Would you be interested in Seals & Crofts Quadio's?

[Doug G.]

I have very specific memories attached to "Summer Breeze" too.

Doug

 

[quicksrt]

My summers were in 104 degrees of hot dry Western heat, or upper 90s in the humid South Florida swamp.

 

[punterjoe]

Under 55 cohort...I wonder what demographic that represents of the surround sound community. I'll bet it's a large percentage.

Changing my train of thought... I bought many an SACD and DVD-A for $19 circa 2005 for just one song, so $20 per disc for the bundle isn't bad.

I was never a big fan, but back in the first wave, I acquired everything I could in every LP & tape format to support the struggling format.
SO.... I ended up owning Diamond Girl and Summer Breeze on Q-4.
I was very impressed with the production and the nuance of the mix.
I would buy yet ANOTHER set of titles I already own in yet another, new, better format.
As I have done SO many times before.
BTW - Everything I said regarding Seals & Crofts also applies to my opinion on the George Martin produced America quad titles. I own Holiday & find the quad mix impressive. The music is ...fine... pleasant enough.... but the mix is worth a listen.

 

[jaybird100]

If they came out I would buy them however I will buy any titles that come out. I listen to 70s on 7 SiriusXM all the time and Summer Breeze and Diamond Girl are played pretty often. The Diamond Girl album is pretty good I think.

I listen to The Bridge (channel 17), and their music often appears there, too.

 

[omnipotent1]

At 22 years old I’m amazed that there were albums like that coming out within a matter of days from each other.

Take late 1969 for example:

September 22: The Band Self Titled
September 26: Beatles Abbey Road
October 10: Frank Zappa Hot Rats, King Crimson ITCOTCK, The Kinks Arthur
October 22: Led Zeppelin II
October 29: CCR Willy and The Poor Boys
November 4: Allman Bros Self Titled
November 14: David Bowie Space Oddity
December 5: Stones Let It Bleed

Hard to believe there was so much creativity like that emerging weekly, a stark contrast to the new stuff we hear today.

Not hard at all to understand.
Pure statistics...never before had so many young people all over the world been encouraged to "drop out"of society and do something creative.
That never seen before or after mass of people led to some damn fine creative works from the roughly mid 60's to mid 70's

We won't likely ever see that again in our lifetimes...

 

[ar surround]

Earworm stuff:



I'm not into material with religious overtones, but this one might be the best song on Diamond Girl as far as musical composition, structure, etc:

 

[Bob Finholm]

Hell, yes! Bring on Seals and Crofts! We need ‘em.

 

[gvl_guy]

I vote no.....but if Rhino released a single quad disc of hits ,I'd buy it.

An awesome idea! (But I have a feeling they want to keep the production of these Quadios "easy." Pull the master tape, play it, clean it up a bit, put it on a Blu-ray -- done. That could be why the price is so reasonable.)

This is actually a hard question for me to answer. Yes, I'd buy S&C. Would it be a top pick? No. Not even close. I have all 4 of their CD-4 albums and I've probably played each of them only once or twice ....and quite a long time ago. I think a box set really could be a nice draw if they kept it to around $60.

 

[par4ken]

I'm not quite certain what the point of this poll is. I would think that most people here want these old quads released in a modern format.

Like many such artists back in the day, Seals and Crofts was rather mellow for my taste; I would have passed entirely if not for Quad. I've owned the Quad reel of "Diamond Girl" for years. That song (Diamond Girl) as well as it's clone "Summer Breeze" still bring back many memories. I also have the CD-4 of both "Diamond Girl" and of "Summer Breeze" in my collection.

 

[quicksrt]

Not only is their production on the S&G albums pretty hot, but the quad mixes are discreet in the way we surround listeners have come to appreciate. But I find the material less consistent than I’d like. This will not prevent these two hit albums from eventually being reissued on our treasured Quadio line.

 

[ar surround]

Earworm stuff:



I'm not into material with religious overtones, but this one might be the best song on Diamond Girl as far as musical composition, structure, etc:

Bad, bad AR! I haven’t bought the Summer Breeze Quadio yet. I’m still waiting to combine it with another purchase to get free shipping. But I’ll get to it.

 

[LuvMyQuad]

The S&C was the only album I bought from the last Quadio batch.

 

[jaybird100]

The S&C was the only album I bought from the last Quadio batch.

I could dig a Seals & Crofts box set!

 

[MIDIQ]

More seals & Crofts, please.

 

[dougdevers]

I can barely stand them in stereo!

 

[quicksrt]

The S&C was the only album I bought from the last Quadio batch.

And which titles did you pass on from the other 4-pack bundles?

 

[LuvMyQuad]

And which titles did you pass on from the other 4-pack bundles?

I passed on Svengali from bundle #3. Bought all the rest, although if I had to do it over I would omit the Spinners disc and the Mingus disc.

 

[Lensflair]

Missed this post when it first came out. "Diamond Girl" was one of the first LP's I bought as a teenager. I still have happy memories of it, and still listen to it often. It was by far my favorite of theirs. Now that we have the Quadio of "Summer Breeze", which I bought immediately and think sounds wonderful, I would love a Quadio of "Diamond Girl". I think there was a quad version of "Unborn Child", but that release didn't do much for me. I would probably pass on that.

 

[fredblue]

there were 4 Seals & Crofts Quads in all;
"Summer Breeze", "Diamond Girl", "Unborn Child" & "I'll Play For You"

hopefully we will see them all released on Quadio Blu-ray eventually

 

[JediJoker]

there were 4 Seals & Crofts Quads in all;
"Summer Breeze", "Diamond Girl", "Unborn Child" & "I'll Play For You"

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hopefully we will see them all released on Quadio Blu-ray eventually

Just bought Diamond Girl on quad reel for a not-insane $56. My first non-demo Q4 purchase. I won't be picking it up until September, though, to avoid having it sent by mail. Who knows: by then, it may be released on Blu-ray!