What's the Latest QUAD TAPE Added to Your Pile? Q8, Q4

[bigbillquad]

Hi. All

I`ve managed to acquire the 3rd. Emerson, Lake & Palmer

( Manticore. Q8 MAN QT-3-200 -Emerson,Lake & Palmer :No.3 )-

 

[bigbillquad]

Hi. All

Another Q4 Reel to Reel came today.

( Ovation Records. Q4 Q114 -Joe Morello Another Step Forward)-

 

[fredblue]

Rock On - David Essex (Q8)
Captured Angel - Dan Fogelberg (Q8)

 

[kap'n krunch]

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[fredblue]

"when a baby unicorn cries...":violin

 

[DuncanS]

Oh no its true..............

well as you asked so nicely... NO! :howl
every time an out of print Quad that the major labels don't care about gets pirated a baby unicorn dies:violin
do we want that on our conscience!?!? :yikes

you know my name, look up my number! i'll call you later today or tonight when i can

 

[kap'n krunch]

well as you asked so nicely... NO! :howl
every time an out of print Quad that the major labels don't care about gets pirated a baby unicorn dies:violin
do we want that on our conscience!?!? :yikes

you know my name, look up my number! i'll call you later today or tonight when i can

Don't know where you found that post..it wasn't me!

 

[bigbillquad]

Hi. All

A Q8 came today

( UA. Q8 DA178-H -War The World Is A Ghetto )-

 

[4-earredwonder]

Hi. All

A Q8 came today

( UA. Q8 DA178-H -War The World Is A Ghetto )-

View attachment 31391

Looks to be a spankin' brand new copy. One of my favs. How does it sound?

 

[sjcorne]

Looks to be a spankin' brand new copy. One of my favs. How does it sound?

I have a white cart copy as well...was really excited about this one but unfortunately it suffers from poor mastering. I recorded it in twice and it always appears brickwalled no matter what volume I set. The loud parts seriously distort. I had read that the canadian version (gold cart) was duplicated by RCA and is hence much better quality...would love to hear it.

The mix is pretty good. Vocals are in all four speakers but everything else is spread out nicely. It really should've been on the 40th anniversary reissue from a few years ago. As I mentioned a while back in the poll thread, a DV twofer with this and Deliver The Word would be a dream come true.

Thread I started a few months ago: https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...ion-In-Front-Channels-Of-War-UA-Q8&highlight=

 

[winopener]

I have a white cart copy as well...was really excited about this one but unfortunately it suffers from poor mastering. I recorded it in twice and it always appears brickwalled no matter what volume I set. The loud parts seriously distort. I had read that the canadian version (gold cart) was duplicated by RCA and is hence much better quality...would love to hear it.

Poor duplication, not mastering. The quad mastering for the UA/Liberty carts was the same for USA and Canada, but the USA ones, on black or white shells, were duplicated too hot by the Liberty plant. This is unfortunately common to all their USA quad output, a true shame.

 

[bigbillquad]

Looks to be a spankin' brand new copy. One of my favs. How does it sound?

Hi. 4-earredwonder

Yes it`s in pritty good nick but the foam pad needs replacing before I play it..

 

[humprof]

Has anyone ever confirmed whether the CD4 test pressing listed on Discogs is for real? I've heard an anonymous transfer of this album that sounds great--clean, discrete, pretty high fidelity--but there was no printed documentation and the artwork that came with it says nothing about the source. Because it doesn't have any telltale Q8 artefacts (warble, oversaturation, high-frequency dropout, etc.), I assumed it must be from a CD4. But after reading in an older thread about AudioSpectrum's legendary Q8 transfers, I'm prepared to hear that it's one of his...

I have a white cart copy as well...was really excited about this one but unfortunately it suffers from poor mastering. I recorded it in twice and it always appears brickwalled no matter what volume I set. The loud parts seriously distort. I had read that the canadian version (gold cart) was duplicated by RCA and is hence much better quality...would love to hear it.

The mix is pretty good. Vocals are in all four speakers but everything else is spread out nicely. It really should've been on the 40th anniversary reissue from a few years ago. As I mentioned a while back in the poll thread, a DV twofer with this and Deliver The Word would be a dream come true.

Thread I started a few months ago: https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...ion-In-Front-Channels-Of-War-UA-Q8&highlight=

 

[bigbillquad]

Hi. All

For all how are repairing Quad 8 track cartridges here is a cool little tool to pop open these with out using a screw driver you may need to get it made up or you may be a handy tool maker your self.

her you go a YouTube video to show you it in use...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ77YCIr7sw

 

[fredblue]

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (Q8),
Pearl - Janis Joplin (Q8),
Caravanserai - Santana (Q8)

 

[fredblue]

Booger Bear - Buddy Miles Express (Q8),
Chapter VII - The Buddy Miles Band (Q8),
The O'Jays Live In London (Q8)

 

[fredblue]

Now & Then - Carpenters (Q8),
The Singles 1969-1973 / Carpenters (Q8),
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille (Q8)

 

[fredblue]

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell (Q8),
Blue Jays - Justin Hayward & John Lodge (Q8),
Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot (Q8)

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon

RE: SANTANA , JOPLIN, AND SIMON AND GARFUNKLE
That's 3 very cool Discrete finds FreddieRico . Hope they sound ok after all these years.





Equally impressive finds for , LIGHTFOOT, MITCHELL and Hayward Lodge tapes.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Never had those BUDDY MILES TAPES , NOR the SQ discs .

At the time.....well there were other discs in my sight I suppose.(regrets me thinks).


Also never saw any A&M gold carts , only white (Canadian) and blue (U.S.) but I think A&M/ODE carts were gold .



All in All that's one VERY BIG haul of Q8'S .