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that Redbone album has a great Quad mix, really fun use of all channels and playful ping-pong panning takes the music to another level of excitement compared to the Stereo, imho.
it would be supercool if DV could secure licencing for the title and do it on MultiCh SACD someday 🤞

"one more time
just a little bit,
one more time
just a little bit.."


then the buzzy little synth sound effects ping around the room;
- bzz wizz zum da zum doo da zee -

yeah man, dat's da sh!t right there! :smokin

Would have loved - Come and Get Your Love, in surround Freddie from Wovoka.
Waiting on D-V to give us that command!;)
Just dreaming the dream...
 
thanks to a very kind member here who offered Q8s that needed care to a good home, I now have all sorts of new quad to hear, which I've never heard!
The quad War titles were really great, and I didn't realize Ozark Mtn. Daredevils were worth bothering with. There were a couple jazz titles that were super discrete and very enjoyable. Mahavishnu Orchestra was also a surprise.
 
Three new ones:
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The Johnny Winter title has to be one of my greatest Q8 steals to date - $20 for a sealed copy! Everything about that one is spot-on: content, mix, and even fidelity (it's possibly the best sounding Columbia Q8 in my collection).
 
Hi. All

I have accumulated a lot off Sealed Q8 tapes over the last view weeks and opening them to replace the foam pads & silver strips all takes time I have to be in the right mod to do this I`m finished now so here they are...
BBQ..

( Columbia. Q8 CAQ-32188 -Johnny Winter Still Alive & Well :Sealed)-
( Capital. Q8 Q8W 11359 -The Eric Burdon Band Sun Secrets :Sealed)-
( Epic. Q8 EAG-33053 -Redbone Breaded Dreams Through Turquoise Eyes :Sealed )-
( Epic. Q8 EAG-32195 -In Deep Argent :Sealed )-
( Columbia. Q8 CAQ-30750 -Paul Simon :Sealed )-
( Columbia. Q8 MAG-31019 -Touch Created by Morten Subotnick :Sealed )-
( Columbia. Q8 MAG-31520 -Stravinsky Le Sacre Du Printemps Leonard Bernstein :Sealed)-
( RCA. Q8 APT-0817 -Duit On Mon Dei Nilson :Sealed )-
( RCA. Q8 APT-0570 -Pussy Cat Nilson :Sealed)-
( A&M. Q8 Y8QAM-985 -Sergio Merdes & Brasil '66 Greatest Hits )-
( A&M. Q8 Y8QAM-67013 -Carole King Music )-
( Precision Tapes. Q8 Y8QPT-1001 -Ye Olde Moog Synthesonic Sounds )-
( United Artists Records. Q8UA-DA 1931-H Vol. One-War Live :Sealed )-
( United Artists Records. Q8UA-DA 1931-H Vol. Two-War Live :Sealed )-
( Mercury. Q8 MQ8-1-1027 -Four Wheel Drive Bachman Turner Over Drive :Sealed )-
( Mercury. Q8 MQ8-1-6960795 - Bachman Turner Over Drive II :Sealed )-
( EMI. Q8 8QTWO 398 -250 Years Of Film Music John Keating/LSO )-
( EMI. Q8 8QTWO 299 -Wine Woman & Song )-
( Embryo. Q8 EMB L 532Q -Herbie Mann Push Push :Sealed )-
( Warner. Q8 REP L9M-2193 -Randy Newman Good Old Boys :Sealed )-
( Warner. Q8 REP L9M-2194 -Maria Muldour Watress in the Donut Shop :Sealed )-


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Hi. All

I have accumulated a lot off Sealed Q8 tapes over the last view weeks and opening them to replace the foam pads & silver strips all takes time I have to be in the right mod to do this I`m finished now so here they are...
BBQ..

( Columbia. Q8 CAQ-32188 -Johnny Winter Still Alive & Well :Sealed)-
( Capital. Q8 Q8W 11359 -The Eric Burdon Band Sun Secrets :Sealed)-
( Epic. Q8 EAG-33053 -Redbone Breaded Dreams Through Turquoise Eyes :Sealed )-
( Epic. Q8 EAG-32195 -In Deep Argent :Sealed )-
( Columbia. Q8 CAQ-30750 -Paul Simon :Sealed )-
( Columbia. Q8 MAG-31019 -Touch Created by Morten Subotnick :Sealed )-
( Columbia. Q8 MAG-31520 -Stravinsky Le Sacre Du Printemps Leonard Bernstein :Sealed)-
( RCA. Q8 APT-0817 -Duit On Mon Dei Nilson :Sealed )-
( RCA. Q8 APT-0570 -Pussy Cat Nilson :Sealed)-
( A&M. Q8 Y8QAM-985 -Sergio Merdes & Brasil '66 Greatest Hits )-
( A&M. Q8 Y8QAM-67013 -Carole King Music )-
( Precision Tapes. Q8 Y8QPT-1001 -Ye Olde Moog Synthesonic Sounds )-
( United Artists Records. Q8UA-DA 1931-H Vol. One-War Live :Sealed )-
( United Artists Records. Q8UA-DA 1931-H Vol. Two-War Live :Sealed )-
( Mercury. Q8 MQ8-1-1027 -Four Wheel Drive Bachman Turner Over Drive :Sealed )-
( Mercury. Q8 MQ8-1-6960795 - Bachman Turner Over Drive II :Sealed )-
( EMI. Q8 8QTWO 398 -250 Years Of Film Music John Keating/LSO )-
( EMI. Q8 8QTWO 299 -Wine Woman & Song )-
( Embryo. Q8 EMB L 532Q -Herbie Mann Push Push :Sealed )-
( Warner. Q8 REP L9M-2193 -Randy Newman Good Old Boys :Sealed )-
( Warner. Q8 REP L9M-2194 -Maria Muldour Watress in the Donut Shop :Sealed )-


