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Bruckner: Symphony No.4 "Romantic" in Eb Major	AA-9685C
AXA-3109	Previn / London Symphony Orchestra	Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Piano Concerto in F	AA-8897
AXA-3110B	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Missa Solemnis	AA-9257~58
AXA-3111	Giulini / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major	AA-8871
AXA-3112	Du Pre, Barenboim / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Dvorak: Cello Concerto in Bmin, Op.104 / Waldesruhe, Op.68	AA-8881
AXA-3113	Pretre / Orchestre de Paris	Dvorak: Symphony No.9 "From the New World" in Emin, Op.95	AA-8746
AXA-3114	Ozawa / Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra	Takemitsu: Cassiopeia / Ishii: "So-Gu II" (1971)	AA-8872
AXA-3115	Richter, Maazel / Orchestre de Paris	Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in BbMaj, Op. 83	AA-8903
AXA-3116W	Josef Suk	Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin	AA-9682C
AAXA-3118	Von Karajan / Orchestre de Paris	Ravel: La Valse / Rhapsodie Espagnole / Le Tombeau de Couperin	EAA-80001
AAXA-3119	Tuckwell, Marriner / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields	Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4	EAA-80004
AAXA-3120	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E major (Robert Haas Edition)	AA-9685C
AAXA-3121	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor (Nowak Edition)	EAA-80034
AAXA-3122	Ushioda, Ozawa / Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra	Sibelius: Violin Concerto in Dmin, Op.47 / Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1, Op.26	AA-8873
AAXA-3123	Alexis Weissenberg	Mussorgsky: Tableaux d une Exposition / Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin	EAA-80033
AAXA-3124	Fischer, Furtwangler / Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" in EbMaj, Op.73	AA-8262
AAXA-3125	Beroff, Ozawa / Orchestre de Paris	Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra / Mouvements for Piano and Orchestra, etc.	EAA-80055
AAXA-3126	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart Concertos Vol.1 - Flute Concerto No.1, K.313 / Flute & Harp Concerto, K.299	EAA-90005~7
AAXA-3127	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart Concertos Vol.2 - Clarinet Concerto in Amaj, K.622 / Oboe Concerto K.314	EAA-90005~7
AAXA-3128	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart Concertos Vol.3 - Sinfonia Concertante in EbMaj, K297b, Bassoon Concerto	EAA-90005~7
AAXA-3129	Armstrong, Baker, Gedda, Fischer-Dieskau, Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K.626	EAA-85002
AAXA-3130	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 "Pathetique"
AAXA-3131	Richter, Maazel / Orchestre de Paris & London Symphony Orchestra	Bartok: Piano Concerto No.2 / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.5, Op.55
AAXA-3132	Weissenberg, Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in Cmin, Op.18 / Franck: Symphonic Variations
AAXA-3133W	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with Soloists & Chorus	Haydn: The Seasons
AAXA 3135	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Strauss: Symphonia Domestica, Op.53
AAXA-3136	<unknown>	<unknown>
AAXA-3137	Weissenberg, Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" in EbMaj, Op.73

 

[jaybird100]

As promised, here's the list of 7½ IPS Angel classical stereo reels released by Toshiba-EMI in Japan:

