After much soul searching and at the risk of sounding like the guy who once claimed he had a SQ Pink Floyd "Animals" record -
I did have a SQ Blue oyster Cult Agents of fortune release. I swear to it. I sold it in 1979 at the Pleasant Hill "Rasputin's Records" a record retailer who bought and sold used and new records. I needed the money at the time and regret my selling of this record. When I resumed my Quad interest around 2000 and started searching for Quad records on the net and ebay I was shocked to not only not find it anywhere for sale but that it did not exist in any Quad databases. I bought this record around 1975-77 around the time it first came out. I distinctly remembering it had the usual Columbia "SQ Quadraphonic" logo in white at the top in the middle front part of the jacket. It also had the usual gold labels on the record. I remember it had a killer mix and the right rear speaker had the Patty Smith spoken word part in the song "The Revenge Of Vera Gemini." I used to work at record stores off and on around 1976-78 and in addition I went out of my way buying rare records in Berkeley at "Rather Ripped Records." My record habit in the 1970s was to always buy the Quad version of a new release, even CD-4 because you could play all formats in stereo. The only conclusion I have about this record at this point - why I had it was that Blue oyster Cult we're very popular here in the San Francisco Bay Area playing live at least 3 or 4 times a year (Day On The Green stadium shows and small clubs). Also we're not that far from the LA area where I presume it was originally pressed. Like you would doubt as well, I have often thought that if it really did exist wouldn't it have showed up by now on ebay? I can only say look at all the extremely rare Quadraphonic records and 8 tracks you never knew existed that pop up a very rare once in a while. Is it possible to ask Blue oyster Cult themselves or the people who originally mixed these Quadraphonic records for CBS about this record? I have wondered: is it possible that some quadraphonic releases never survived out of the 1970s because of their rarity? One must consider all the record collections that we're thrown in the garbage with the advent of CDs in the 1980s.
While I have that white SQ logo from the record album's cover burned in my memory I know that offers no prima facie evidence. I post this thread in the hopes that someone else also had this record or can shed some light on the matter.
I did have a SQ Blue oyster Cult Agents of fortune release. I swear to it. I sold it in 1979 at the Pleasant Hill "Rasputin's Records" a record retailer who bought and sold used and new records. I needed the money at the time and regret my selling of this record. When I resumed my Quad interest around 2000 and started searching for Quad records on the net and ebay I was shocked to not only not find it anywhere for sale but that it did not exist in any Quad databases. I bought this record around 1975-77 around the time it first came out. I distinctly remembering it had the usual Columbia "SQ Quadraphonic" logo in white at the top in the middle front part of the jacket. It also had the usual gold labels on the record. I remember it had a killer mix and the right rear speaker had the Patty Smith spoken word part in the song "The Revenge Of Vera Gemini." I used to work at record stores off and on around 1976-78 and in addition I went out of my way buying rare records in Berkeley at "Rather Ripped Records." My record habit in the 1970s was to always buy the Quad version of a new release, even CD-4 because you could play all formats in stereo. The only conclusion I have about this record at this point - why I had it was that Blue oyster Cult we're very popular here in the San Francisco Bay Area playing live at least 3 or 4 times a year (Day On The Green stadium shows and small clubs). Also we're not that far from the LA area where I presume it was originally pressed. Like you would doubt as well, I have often thought that if it really did exist wouldn't it have showed up by now on ebay? I can only say look at all the extremely rare Quadraphonic records and 8 tracks you never knew existed that pop up a very rare once in a while. Is it possible to ask Blue oyster Cult themselves or the people who originally mixed these Quadraphonic records for CBS about this record? I have wondered: is it possible that some quadraphonic releases never survived out of the 1970s because of their rarity? One must consider all the record collections that we're thrown in the garbage with the advent of CDs in the 1980s.
While I have that white SQ logo from the record album's cover burned in my memory I know that offers no prima facie evidence. I post this thread in the hopes that someone else also had this record or can shed some light on the matter.
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