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You go with your BAD SELF BBQ, that Eric Burdon is calling to me 😎
 
Hi. All

Another batch of Q4 Reel`s came the other day.
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( RCA. Q4 EPQA 4350-QF -Henry Mancini & his Orchestra Them From '' Z " & Other Film Music )-
( RCA. Q4 ERQ1 0032-QF -Al Stewart`s Museum Of Modern Brass )-
( Buddah.Q4 BUD J 15141 -Gladys Knight & The Pips Imagination )-
( London. Q4 LON J 17195 -Ronnie Aldrich & His Two Pianos Soft & Wicked )-

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Found this one in my mailbox earlier today:

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I thought the SQ LP was unusually good, but damn, this takes it to an entirely new level. Definitely one of the all-time great quad mixes - it pulls almost every fun surround mixing trick in the book (backing vocals in the rears, 360 pans, diagonal pans, call & response vocals between the front channels, dueling rhythm guitars and horn parts in the rears, etc).
 
Hi. All

More Q4 & Q8

( Ovation. Q4 D116 -Bobby Christian Vibe-Brations )-
( Columbia. Q8 CAQ-32445 -Santana Welcome :Sealed New )-
( Columbia. Q8 CAQ-31776 -Azteca :Sealed New )-
( Columbia. Q8 CAQ-32280 -Paul Simon There Goes Rhymin Simon )-
( Mercury. Q8MQ8-1-1067 -Bachman-Turner Over Drive Head On :Sealed New )-
( Electra. Q8 8Q-4107 -Mickey Newbury Frisco Mabel Joy :Sealed New )-

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Hi. All

More Q4 & Q8

( Ovation. Q4 D116 -Bobby Christian Vibe-Brations )-
( Columbia. Q8 CAQ-32445 -Santana Welcome :Sealed New )-
( Columbia. Q8 CAQ-31776 -Azteca :Sealed New )-
( Columbia. Q8 CAQ-32280 -Paul Simon There Goes Rhymin Simon )-
( Mercury. Q8MQ8-1-1067 -Bachman-Turner Over Drive Head On :Sealed New )-
( Electra. Q8 8Q-4107 -Mickey Newbury Frisco Mabel Joy :Sealed New )-

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Hey, BBQ, why does the Santana Welcome tape have the Santana first ST cover art on it?
 
Hey, BBQ, why does the Santana Welcome tape have the Santana first ST cover art on it?

Very astute observation, JP. The track selection is correct but that cover art is indeed from Santana's debut album. And it WAS a sealed copy. Oops! Wonder when BigBill gets the time to listen to all these new acquisitions. He most certainly has one of the most amazing selection of 70's QUAD QRs, Q8s and QUAD LPs on the PLANET!

This QR from RCA would, IMO, be a slam dunk future release from Dutton Vocalion:


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Hi. J.PUPSTER & 4-eardwonder your to kind, I do have a large tape collection I don`t now if its the biggest I should count them up but I think I have little over 200 Q4 tapes & a little over 700 Q8 cartridges.

PUPSTER I came to the same observation afterwards but you beat me to the drow it`s one of those mysteries like a LP that is a QS matrix on the front cover but at the back talking about it being SQ...????
I try and open the Q8 `s up weather new or used and redo the splice and put new foam pads, then I try and listen to them when I have finished each batch.

My GREAT worry that these items 95% of them may never see a modern day copy,
There part of music history that may be lost for the future music lovers.
 
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Hi. All

More Q8 came in the other day.

( asylum. Q8 8Q-1039 -Eagles One of These Nights )-
( EMI. Q8 08=DT 1 -This is Quadraphonic Sound DEMO )-
( A&M. Q8 Y8Qam-64339 -Joan Baez Come from The Shadows )-

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Joan Baez when I listened to this tape the singing was hard left front & left back which sounded wrong so I rotated one connection clock wise and sounded correct.
By the way this Q8 tape is the first I have come across having bleed through at a couple of places at the beginning of the song and at the end of the song....????

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Hi. All Another batch of Q8 arrived the other day.

( London. Q8 HII L 72077 -Algreen Call Me )-
( Stax Records. Q8 EQ8-5007 -"Joy" Isaac Hayes )-
( Curtom. Q8 CUR L 78015 -Curtis Mayfield Back to the World )-
( London. Q8 LEQ.44185 -The Music of Cole Porter )-
( Q8. Q-204 -Henry Mancini Bacharach )-

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I managed to pick up some more Japanese Q4 Reel to Reels Tapes came this morning I haven't listened to them yet..

( Victor. Q4 4CT-5001 -Big band orchestra )-
( Victor. Q4 4CT-5002 -Big band orchestra )-
( Victor. Q4 4CT-2003 -Big band orchestra )-
( Victor. Q4 4CT-2001 -Big band orchestra )-

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This is not a Q8 /Q4 , but it is a tape (QSC). Just came in . Been lookin for a long time for this one. RM encoded. Also got the AHM QSC tape last Saturday from France. It doesn't have the outer sleeve, just the yellow inner.
 

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