Catalog #	Soloist, Leader / Orchestra	Composer: Work(s)	LP Equivalent
AXA-3001	Munch / Orchestre de Paris	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Opus 14	AA-8255
AXA-3002	Munch / Orchestre de Paris	Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C Minor	AA-8355
AXA-3003	Gelber, Decker / Munchen Philharmonic Orchestra	Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15	AA-8175
AXA-3004	Gelber, Leitner / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 "The Emperor" in Eb Maj.	AA-8190
AXA-3005	Gelber, Leitner / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37	AA-8276
AXA-3006	Bruno-Leonardo Gelber	Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.15 "Pastorale" in Dmaj, Op.28 / No.26 "Les Adieux" in EbMaj, Op.81a	AA-8228
AXA-3007	Bruno-Leonardo Gelber	Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9 / Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13	AA-8270
AXA-3008	Smetanta String Quartet	Dvorak: String Quartet No. 6 "American" in Fmaj, Op.96 / No. 1 in Dmaj, Op.11	AA-9279
AXA-3009	Smetanta String Quartet	Janacek: String Quartet No.1 "Kreutzer-Sonata" (1923) / No.2 "Intime Briefe" (1928)
AXA-3010	Smetanta String Quartet	Haydn: String Quartet No.63 "Lerchen" in Dmaj/ No. 39 "Vogel" in Cmaj	AA-9250
AXA-3011	Weissenberg, Skrowaczewski / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in Emin, Op.11	AA-8350
AXA-3012	Weissenberg, Skrowaczewski / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in Fmin, Op.21	AA-8362
AXA-3013	Alexis Weissenberg	Liszt: Piano Sonata in Bmin / Trois Sonnets de Petrarque	AA-8335
AXA-3014	Boult / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Holst: The Planets, Op.32	AA-8236
AXA-3015	De Burgos / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps / Prokofiev: Symphony No.1 "Classical" in Dmaj, Op. 25	AA-8224
AXA-3016	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1937) / Hindemith: Mathis der Maler	AA-8535
AXA-3017	Munch / Orchestre de Paris	Ravel: Bolero / Rhapsodie Espagnole / Daphnis et Chloe Ballet Suite No.2	AA-8455
AXA-3018	Munch / Orchestre de Paris	Ravel: Piano Concerto in Gmaj / Honegger: Symphony No.2 for String Orchestra and Trumpet
AXA-3019	Ambrosian Singers, De Burgos / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (Ballet)
AXA-3020	Various Artists	Masterpieces by Vivaldi: Violin Concerto No.5 in E, Flute Concerto in Dmaj, etc.	AA-8378
AXA-3021	Debost, Auriacombe / Orchestre de Chambre de Tolouse	Vivaldi: Six Concertos	AA-8402
AXA-3022	Fasano / Virtuosi di Roma	Vivaldi: The Four Seasons	AA-8512
AXA-3023	Daniel Barenboim	Beethoven: Sonatas - No.14 "Moonlight" in C#min, Op.27 No.2 / No.8 "Pathetique" / No.23 "Appassionata"	AA-8510
AXA-3024	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in Dmin, K.466 / No.23 in Amaj, K.488	AA-8509
AXA-3025	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Piano Concerto No.27 in BbMaj, K.595 / No.21 in Cmaj, K.467	AA-8520
AXA-3026	Cluytens / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Faure: Requiem, Op.46	AA-9004
AXA-3027	Cluytens / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Bizet: L Arlesienne Suite Nos. 1 & 2 / Carmen Suite	AA-8141
AXA-3028	Barbirolli / Halle Orchestra	Great Tone Poems of Sibelius	AA-8064
AXA-3029	Barbirolli / Halle Orchestra	Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela / Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.43	AA-8221
AXA-3030	Barbirolli / Halle Orchestra	Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in EbMaj, Op.82 / Symphony No.7 in Cmaj, Op.105	AA-8235
AXA-3031	Barbirolli / Orchestre de Paris	Debussy: Le Mer / Nocturnes	AA-8534
AXA-3032	De Burgos / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Respighi: Symphonic Poems: Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome	AA-8518
AXA-3033	Oistrakh, Cluytens / Orchestre national de l'ORTF	Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in Dmaj, Op.61
AXA-3034	Oistrakh, Klemperer / Orchestre national de l'ORTF	Brahms: Violin Concerto in Dmaj, Op.77	AA-8032
AXA-3035	Oistrakh Trio	Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 "Archduke" in BbMaj, Op.97	AA-9247
