Was thinking about purchasing this title and after the reviews here... no way. Already have two dvd-a of it that sounds ok.
However, this is the second time that a cd4 LP transfer made its way into "official" release - the other is Tomita - and for both a Quad Reel was done back in the days.
So... why the use of a LP? Heck, for sure QR aren't easy to find and cheap but if the "original quad master" is not found there is at least ONE better source than a LP.
For some reason, people think that an LP will
always sound better than tape, regardless of the tape speed, type, Bias, etc.
I'm surprised they bothered to set up a CD-4 demodulating system to capture the LP.
Makes me also wonder who is running these companies? They spend all this money to do the wrong thing, lose face with their public, then spend MORE money to try to fix the problem only to have lost so much money they deem these ventures "not cost effective". Well duh. If they'd do it right in the first place....
Seriously. How hard would it have been to Google "Quadraphonic", log onto this website and ask "Hey guys, I'm so-and-so from such-and-such. What's a good Quad format to convert to an official release?"
ASK the public what they want. Don't TELL them what they want. Is all big business that screwed up? (Don't answer me, sadly, I know the answer)
And it seems to me that society is on a big retro kick. I'm pretty sure folks are tired of the way things are going and want things to be the way they were.
My best friends' wife has a 15-year old half-brother. Really cool kid. Smart as a whip. Got hooked on Rock Band for the Nintundo Wii. He knew I'm into old stuff in general, so he started asking me about bands like The Guess Who, Steve Miller, etc.
I invited him over to my place and after the initial shock of seeing a bunch of shit he'd never seen before (8-tracks, Atari, CED's, ) we went through my music collection and I burnt him a couple CD's. Last time I saw his mom, she was comically cross with me as she had to yell at Brad the other day to "turn down that damn mus...." only to realize the boy is rocking out to Burton Cummings/The Guess Who.
She never thought she'd have to tell her son to turn down music that she LIKED. lol
I'm even turning the younger generations off the crap music of today!