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IIRC , this is is the Quad mix, but as a "fold down to STEREO" , so , if you want the REAL QUAD mix ,
This is the one to get! ..(click on this sentence to get there)
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Right now, it's a steal..(reminder: Discogs is one of your best friends!)
Cheers!
Sorry. I might have put this in the wrong section.
Basically, is it legit? I know there was a lot of talk about this particular album not being done in SQ format but in CD4 I think.
Wikipedia suggests it was done on Quad Reel to Reel as well.
If it is fake, the seller has gone to a lot of trouble.
Deep Purple issued Machine Head as CD-4 quad LPs in North American, but SQ in Europe. It could be the same with Stormbringer, but I am not sure.
The seller isn't the one who went 'to a lot of trouble', but somebody in China did (several years ago) ... to take advantage of the resurgence of quad on eBay at the time.
Stormbringer was released as a quad in USA only, as Quad reel, Quad 8 track and CD4. No SQ release known.
Machine Head was in USA as Quad reel, Quad 8 track and CD4, in Europe as Quad 8 track and SQ, but USA and Europe featured different mixes.
Digital releases for Machine Head has the first USA Dvd-Audio with a brand-new 5.1 mix, much later repressed as a SACD in Japan only; Europe has a SACD with the original european quad mix. The USA quad mix has not yet a official digital release.
Plenty of infos on this topic on past threads.
Hah! It looks like I goofed on that too. Rhino reissued this as a 2-CD set that includes the quadraphonic mixes on disc 2. So, I bought a copy from Bullmoose Music without realizing it was never released in a matrix format (according to the Mark Anderson discography). I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet (too many releases!), but I'll double check the liner notes to see what it says. The Rhino reissue is legit, but it just may not be 4-channel.
I stand corrected. I was going from memory. I have little interest in past threads. Most just deteriorate into silly puns, cryptic jargon, and mindless nattering.
Stormbringer was released as a quad in USA only, as Quad reel, Quad 8 track and CD4. No SQ release known.
Machine Head was in USA as Quad reel, Quad 8 track and CD4, in Europe as Quad 8 track and SQ, but USA and Europe featured different mixes.
Digital releases for Machine Head has the first USA Dvd-Audio with a brand-new 5.1 mix, much later repressed as a SACD in Japan only; Europe has a SACD with the original european quad mix. The USA quad mix has not yet a official digital release.
Plenty of infos on this topic on past threads.
When I went back and looked through the liner notes and copyright dates, it does indeed seem that the 4-channel master was just recently mixed down to a new 2-channel version. A real pitty, because while they were there they could have carried over the 4-channel discrete version to a discrete optical disc in one format or another. But, then again they never released a 4-channel discrete version of Machine Head either, only the preserved matrix encoded version.
I just had to include my 2 cents mainly because I have that dvd/cd edition of Stormbringer and I had memories of South American Quads (encoded QS) from something I read either on QQ or a related site.
And my set (cd/dvd) hails from "Argentina" ???
How on earth my local vendor got that S. American edition, mystifies me.
Well, AFAIK, my Julieta Venegas "Limón y Sal" MCH DD DVD-V is a legit Argentinian pressing, and it's the only one you'll be able to find , cause I'm guessing they pressed more copies than US/Mexico...
The "Argentinos" are quite enthusiastic about music overall. They have excellent taste in foreign acts (they LOOOVE their KCrimson) and their own Pop/Rock culture has a VERY high standard (Charlie García, Soda Stereo, Andrés Calamaro, etc).
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