AXA-3036	Barenboim, Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25 in Cmaj, K.503 / Serenade No.12 in Cmin, K.388	AA-8572
AXA-3037	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Schumann: Symphony No.2 in Cmaj, Op.61 / Overture "Genoveva" Op.81	AA-8552
AXA-3038	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orch. / Philharmonia Orch.	Haydn: Symphony No.100 "Military" in Gmaj / No.101 "The Clock" in Dmaj	AA-8093
AXA-3039	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Franck: Symphony in D minor	AA-8090
AXA-3040	Ludwig, Wunderlich, Klemperer / Philharmonia & New Philharmonia Orchestras	Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde	AA-8100
AXA-3041	De Burgos / Philharmonia Orchestra	De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat (Ballet)	AA-8281
AXA-3042	Durufle, Pretre / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3 "Organ" in Cmin, Op.78
AXA-3043	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Beethoven: Symphony No.3 "Eroica" in Eb Maj. / Liszt: Symphonic Poem "Les Preludes"	AA-8260
AXA-3044B	Furtwangler / Bayreuth Festival Orch. & Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic	Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3 / Symphony No.9 "Choral" in Dmin	AA-8188~89
AXA-3045B	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore	Schubert: Die Winterreise, D.911	AA-8168~69
AXA-3046	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore	Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin, D.795	AA-8296
AXA-3047	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore	Schubert: Schwanengesang (Leztes Werk)	AA-8297
AXA-3048	Barenboim, Barbirolli / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Brahms: Concerto No.2 in BbMaj, Op.83	AA-8556
AXA-3049	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Piano Concerto No.15 in BbMaj, K.450 / No.14 in EbMaj, K.449	AA-8598
AXA-3050	Ozawa / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Symphonic Suite, Op.35	AA-8595
AXA-3051	Ozawa / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Kodaly: Dances from Galanta	AA-8596
AXA-3052	Barenboim, Boulez / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Bartok: Piano Concerto No.3 / No.1	AA-8617
AXA-3053	Menuhin, Boulez / BBC Symphony Orchestra	Berg: Violin Concerto / Bartok: Rhapsodies 1 & 2	AA-8521
AXA-3054B	Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra	Mendelssohn: SymphonyNo. 3 "Scotch" & 4 "Italian"
AXA-3055	Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.41 "Jupiter" in Cmaj, Op.551 / No.40 in Gmin, K.550
AXA-3056	Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.39 in Ebmaj, K.543 / No. 38 Dmaj, K.504
AXA-3057	Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.36 "Linz" in Cmaj, K.425 / No. 35 "Haffner" in Dmaj, K.385, etc.
AXA-3058	Von Karajan / Orchestre de Paris	Franck: Symphony in D Minor	AA-8655
AXA-3059	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in BbMaj, Op.6 / Symphony No.1 in Cmaj, Op.21	AA-8261
AXA-3060	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in Cmin, Op.67 / Schubert: No.8 "Unfinished" in Bmin, D.759	AA-8319
AXA-3061	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Smetana: Symphonic Poem "Die Moldau" / Beethoven: Symphony No.6 "Pastorale" in Fmaj, Op.68	AA-8265
AXA-3062	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in Amaj, Op.92 / Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Prelude	AA-8267
AXA-3063	Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.40, Serenade for Strings, Nachtmusic / Haydn: Symphony No.94 "Surprise"	AA-8266
AXA-3064B	Furtwangler / Berlin Philharmonic / Philharmonia Orchestra	Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in Emaj / Mahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
AXA-3065	Fischer-Dieskau, Otto, Forster / Berlin Philharmonic	Bach: Bauern-Kantate / Kaffee-Kantate	AA-8467
AXA-3066	Baudo / Orchestre de Paris	Faure: Pelleas et Melisande, Op.80 / Dolly, Op.56 / Masques et Bergamasque, Op.112 Suites	AA-8650
AXA-3067	Baudo / Orchestre de Paris	Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum / Meditation Symphonique - "Les Offrandes Oubliees"	AA-8638
AXA-3068	Ko Iwasaki, Shuku Iwasaki	Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G major Op. 5-2 / No. 3 in A major Op. 69
