Forgot the dollar ain't what it was. So they cost about $20 now. Math was never my strong suit.
New Pop/Soul/Jazz Surround SACDs - Billy Paul, Chase, George Benson, Weather Report (Sept 2018)
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Forgot the dollar ain't what it was. So they cost about $20 now. Math was never my strong suit.
If anyone's curious what the Chase debut album quad mix is like, check out these Q8 waveforms:
This is some seriously wild mixing! A lot of the tracks start out with four corner pans, there's some incredibly stark isolation of bongos and keyboard in each rear channel, different trumpets call and response from front to back. It's a real hoot that'll give your system a workout!
Only thing holding it back was the fidelity - pretty confident Dutton has solved that problem
Hell yes! That early Chase title is one of the first ten Columbia Quads and is one of the top most aggressive mixes ever! About the only issue I ever had was that the Q8 suffered from a tonal difference between channels. So, that Trumpet bopping around for the opening of "Open Up Wide" required a little EQ to make it sound the same in all four corners. If I can do it right for my own DTS discs, Mr. Dutton is probably laughing at me right now calling me an amateur.
That particular part, you can almost feel the engineers' fingers on the panning control. But it also shows how crude the mixes were when the trumpet sounds in FL and you can hear the panning control moving as the echo trails off into FR and then the trumpet blasts in FR. I mean, we think of it today as crude, but back then this was cutting edge! I still don't know if I'd have had the guts back then to mix blind like these guys did. Nothing more than a track sheet and VU meters!!
I often wonder if before the mixer actually mixed.... did they have to sit there and listen to EACH individual track (on an 8, 16 or 24-track) tape and make note of any errors, cut-ins, punch-outs, flubs, coughs, sniffles, cuss words? Though fascinating I'm sure, but how tedious would that be when you know you're on a deadline?
The Chase titles in particular are favorites! This is SUCH a welcome announcement! Happy birthday to us!
Further proof that Virgo is the best. Just sayin'...
beerking
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Just logged in and wallop...£38.22 left my piggy bank.
beerking
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You so on it today Snood...usually its zillions!!
Scott65
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This website does that to you. That's what I love about it.
It sounds like it will be great - one of my favourite things in Surround Mixes are the call & responses coming from different channels! Hopefully my discs will arrive in a few days, the flight from Watford to Devon is hard work for those carrier pigeonsIf anyone's curious what the Chase debut album quad mix is like, check out these Q8 waveforms:
Whole album:
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Track 1 "Open Up Wide":
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This is some seriously wild mixing! A lot of the tracks start out with four corner pans, there's some incredibly stark isolation of bongos and keyboard in each rear channel, different trumpets call and response from front to back. It's a real hoot that'll give your system a workout!
Only thing holding it back was the fidelity - pretty confident Dutton has solved that problem
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Man, I thought I would have some downtime after ordering the last new releases a week ago! Figured there would be no pop releases until October....wrong! I just ordered all 5!!
I'm solid on 4/5 of these. Can somebody please convince me about the mix/fidelity of the Billy Paul live?
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If you're on the fence about the Billy Paul Live wait until Adam or another UKer who should receive them quicker than we will posts a review of the actual mch SACD! They shouldn't sell out that fast.
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I apparently haven't ordered anything from Dutton Vocalion since April, so I've ordered all five of these and the Poco two-fer from the July batch. The September releases are all pretty much blind buys, as I've only sampled a tiny bit of most of them, so it made sense to me to add the Poco, as they're closer to the hard rock music I generally enjoy. But I'm really excited for more excellent quadraphonic music!
The Rang
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Me and and Mrs. Jones was the only Billy Paul song I knew.
Thankfully both albums on the two-fer are available from youtube in their entirety.
Though I don’t like absolutely everything (his version of Your Song for example) there is more than enough great music on these two albums to make the purchase a no brainer.
Too bad it’s more expensive than the typical DV disc but if that’s what it takes to get this stuff released them I’m good with it.
Thankfully both albums on the two-fer are available from youtube in their entirety.
Though I don’t like absolutely everything (his version of Your Song for example) there is more than enough great music on these two albums to make the purchase a no brainer.
Too bad it’s more expensive than the typical DV disc but if that’s what it takes to get this stuff released them I’m good with it.
Anybody ever score a D-V discount or promo code? Such as through a promotional email or otherwise?
Geez...I was away from QQ for a couple of days and this happens! Was a very big fan of Chase, very excited about this. Ordered the Chase and Billy Paul, thinking about the others! Thanks for the original posting of this.
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Hmmm. Now that's a great idea. Let me see, I am sure this could work out!
PLUS - I could blame it all on Snood!
Damn. I love this site. My retirement fund hates it. I read through the five pages of this thread and picked up 4/5 (I like the above advice about the Live release). And while I was on the DV site, I found 14 other discs I had read about here in the short time since I found your site--my newest addiction! Is there a Quad Anonymous 12 Step Program?! Peace
Nothing here really grabs my attention, but Chase sounds mildly interesting - I'd never heard of them before but sounds like it could be fun, especially since the lady is a fan of trumpets.
Hmm...what an unusual time to list this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Seale...997936?hash=item2868444af0:g:TX8AAOSwjCVbpQ1s
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