great info Ed, thank you
bit confused tho., are you saying the multitracks for the albums were wiped and all that's left now are mono, stereo and quad mixdown masters?
I guess that figures as to why there haven't been any 5.1 remixes of these albums for SA-CD, only 5.1 repurposing of the quad mixes.
No, the multis probably still exist. But any other quad mixes not intended for release were probably wiped. As you know, an album can go through quite a bit of mixing just to get to a stereo mixdown, let alone a more complex quad mix. And often some tracks, even entire albums, went through a remix, but if someone wasn't entirely cool with it, another might be made, and another, and...whatever it took to get things right. While there is always the possibility, it just seems unlikely that any other quad mixes of these albums, if attempted were kept, otherwise the risk of them eventually surfacing. Which still leaves at least some of LOST CHORD in the vaults, remixed to quad, even if the entire album didn't work well enough to justify release.
ED