AXA-3069	Weissenberg, Von Karajan / Orchestre de Paris	Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23	AA-8700
AXA-3070	Cziffra / Orchestre de Paris	Liszt: Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2	AA-8625
AXA-3071	Sviatoslav Richter	Schubert: Piano Sonata in Amaj, D.664 / Fantasia "Wanderer" in Cmaj, D.760	AA-8514
AXA-3072	Sviatoslav Richter	Schumann: Fantasie in Cmaj, Op.17 / Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest" in Dmin, Op.31 No.2	AA-8397
AXA-3073	Sviatoslav Richter	Richter in Italy - Schumann: Papillons, Op.2 / Piano Sonata No.2 in Gmin / Carnival s Jest from Vienna, Op.26	AA-8515
AXA-3074B	Samson François	Chopin: Polonaises	AA-8600~01
AXA-3075	Samson François	Chopin: 14 Piano Waltzes	AA-8046
AXA-3076	Samson François	Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op.28	AA-8047
AXA-3077	Cluytens / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire	Ravel: Piano Concerto in Gmaj / Piano Concert for the Left Hand	AA-8599
AXA-3078	Samson François, Bernede String Quartet	Faure: Piano Quartet No.1 in Cmin, Op.15 / Nocturne No.6 in DbMaj, Op.63 / Impromptu No.2	AA-9581
AXA-3079	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht, Op.4 / Wagner: Sigfried Idyll / Hindemith: Trauermusik	AA-8811
AXA-3080	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in Gmaj, K.453 / No.13 in Cmaj, K.415	AA-8660
AXA-3081	Fischer-Dieskau, Schwarzkopf, Szell / London Symphony Orchestra	Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn	AA-8732
AXA-3082	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Geoffrey Parsons	Schwarzkopf Song Book	AA-8602
AXA-3083	Barbirolli / London Symphony Orchestra	Strauss: Symphonic Poem "Ein Heldenlaben" Op.40	AA-8723
AXA-3084	Du Pre, Barenboim / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Schumann: Cello Concerto in Amin, Op.129 / Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No.1 in Amin, Op.33	AA-8724
AXA-3085	Szell / Cleveland Orchestra	Schubert: Symphony No.9 "The Great" in Cmaj, D.944	AA-8729
AXA-3086	Szell / Cleveland Orchestra	Dvorak: Symphony No.8 in Gmaj, Op.88, Slavonic Dances Nos. 10 & 3	AA-8730
AXA-3087	Brun / Orchestre d'harmonie de la Garde Républicaine	Bach: Toccata and Fugue in Dmin, BWV.565 / Liszt, Rossini, etc.	AA-8302
AXA-3088	Markevitch / Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra	Dukas: L Apprenti Sorcier / De Falla: Three Cornered Hat, etc.	AA-8717
AXA-3089	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 3 & 2	AA-8759~60
AXA-3090	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Schumann: Symphony No.3 "Rheinische" in EbMaj, Op.97 / Faust Overture	AA-8656
AXA-3091	Parrenin String Quartet	Ravel & Debussy: Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello	AA-9613
AXA-3092	Oistrakh, Szell / Cleveland Orchestra	Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77	AA-8770
AXA-3093	Gervase de Peyer / Daniel Barenboim	Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in Fminor, Op.120 No.1 / in EbMaj Op.120 No.2	AA-8719
AXA-3094	Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in EbMaj, K.297b / in BbMaj, Op.84
AXA-3095	Du Pre, Barbirolli / LSO, Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Haydn: Cello Concerto in Dmaj / Boccherini: Cello Concerto in BbMaj	AA-8734
AXA-3096	Barenboim, Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" in EbMaj, Op.73	AA-8794
AXA-3097	Weissenberg, Ozawa / Orchestre de Paris	Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 in Cmaj, op.26 / Piano Concerto in Gmaj	AA-8778
AXA-3098	Ozawa / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Janacek: Sinfonietta / Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra	AA-8733
AXA-3099	Ozawa / Orchestre de Paris	Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in Fmin, Op.36	AA-8810
AXA-3100B	Zukerman / Du Pre / Barenboim	Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 "Archduke" in BbMaj, Op.97 / No.5 in Dmaj, Op.70 No.1 / No.10 in EbMaj, Op.44
AXA-3101	Suk, Boult / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.61	AA-8785
AXA-3102	Suk, Marriner / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields	Josef Suk Violin Recital - Mozart Rondo, Beethoven Romance, etc.	AA-8766
