I was listening to the latest podcast episode of "Things We Said Today" in which John Lennon researcher/author Chip Madinger discusses the album "Imagine." It's well known among our group that the quad mix of "Imagine" is not very good. Chip explained why. The main tracks for “Imagine” were mixed in stereo and then transferred to a another multitrack tape. Then the strings and sax solos were overdubbed onto this tape. This is why the quad mix sounds like it does, as everything except the strings and sax solos were locked in stereo. He also said that three sax solos were recorded for “I Don’t Want To Be A Soldier” and that the solo on both the stereo and quad mix is a composite of the three, which is why the solos differ.
Lastly, he said that a quad mix was prepared for the 1965 Beatles Hollywood Bowl show the day after "Imagine" was mixed for quad. Here's a blog post about this - http://wogew.blogspot.com/2016/07/hollywood-bowl-mixed-for-quad.html .
Lastly, he said that a quad mix was prepared for the 1965 Beatles Hollywood Bowl show the day after "Imagine" was mixed for quad. Here's a blog post about this - http://wogew.blogspot.com/2016/07/hollywood-bowl-mixed-for-quad.html .