Normally when I post one of these kinds of threads I've got a ton of info to share, but this time I'm hoping that by starting a thread maybe I'll create a kind of "central repository" for information and maybe we can collectively make some new discoveries. Annoyingly, there were a box of tapes for auction on Yahoo Japan a year or two ago of tapes recorded off the air from performances in this series and I forgot to save the images, but I'm hoping that someone like @Mark Anderson or @fizzywiggs41 might have these, or more info to add to my research.
As I said, information on this is scarce - all of what I have comes from a couple of short Billboard news items, a few Japanese bootleg collectors websites and YouTube - but in a nutshell, it seems that "4 Channel Golden Stage" was a radio program broadcast in QS matrix (being sponsored by Sansui) that aired on four Japanese FM stations (the Japanese quadraphonic wiki page says it "was broadcast on FM Tokyo , FM Osaka , and FM Aichi .") from possibly as early as 1971 through at least 1975.
It was a one-hour program that ran on Sundays, culled from live performances of both Japanese and Western artists in various Tokyo venues, with the broadcasts usually occurring between two to four weeks after the performance was given. The fact that this was seemingly a weekly show that ran over the course of several years means there could be dozens, if not hundreds of performances that were aired as part of this series. The fact that the performances weren't aired live is interesting in that it suggests that these were possibly recorded to multitrack and mixed to quad after the fact, which makes one wonder if discrete masters or multitracks exist somewhere in the vault of a Japanese radio station.
As I said, information on this is scarce - all of what I have comes from a couple of short Billboard news items, a few Japanese bootleg collectors websites and YouTube - but in a nutshell, it seems that "4 Channel Golden Stage" was a radio program broadcast in QS matrix (being sponsored by Sansui) that aired on four Japanese FM stations (the Japanese quadraphonic wiki page says it "was broadcast on FM Tokyo , FM Osaka , and FM Aichi .") from possibly as early as 1971 through at least 1975.
It was a one-hour program that ran on Sundays, culled from live performances of both Japanese and Western artists in various Tokyo venues, with the broadcasts usually occurring between two to four weeks after the performance was given. The fact that this was seemingly a weekly show that ran over the course of several years means there could be dozens, if not hundreds of performances that were aired as part of this series. The fact that the performances weren't aired live is interesting in that it suggests that these were possibly recorded to multitrack and mixed to quad after the fact, which makes one wonder if discrete masters or multitracks exist somewhere in the vault of a Japanese radio station.
| Broadcast Date | Recording Date | Artist | Location | Info Source | YouTube |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast Date YYYY-MM-DD | Recording Date YYYY-MM-DD | Artist | Location | ||
| 1971-??-?? | 1971-??-?? | Oscar Peterson Trio | Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo | _ | [YouTube] |
| 1973-??-?? | 1973-??-?? | Ryoko Moriyama 森山良子 | _ | _ | [YouTube] |
| 1973-??-?? | 1973-??-?? | Engelbert Humperdinck | Tokyo | _ | _ |
| 1973-10-14 | 1973-09-24 | Kimiko Kasai | Postal Savings Hall, Tokyo | 'Commuter Friend' blog | _ |
| 1974-09-01 | 1974-07-16 | Herbie Hancock | Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo | Billboard 9/7/74 pg 48 | _ |
| 1974-12-01 | 1974-11-21 | Tom Jones | Nippon Budokan, Tokyo | Billboard Dec. 14/74 pg. 58 | _ |
| 1974-12-04 | 1974-??-?? | Toshiko Akiyoshi & Sadao Watanabe Big Band 秋吉敏子 & 渡辺貞夫 | _ | <date uncertain> | [YouTube] |
| 1974-12-08 | 1974-11-09 | Nancy Wilson | Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo | Billboard Dec. 14/74 pg. 58 | _ |
| 1975-02-02 | 1975-01-22 | Miles Davis | Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo | 'Days of Rain and Radio' blog | _ |
| 1975-02-09 | 1975-01-22 | Miles Davis | Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo | <2nd set or rebroadcast> | _ |
| 1975-05-19 | 1975-??-?? | Mitsuru Furuya / George Otsuka 古谷充 / ジョージ大塚 | Tokyo City Center Hall ("5 Days in Jazz" concert series) 日本都市センターホール | _ | [YouTube] |
| 1975-08-31 | 1975-07-23 | Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd | Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo "Newport Return" Concert | _ | [YouTube] |
| 1975-??-?? | 1975-??-?? | Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd | <unknown> | _ | [YouTube] |
| 1975-??-?? | 1975-09-?? | Dave Liebman Lookout Farm | Tokyo | [YouTube] | |
| 197?-04-28 | 197?-??-?? | Yosuke Yamashita Trio 山下洋輔トリオ | <probably 1974 as 4/28 falls on a Sunday> | 'Aoki's Jazz' website | _ |
| 197?-04-25 | 197?-??-?? | Albert King / B.B. King | Nakano Sun Plaza <probably 1971 as 4/25 falls on a Sunday> | 'Aoki's Jazz' website | _ |