AXA-3103	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orhcestra	Mozart: Symphony No.36 "Linz" in Cmaj, K.425 / No. 35 "Haffner" in Dmaj, K.385	AA-9728~30
AXA-3104	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.38 "Prague" in Dmaj, K.504 / No.39 in EbMaj, K.543	AA-9728~30
AXA-3105	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.41 "Jupiter" in Cmaj, K.551 / No.40 in Gmin, K.550	AA-9728~30
AXA-3106	Auriacombe / Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse	Couperin: L Apotheose de Lulli / Le Parnasse ou L Apotheose de Corelli	AA-8526
AXA-3107	Auriacombe / Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse	Toulouse Encore - Mozart / Pachelbel / Albinoni / Vivaldi	AA-8860
AXA-3108	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Bruckner: Symphony No.4 "Romantic" in Eb Major	AA-9685C
AXA-3109	Previn / London Symphony Orchestra	Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Piano Concerto in F	AA-8897
AXA-3110B	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Missa Solemnis	AA-9257~58
AXA-3111	Giulini / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major	AA-8871
AXA-3112	Du Pre, Barenboim / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Dvorak: Cello Concerto in Bmin, Op.104 / Waldesruhe, Op.68	AA-8881
AXA-3113	Pretre / Orchestre de Paris	Dvorak: Symphony No.9 "From the New World" in Emin, Op.95	AA-8746
AXA-3114	Ozawa / Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra	Takemitsu: Cassiopeia / Ishii: "So-Gu II" (1971)	AA-8872
AXA-3115	Richter, Maazel / Orchestre de Paris	Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in BbMaj, Op. 83	AA-8903
AXA-3116W	Josef Suk	Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin	AA-9682C
AAXA-3118	Von Karajan / Orchestre de Paris	Ravel: La Valse / Rhapsodie Espagnole / Le Tombeau de Couperin	EAA-80001
AAXA-3119	Tuckwell, Marriner / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields	Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4	EAA-80004
AAXA-3120	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E major (Robert Haas Edition)	AA-9685C
AAXA-3121	Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra	Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor (Nowak Edition)	EAA-80034
AAXA-3122	Ushioda, Ozawa / Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra	Sibelius: Violin Concerto in Dmin, Op.47 / Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1, Op.26	AA-8873
AAXA-3123	Alexis Weissenberg	Mussorgsky: Tableaux d une Exposition / Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin	EAA-80033
AAXA-3124	Fischer, Furtwangler / Philharmonia Orchestra	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" in EbMaj, Op.73	AA-8262
AAXA-3125	Beroff, Ozawa / Orchestre de Paris	Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra / Mouvements for Piano and Orchestra, etc.	EAA-80055
AAXA-3126	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart Concertos Vol.1 - Flute Concerto No.1, K.313 / Flute & Harp Concerto, K.299	EAA-90005~7
AAXA-3127	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart Concertos Vol.2 - Clarinet Concerto in Amaj, K.622 / Oboe Concerto K.314	EAA-90005~7
AAXA-3128	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart Concertos Vol.3 - Sinfonia Concertante in EbMaj, K297b, Bassoon Concerto	EAA-90005~7
AAXA-3129	Armstrong, Baker, Gedda, Fischer-Dieskau, Barenboim / English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K.626	EAA-85002
AAXA-3130	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 "Pathetique"
AAXA-3131	Richter, Maazel / Orchestre de Paris & London Symphony Orchestra	Bartok: Piano Concerto No.2 / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.5, Op.55
AAXA-3132	Weissenberg, Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in Cmin, Op.18 / Franck: Symphonic Variations
AAXA-3133W	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with Soloists & Chorus	Haydn: The Seasons
AAXA 3135	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Strauss: Symphonia Domestica, Op.53
AAXA-3136	<unknown>	<unknown>
AAXA-3137	Weissenberg, Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" in EbMaj, Op.73

