What's the Latest MATRIX LP/CD Added to Your Pile? SQ, QS, RM, EV

[Quad Linda]

In the day, CTI & Kudu were pressed and distributed by Columbia. Later, they were distributed by Motown, which then got absorbed by Universal. My CD of Grover Washington's Soul Box is one of the "Verve Originals." Verve is, of course, an imprint of Universal these days.

You'll be quizzed on this later...

Oh right, matrix on Record 1 Side A is exactly the same as yours; RVG87689 A-2A ...further around the grooves it says COLUMBIA NY so I guess it was pressed by Columbia in New York like all their Quad records?

 

[fredblue]

In the day, CTI & Kudu were pressed and distributed by Columbia. Later, they were distributed by Motown, which then got absorbed by Universal. My CD of Grover Washington's Soul Box is one of the "Verve Originals." Verve is, of course, an imprint of Universal these days.

You'll be quizzed on this later...

AH...! That explains it! I have no clue about CTI or Kudu-chrome..
Did they do a lot of Quad records?

Yes Mistress..!
It feels like being back at school..!

Ps. Is your CD of Grover W. Jr.'s Soul Box SQ Quad encoded?

 

[Quad Linda]

Yes, the Soul Box CD is SQ encoded. I also have Soul Box on a 2 SQ LP set, which is labeled as Quad, and a 2 Q8 set.

CTI/Kudu did several other Quad titles:

GEORGE BENSON - I have an SQ labeled LP of this.
Body Talk. CTI CT-6033 [previously CTSQ-6033] (SQ), CTRQ-6033
(QR), CTQ8-6033 (Q8)
{Originally released in separate Quad and Stereo versions, Later
released in Quad only. The same number appears on the early stereo
version and on the later Quad-only version, which are distinguishable
by the SQ logo on the back side of the Quad-only album jacket.}

HANK CRAWFORD - I have an SQ labeled LP & Q8 of this.
Wildflower. Kuda KU-15 [previously KSQX-15] (SQ), KQRX-15 (QR),
KQ8X-15 (Q8)
{this title when originally released in quad and stereo had only the
words quadraphonic on the front cover and had a grey border around the
front cover. the spine also has the words quadraphonic.
{Originally released in separate Quad and Stereo versions, Later
released in Quad only. The same number appears on the early stereo
version and on the later Quad-only version, which are distinguishable
by the SQ logo on the back side of the Quad-only album jacket.}

EUMIR DEODATO - I have a SQ labeled LP, Q8 and SQ CD of Prelude and a Q8 and SQ CD of Deodato 2. I've heard the recently remastered CD's are NOT SQ encoded!
Deodato 2. CTI CT-6029 [previously CTSQ-6029] (SQ), CTRQ-6029
(QR), CTQ8-6029 (Q8), 4D-6 (CD4) [Japan]
Prelude. CTI CT-6021 [previously CTSQ-6029] (SQ), CTRQ-6029
(QR), CTQ8-6029 (Q8)
{Originally released in separate Quad and Stereo versions, Later
released in Quad only. The same number appears on the early stereo
version and on the later Quad-only version, which are distinguishable
by the SQ logo on the back side of the Quad-only album jacket.}

EUMIR DEODATO & AIRTO MOREIRA - I have a Q8 and a Japan SQ CD of this. THEY DON'T PLAY TOGETHER, it's a half and half live album.
Deodato / Airto in Concert. CTI CT-6041 [previously CTSQ-6041]
(SQ), CTRQ-6041 (QR), CTQ8-6041 (Q8), SR-3357 (SQ) [Japan]
{Originally released in separate Quad and Stereo versions, Later
released in Quad only. The same number appears on the early stereo
version and on the later Quad-only version, which are distinguishable
by the SQ logo on the back side of the Quad-only album jacket.}
{The only indication of quad on the Japanese version is SQ etched in run
out groove}

JOE FARRELL - I have an SQ LP of this. I've never seen a copy of this with an SQ labeled jacket.
* Penny Arcade. CTI 6034 (SQ)
{No indication of quad except "SQ"' prefix written in the run-out area on
both sides, other copies have the "Q" scratched out. Possible that not all
songs were mixed for SQ so company did not want to release as a quad record}

