I had no clue that the quad master for JC was missing. Agree 101% with you, Jon. Just wonder if they did a lookup on the UK vaults, since JC was a UK artist.
They did look in the UK.
I had no clue that the quad master for JC was missing. Agree 101% with you, Jon. Just wonder if they did a lookup on the UK vaults, since JC was a UK artist.
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The Doors
"The Best Of The Doors" (1973)
Hybrid SACD 4.0 Quad
AFZ5 206 - SRP $29.99
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"One of the 100 greatest artists of all time!" - Rolling Stone Magazine
The Best Of The Doors was released by the group in 1973. The album was originally released in the CD-4 QuadraDisc format, Quadraphonic 8-Track and reel-to-reel tape and was later reissued in standard stereo. This is the first time in 40 years the Quad masters are being released. The stereo songs in The Best Of The Doors have been taken from the original two-track masters of the eight albums they recorded between 1967 and 1971. Three of the band's studio albums, "The Doors" (1967), "L.A. Woman" (1971), and "Strange Days" (1967), were featured in the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Albums of all time.
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Do you suppose they couldn't find Joe Cocker's Quad tape because there never really was one? I mean in all seriousness, the Quad mix sounds incredibly derived.... like, from a stereo source with a ton of echo on the rears. Nothing that goes on in the fronts isn't also sounding out of the rears. Also, during "With a little help..." there seems to be some serious artifacting and/or clipping of the female vocalists in the rears. Also, those same lead singers are split wide in the fronts but are dead center in the back.... sort of what old school Dolby Pro Logic did. To my ears, it sounds like the straight stereo track in the front while the rears have been passed through some kind of decoder. Add a ton of echo and twiddle some EQ knobs and there's your Quad mix. I swear I also hear turntable rumble and clicks & pops during the silence between some songs.
Just my 2 cents...
And still shows June 2nd for Cocker. One of the dates must be wrong since they usually release two at the same time. Or maybe there's a 3rd title involved? That could be interesting.
And still shows June 2nd for Cocker. One of the dates must be wrong since they usually release two at the same time. Or maybe there's a 3rd title involved? That could be interesting.
Anyone have this and can comment? I have bought a slew of the AF stereo only SACDs and may want to add this to the shelf. Thanks.
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