Is there a chance that at least some of these might be SQ-encoded?

 

[winopener]

AXA 3105 was released as a dts cd, so a quad master do exist. But the LP versions on discogs don't list any quad release.

 

[ubertrout]

AXA 3105 was released as a dts cd, so a quad master do exist. But the LP versions on discogs don't list any quad release.

The ones issued CD from DTS:

Catalog #	Soloist, Leader / Orchestra	Composer: Work(s)	LP Equivalent

AXA-3103	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orhcestra	Mozart: Symphony No.36 "Linz" in Cmaj, K.425 / No. 35 "Haffner" in Dmaj, K.385	AA-9728~30
AXA-3104	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.38 "Prague" in Dmaj, K.504 / No.39 in EbMaj, K.543	AA-9728~30
AXA-3105	Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No.41 "Jupiter" in Cmaj, K.551 / No.40 in Gmin, K.550	AA-9728~30

AAXA-3130

Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 "Pathetique"

 

[steelydave]

Spotted this on Yahoo! Japan auctions, but the image is so small I can't accurately read the catalog number in the upper right corner - it can only be either EAY-80009 or EAY-80010. I'm leaning toward 80009, anyone else have any thoughts?

 

[jaybird100]

Definitely looks like 09.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

I don't want to act like I'm the first person to notice this (@bigbillquad mentioned it in passing last year), I've made (what I think) is a pretty interesting discovery about the nature, scope, and duration quad content in Toshiba's "Pro-Use" audiophile series of LPs.

I've seen a couple of them in my internet travels - at the top of their obi-strip they have a notation that says "2ch and 4ch" and for whatever reason I kind of discounted them as most likely being "quasi-quad" because almost every other Japanese quad LP has some kind of notation about the type of quadraphonic encoding they use, like Crown and King with the RM logo, CBS/Sony with the SQ logo, and even the earlier Toshiba quad LPs with the RM4 logo.

This is what one of them looks like:

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As you can see, no mention of a format, or even the Japanese kanji "4チャンネル" which translates to "4 Channel", the phrase they use instead of quadraphonic.

So a few days back for some reason these LPs popped in to my head again, and I decided to do some digging to see if I could get to the bottom of what they were all about. The "Pro-Use" banner covers a lot of catalog number prefixes, but I noticed that the ones with the "2ch and 4ch" obis were all from the LF-910xx series - so what I did was googled each catalog number, starting with LF-91001, and working my way upward until I stopped getting results, and made a list of what I found.

As I said, earlier, the results were interesting, at least to me as someone interested in the history of quad as much as the music itself. The LF-910xx series stretches from 91001 to 91051, and of those 50 albums, at least 19 of them are quad, and from looking at @Mark Anderson's quad discographies and searching around QQ, it appears that the majority of them are previously unknown to collectors.

The chronology of the releases is also interesting - they begin in 1975, which suggests that Toshiba reverted back to QS that year after issuing a half-dozen CD-4 LPs in the TP-920xxV series that year. Although they slow to a trickle by the end of the program, the last Pro-Use quad release (LF-91048 - Shoji Yokouchi Moonlight Serenade) was in 1979, which is staggering given that EMI UK shut their quad program down in 1974, and Capitol/EMI in the US and Canada were done by very early '76 when Steve Miller's Fly Like an Eagle came out.

The Pro-Use series seems to be an attempt to combine of a bunch of premium features of North American LPs: they take the bold graphic design of Blue Note and especially CTI (mimicking CTI's listing of recording locations and dates), combine that with Columbia Masterworks single inventory classical approach of '75-'77, and add in some of MoFi's attention to the actual equipment used in the recording and cutting process - I have a couple of the Jun Fukamachi albums in this series, and the booklets include a listing of all the microphones, tape decks, outboard equipment, mixing consoles, etc. used in the making of the records.

In the thread I linked to a the top of this post, bigbillquad suggests that it's only the obi strips that will tell you if these albums are quad, but another discovery I made was that from midway through the series onward, the LPs actually began to make explicit mention of being mixed and encoded in QS. Here's a random sampling of back cover mentions:

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Although there are some exceptions, it generally seems to be the case that the early LPs in the series had the "2ch and 4ch" obi but no back cover mention, the middle ones in the series had the "2ch and 4ch" obi and the back cover "This Album was mixed by means of the QS matrix system" mention, and then the later ones had the back cover QS mention but nothing on the obi.