AIRTO MOREIRA [see also EUMIR DEODATO] - I have this on a Q8 and and SQ Japan CD. I also studied percussion with Airto, thanks to the kindness of Slingerland Drum folks.
Fingers. CTI CT-6028 [previously CTSQ-6028] (SQ), CTQR-6028 (QR),
CTQ8-6028 (Q8), King 4D-19 (CD4) [Japan]
{Originally released in separate Quad and Stereo versions, Later
released in Quad only. The same number appears on the early stereo
version and on the later Quad-only version, which are distinguishable
by the SQ logo on the back side of the Quad-only album jacket.}
{The title above was released only in quad, no stereo version known}

DON SEBESKY - I have a SQ labeled 2 LP issue of this.
Giant Box. CTI [2 LP] CTX-6031/32 [previously CTSQX-6031/32]
(SQ), CTRQX-6031/32 (QR), CTQ8X-6031/32 (Q8)
{Originally released in separate Quad and Stereo versions, Later
released in Quad only. The same number appears on the early stereo
version and on the later Quad-only version, which are distinguishable
by the SQ logo on the back side of the Quad-only album jacket.}

STANLEY TURRENTINE - I have a Q8 and SQ labeled LP of this.
Don't Mess with Mr. T. CTI CT-6030 [previously CTSQ-6030] (SQ),
CTRQ-6030 (QR), CT8Q-6030 (Q8)
{Originally released in separate Quad and Stereo versions, Later
released in Quad only. The same number appears on the early stereo
version and on the later Quad-only version, which are distinguishable
by the SQ logo on the back side of the Quad-only album jacket.}

To my recollection, these are the only CTI/Kudu Quads. IMHO, they're ALL GOOD. The George Benson is the one I like the least, even though I'm a Benson fan. Airto's Fingers and Deodato's Prelude are the best, at least musically.


Listings taken from Mark Anderson's Quad Discography.

AH...! That explains it! I have no clue about CTI or Kudu-chrome..
Did they do a lot of Quad records?

Yes Mistress..!
It feels like being back at school..!

Ps. Is your CD of Grover W. Jr.'s Soul Box SQ Quad encoded?

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Initially when I was sluething/discovering these CTI/KUDU stereo editions with the RVG SQ indications, there was only one anomaly on one disc.

That was the stereo 2 lp set of Grover Washington's Soul Box edition.Not to be confused with the box set, containing 2 lps.
Anyway I noticed disc 1 I believe was ripe with the RVG SQ indications, however the second disc was not.Although not all of the stereo CTI/KUDU discs were confirmed by myself, (I think there were 2 I missed) all that I noticed and the later confirmation of the remainder were quad fully and completely.
The Joe Farrel was someone else's discovery of course.
Now it's quite conceivable that Soul Box cd is SQ fully, but I thought I would elucidate this fact and indicate my find from back in the late 70's.

I can really only let you know what I found at the time.

 

[Quad Linda]

I'll need to do some a/b'ing of Soul Box.

 

[quicksrt]

Looks like it's just the U.S pressing?

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Well your dead wax photo looks about the best I have ever seen of such an item. What camera and lens are you using? I'd like to be able to do this as well as yours.

(boy, one must be a real geek to get excited about pictures of dead wax #s & inscriptions)

 

[fredblue]

Well your dead wax photo looks about the best I have ever seen of such an item. What camera and lens are you using? I'd like to be able to do this as well as yours.

(boy, one must be a real geek to get excited about pictures of dead wax #s & inscriptions)

Oh, why.. thank you..

..truth be told I don't have a camera at all anymore (my older brother's a real swot on them and insists on still having one just for recreational purposes, a Leica or something I think it is but I need to travel light as got no wheels, I can't drive I'm epileptic) so I take all these pics I post here at QQ with the iPhone.. in fact I do just about all of this (chatting to you, buying the records, etc all on the phone.. the only thing I can't do is listen to the records in Quad/surround thru the phone..!) that pic was hastily taken before I left the house in my kitchen with the under cabinet fluorescent shining on the record, just with the camera in the phone.. nothing flash.. oh and not even a flash was used! Haha..!

