sf49erjohn
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I commented on the DVD earlier but didnt give a rating. I really love this disc and give it a 9. The songs on CTA are classic. I love Beginnings and the rest...
Why in God's name would we want this done? Unless you're James William Guercio, and it's still 1968, leave it the hell alone!Bad
-horrible flat transfer. the people couldn't even be bothereed to "spice" it in a "transparent way", maybe a bit of Harmomic Exciter , a bit of lo freq boost, etc, but not make it sound different , only a bit more modern, ; instead it looks as though they got the tapes, tranferred them to 96/24 and sent it to be pressed, the masterin engineer was asleep.
Why in God's name would we want this done? Unless you're James William Guercio, and it's still 1968, leave it the hell alone!
As someone whose only Chicago vinyl is the quad ones, I can say that it is NOT "exactly what it sounded like when you played the LP". It is much, much better.As a nostalgia item for quad lovers, I'd say you all got a very nice package here and should be doing backflips. I can understand those who want a very high-rez mix wanting more, but that's the breaks, I guess. I am way too young for the quad era, but can imagine that this is exactly what it sounded like when you played the LP.
It was a promo only item that Columbia put out in the late '70's--early '80's. The stereo Lps came in it. I got a copy from my friend's used record store, got him to break it up & sell me the box only for $10.00. I then filled it up with quad goodness.Hey Larry, what's that, a Quad boxset of Chicago's first 10 LPs in QUAD?
COOOOOLLLLL!!!!!
When did they sell this, how much was it?
I really like it and I wouldn't like any more if it was in 5.1 or DVD-A. I think it is good as it is. I guess this is the way it was meant to be heard when the quad mix was done. Why bother to filter out the bass to a separate .1 channel and to make in 5.1. Would that have been any better?
On the sleeve it says "Quadradisc series supervised by Bill Inglot", so I guess there are more to come. Otherwise they wouldn't have said series.....? One album does certainly not make a series...right?
Mats
Well, I certainly don't like to pretend to know something I don't, but a Google search for "Bill Inglot" points to websites that say he was laid off from Rhino in 2007. This leaves me with the impression that they are releasing stuff that was pretty much in the can a few years ago. That might explain the DVD-Audio labeling as well. They might be trying to recoup sunk costs.
I am just guessing, but could "Quadradisc series supervised by Bill Inglot" be simply a reprint from the actual quad LP covers, since these dvd-video versions aren't called Quadradiscs?On the sleeve it says "Quadradisc series supervised by Bill Inglot", so I guess there are more to come. Otherwise they wouldn't have said series.....? One album does certainly not make a series...right?
Mats