If you're the kind of person who listens to mostly Western (US/British/English speaking) music you're probably going "I don't care about any of this Japanese shiitake" but if you like that mid-70s polished jazz-funk sound like the Brecker Bros., Stuff, The Crusaders, etc. you might at least like the Jun Fukamachi albums (and the ones he had a hand in like Ponta Murakami etc.). Have a listen to this and judge for yourself:



Additionally, a few of these albums have been reissued on CD and because these were single-inventory quads the CDs maintain the QS encoding. In my list below, I've denoted CD reissues alongside and linked them to discogs entries for the CD so you can look for them if you're interested in purchasing.

Anyway, without further ado, this is the list of Pro-Use albums that are QS encoded - I'll also add this info to my initial post in this thread so everything is available together.

QS-Encoded LPs (bearing either the "2CH and 4CH" obi or QS Matrix back cover annotation)
LF-91001 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops'
LF-91004 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops II'
LF-91006 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops III'
LF-91007 - Jun Fukamachi 'Introducing Jun Fukamachi' (CD: Tower Records QIAG-70050, 2012)
LF-91011 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops IV'
LF-91013 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops V'
LF-91014 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops VI'
LF-91016 - Kyohei Tsutsumi And His 585Band 'Hit Machine'
LF-91017 - Shuichi Murakami 'Introducing "Ponta" Murakami' (CD: Universal Music UPCY-7513, 2018)
LF-91023 - Mari Nakamoto 'That Old Feeling'
LF-91025 - Martha Miyake 'Together With Jun'
LF-91026 - Eiji Arai / Mitsuo Hagita / Makoto Kawaguchi / Kentaro Haneda / Takao Naoi ‎'New Interior Music'
LF-91028 - Hiromasa Suzuki 'Skip Step Colgen' (CD: Toshiba Records TOCT-9201, 1995)
LF-91029 - Takeshi Inomata 'Morning After'
LF-91030 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Invitation to the Wonderful Symphony Orchestra'
LF-91032 - George Kizu 'Lady is a Tramp'
LF-91035 - Jun Fukamachi 'Second Phase' (CD: Tower Records QIAG-70053, 2012)
LF-91042 - Kenji Omura 'First Step' (CD: Toshiba Records TOCT-10925, 2003)
LF-91048 - Shoji Yokouchi & His Super Guitar Band 'Moonlight Serenade'


Quad Status Unverified (in all the photos of these two LPs online, the obi-strip is blocking the back cover credits)
LF-91031 - Shoji Yokouchi Meets Shigeru Toyama 'Sabre Dance'
LF-91050 - LF-91045 - Hiroyuki Iwaki / NHK Symphony Orchestra 'Holst: The Planets'


Stereo-only LPs (these are the LPs from the same series that have no "2CH and 4CH" obi or QS Matrix back cover mention. I believe these are strictly stereo-only and I'm providing this list so fellow collectors can avoid purchasing them thinking they're quad.)
LF-91002 - Various Artists 'Female Vocal'
LF-91003 - 蒸気機関車 ("Steam Locomotive")
LF-91005 - Shoji Yokouchi Trio 'Satin Doll'
LF-91008 - Various Artists 'Female Vocal II'
LF-91009 - <Unknown>
LF-91010 - Various Artists '三味線の魅力' ("Charm of the Shamisen")
LF-91012 - Mari Nakamoto 'Just In Time' (Female Vocal III)
LF-91015 - Various Artists 'Female Vocal IV'
LF-91018 - 蒸気機関車Vol.2 / SLサウンドに挑む ("Steam Locomotive Vol. 2 / SL Sound")
LF-91019 - Hiromasa Suzuki ‎'Colgen World'
LF-91020 - Hiroshi Okazaki 'Girl Talk'
LF-91021 - Hidemi Saito 'Marvelous Sounds! Enchanting Pipe Organ'
LF-91022 - 蒸汽火車聲音 / 南国台湾に日本のSLを見た！("Steam Train Roar / I Saw Japanese SL in Southern Taiwan!")
LF-91024 - Various Artists 'Female Vocal Vol. VI'
LF-91027 - Izumi Tateno 'The Marvelous Piano Sound'
LF-91033 - Four Singers 'Welcome Back!'
LF-91034 - Various Artists 'Female Vocal Best'
LF-91036 - Audio People 'Check Record / Joy and Check'
LF-91037 - Izumi Tateno 'The Marvelous Piano Sound'
LF-91038 - Various Artists 'Sound Catalogue / All About Pro-Use Series Vol. 1'
LF-91039 - Various Artists 'Sound Catalogue / All About Pro-Use Series Vol. 2'
LF-91040 - 'Out Door Recording Best'
LF-91041 - Jimmy Takeuchi 'Jimmy's Jazz Friends'
LF-91043 - Various Artists 'Female Vocal Vol. VII'
LF-91044 - Various Artists 'Male Vocal Vol. I'
LF-91045 - Hiroyuki Iwaki / NHK Symphony Orchestra '"Star Wars" Suite'
LF-91046 - Yuzuru Sera 'A Lady's Man'
LF-91047 - Various Artists 'Female Vocal Vol. VIII'
LF-91051 - Mari Nakamoto / Anli Sugano ‎ 'Mari Vs. Anli'

