HiRez Poll Light, Enoch & His Orchestra - BEATLES CLASSICS & SERENDIPITY [SACD]

[sjcorne]

Please post your thoughts and comments on this 2023 Multichannel SACD from Dutton Vocalion containing two albums from Enoch Light and his orchestra.
This Multichannel SACD features the first official release of the Quadraphonic mixes since the 1970s!

BEATLES CLASSICS BY ENOCH LIGHT AND HIS ORCHESTRA
PRS 5084 (1974) STEREO/PR 5084QD QUADRAPHONIC

1 Eleanor Rigby (Lennon; McCartney)
2 Suite: Hello, Goodbye (Lennon; McCartney) – Something (Harrison) – Penny Lane (Lennon; McCartney)
3 Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (Lennon; McCartney)
4 Michelle (Lennon; McCartney)
5 Hey Jude (Lennon; McCartney)
6 Norwegian Wood (Lennon; McCartney)
7 With a Little Help From My Friends (Lennon; McCartney)
8 Let It Be (Lennon; McCartney)

Arrangers: Jeff Hest [1–3, 5]; Dick Lieb [4, 6–8]
Recording/Mixing engineer: Steve Friedman
Mixed at A & R Studios, New York, February 1974
Producer: Enoch Light
Associate producers: Jeff Hest, Tony Mottola
Remixed in quadraphonic at A & R Studios, Remix Room No. 2, New York, February 1974
Quadraphonic remix engineer: Steve Friedman

SERENDIPITY
PR 5093SD (1975) STEREO/PR 5093Q QUADRAPHONIC

9 Where the Grass Is Green (Vivaldi adapt Hest)
10 Prelude to Peace (J S Bach adapt Hest)
11 Now (Mozart adapt Davies; Hambro)
12 A Little Fugue for You and Me (J S Bach adapt Lieb)
13 Prelude for Young Lovers (Chopin adapt Lieb)
14 Hoe-Down a Minute (Chopin adapt Mottola)
15 My Silent Song (J S Bach adapt Drake; Lieb)
16 Paganini’s 24th Caper (Paganini adapt Mottola)
17 Give Joy to the World (J S Bach adapt Lieb)
18 A Lover’s Concerto (J S Bach adapt Linzer; Randell)
19 Ave Maria (J S Bach; Gounod adapt Hyman; Green)
20 Rejoice – Hallelujah! (Handel adapt Hest)

SQ stereo mix done at CBS Studios, New York
SQ stereo remix engineer: Larry Keyes

Newly remixed in quadraphonic for Serendipity, the 12 titles were originally issued on the following albums:

Tip of the Iceberg: S/T PR 5091SD/PR 5091SQ (1975) [9]
Enoch Light: 4-Channel Dynamite PR 5068QD (1974) [10]
Enoch Light and the Light Brigade: The Best of Hollywood – Movie Hits ’68–’69 PR 5027SD (1968) [11]
Enoch Light and the Light Brigade: Spaced Out PR 5043SD/PR 5043QD (1969) [12, 15, 18]
Enoch Light and the Light Brigade: Permissive Polyphonics PR 5048SD/PR 5048QD (1970) [13]
Tony Mottola and the Brass Menagerie: S/T PR 5082SD/PR 5082QD (1974) [14]
Tony Mottola and the Quad Guitars: S/T PR 5078SD/PR 5078QD (1973) [16]
Enoch Light and the Light Brigade: Future Sound Shock PR 5077SD/PR 5077QD (1973) [17]
Urbie Green: Bein’ Green PR 5066SD/PR 5066QD (1972) [19]

Remixed in quadraphonic at A & R Studios, Remix Room No. 2, New York, 9 June 1975
Quadraphonic remix engineer: Steve Friedman

Remastered from the original analogue tapes by Michael J. Dutton

Multi-Channel/Stereo
All tracks available in stereo and multi-channel

SACD
This Hybrid CD can be played on any standard CD player

CDLK 4646



Pre-release thread for all shipping/ordering queries and non-poll related posts:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...enoch-light-tony-mottola-henry-mancini.34951/

 

[4-earredwonder]

And out of left field, Michael J. Dutton has bestowed upon an 'unsuspecting' QUAD crowd 2 delightful ditties from the Project 3 catalogue in what can only be described as stunning DISCRETE sonics.

Light's treatment of Beatles' classics was imaginatively well conceived and certainly a comfortable step above easy listening status.

And SERENDIPITY displayed Light's appreciation of the classical repetoire with some wonderful flourishes.

In usual fashion, CBS remix engineer Larry Keyes elevated the proceedings with tastefully discrete soundscapes only enhancing Project 3's state of the art recordings ..... a lot recorded on 35mm film!

 

[atrocity]

Light's treatment of Beatles' classics was imaginatively well conceived and certainly a comfortable step above easy listening status.

And just for Beatles nerds he includes the US promo-only piccolo trumpet bit at the end of "Penny Lane"!