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Interesting... I have the Stereo box set, without the "Quadraphonic" drivel printed on it. (CTX 6031/32). My record labels are the same as yours, claiming "stereo" and "SQ". My matrices numbers on the discs themself do not have "SQ", i.e. record one, side one has "RVG 87689A-2A", with RVG being Rudi van Gelder being the recording engineer.

What's your matrix number for record 1 side 1?

-Kristian

I checked my copy (stereo) of Don Sebesky, and it does indeed have the RVG SQ #'s indicated on all four sides-both discs on the vinyl imprint.
They are etched in so likely the same on the metal master.My copy is a U.S.edition.
I also had the U.S quadraphonic original but sold it long ago, but as a weird collector I purchased a used stereo copy later, all because it turnrd out to be a single inventory quad item of course.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

I'll need to do some a/b'ing of Soul Box.

Something tells me that (intuition maybe) Creed Taylor went ahead with later single inventory issues, whether or not it had something to do with the "quad" pressings being better quality or it was they were newer/ easier to access because of the bankruptcy......agreements, etc.
We may never know but ultimately we as collectors get to "make out like bandits" as a result.

 

[MyCuff]

Atom Heart Mother - A beaten up spine with a hopefully near mint SQ pressing for $12.48. Crossing my fingers...

 

[jaybird100]

Fizzywiggs, could I ask how you got it and is that avenue open to the rest of us? I wouldn't mind a copy myself. Thanks.

I'd love to get ahold of this, too. If you can find out who has 'em, please let us know!

 

[jaybird100]

A Man For All Seasons - John Gregory And His Orchestra (SQ LP).

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Nice find. United Artists released only one quad LP in the US, and it was QS-encoded.

 

[The Bushmaster]

Aah yes...The one that the cat suposedly chewed on...I past on that one. Hope it turns out O K for you.

 

[fredblue]

Nice find. United Artists released only one quad LP in the US, and it was QS-encoded.

Thanks! I found the John Gregory completely by accident. It's a nice mix thru the Surround Master and sound quality is excellent.. quite a cool mixture of funky beats and orchestral.. sweeps.!

The UA QS disc is Paul Anka's "The Painter", right?
Once I'd got this Gregory SQ I was so impressed I started looking for more UA surround and that's all that I could find.. I'm trying to get a copy of the QS LP that isn't a cut out.. not a big selling album back in the day I'm guessing..

 

[fredblue]

I'd love to get ahold of this, too. If you can find out who has 'em, please let us know!

Nice looking package in the gatefold and all but I was a bit underwhelmed with it tbh (I got mine from a UK seller on Discogs) a lot of rabbiting when what we want is music.. I'd rather full songs both sides than the snippets on side 2.. the best things on it by a country mile were the Joe Walsh (unreleased elsewhere afaik?), Michael Omartian (great sound and surround effect thru the Surround Master) and the Crusaders.

 

[fredblue]

Atom Heart Mother - A beaten up spine with a hopefully near mint SQ pressing for $12.48. Crossing my fingers...

Nice find for the money! Which country is yours pressed in? I see Quad LP pressings for this one from UK, Germany, Australia, all over!

 

[fredblue]

Sextant - Herbie Hancock (SQ LP).

 

[jaybird100]

Thanks! I found the John Gregory completely by accident. It's a nice mix thru the Surround Master and sound quality is excellent.. quite a cool mixture of funky beats and orchestral.. sweeps.!

The UA QS disc is Paul Anka's "The Painter", right?
Once I'd got this Gregory SQ I was so impressed I started looking for more UA surround and that's all that I could find.. I'm trying to get a copy of the QS LP that isn't a cut out.. not a big selling album back in the day I'm guessing..

UA didn't do much quad. You're right about the Paul Anka QS. It's a decent mix. There were rumors that the Greatest Hits album from War was also QS, but that's never been verified. The copy I have really doesn't sound like it. And unlike the Paul Anka LP, there's no QS logo on the cover, nor on the label.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Edgar Winter classic SQ





ABC CLASSICS QS

 

[MyCuff]

Aah yes...The one that the cat suposedly chewed on...I past on that one. Hope it turns out O K for you.

Me too, a great find if so, another album for the wall art if not, and he only "clawed the spine" no chew marks I hope!