Dave, here's some photos I found on-line at some Japanese web sites concerning this title (doesn't seem to be 4 channel labeled anywhere that I can see?) I did have to do some considerable Geometric Perspective and skewing adjustments to straighten them out.

Quad Status Unverified (in all the photos of these two LPs online, the obi-strip is blocking the back cover credits)
LF-91031 - Shoji Yokouchi Meets Shigeru Toyama 'Sabre Dance'

 

[steelydave]

Nice work JP, I think we can definitely put this one in the 'not quad' category now - all the other ones in this series that are quad have either a '4ch' obi and/or a notation on the back that mentions being mixed using the QS matrix system.

 

[jaybird100]

I have three of the QS "Pro-Use" albums, and they're some of the best sounding records I have. Played through ythe Surround Master, they're damn near discrete! Awesome records!

 

[Colin London]

Are any of these Japan Toshiba -EMI Quad Mixes on SACD?

 

[J. PUPSTER]

I have three of the QS "Pro-Use" albums, and they're some of the best sounding records I have. Played through ythe Surround Master, they're damn near discrete! Awesome records!

yes, I have many of them also, absolutely fantastic; why couldn't more CD's be encoded like those

Are any of these Japan Toshiba -EMI Quad Mixes on SACD?

Not that I'm aware of, and pretty obscure stuff even inside this forum, let alone outside of it I'd assume.

 

[steelydave]

Sadly not, but if there was a Japanese equivalent of D-V (I guess that 'Stereo Sound' label that did the Hiromi Iwasaki Pandora's Box SACD a couple of years ago would qualify for this) there are at least a half-dozen of these (the two Jun Fukumachis, Hiromasa Suzuki's Skip Step Colgen, Kenji Omura's First Step, etc.) that would make great candidates for an SACD release, presuming discrete 4-channel masters were made, and still exist.

 

[steelydave]

A couple of "new" additions to this list, both LP's from Jun Fukamachi that I hadn't previously discovered because they weren't part of the Pro-Use series.

The first is Jun Fukamachi 21st Century Band 'Rokuyu' (Express Records ETP-72100) from 1975 - a straight-ahead fusion album much like 'Introducing Jun Fukamachi' from the same year.

and the second is Jun Fukamachi – 'Fantastic Suite - A Dream On A Spring Night Based On "The Tale Of The Heike"' (Toshiba Records TP-73211) from 1978, which is a kind of Tomita-esque concept album based on an old Japanese folk tale.

Both albums have been reissued on CD in recent years and the QS encoding has been preserved - there are links to the discogs entries for the CD releases next to the LP info in the first post in this thread.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Here's a reissue of this great Japanese Toshiba Pro-Use series QS title Hiromasa Suzuki – Skip Step Colgen (although the '2ch and 4ch' signage is not on the OBI?)
The original matrix Quad LPs go for hundreds usually now. It says remastered also... so?

https://www.discogs.com/release/24971299-Hiromasa-Suzuki-Skip-Step-Colgen