(November 05 1977 pg 69)
PENNSYLVANIA; The 3rd IUP HIFI STEREO EXPO , has a mini studio setup by Sansui to demonstrate it's component array Including the new AX-7 Mixer/Reverb . Henry Collins of The Frank Barth Agency , representing Sansui is at the controls recording "The Bliss Band" a local Disco group one of 17 Acts given finished demo tapes.
The AX-7 was used in conjunction with the GX -5 Pro Equipment Rack . Media promotion was on 4 FM outlets ,
WDVE , WYDD , WFEZ , Pittsburgh, and WIUP Indiana.
(December 10 1977 pg 63)
Ovation Records are to follow up the Country Music Kendalls - Heaven's Just A Sin Away , with a Bonnie Ferguson single .
(December 17 1977 pg 119)
Horizon Records
John Snyder has exited Horizon Records with Ed Michel , freelancer and A&R assistance.
(February 04 1978 pg 62)
Featured QS album review , Mark Gaddis - Carousel Man , Ovation OV 1720
(March 11 1978 pg 52)
At the Detroit Hifi Music Show , the Sansui Exhibit featured (pictured) Bonnie Ferguson , artist on Ovation Records .
(May 20 1978 pg 58)
At the annual AES , Sansui showed it's QSD-1 Pro QS 4Channel Decoder /Synthesizer .
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ABC RECORDS Brass , all got their walking papers a d 60 day notice .
(May 27 1978 pg 55)
Picture of an album with a new RM moniker. "Space Sound 4"
Japan : picture of album by Kenny Mofioka - Message From Space , on (W.P. Records) Watanabe Productions recorded in "Space Sound 4"
(June 03 1978 pg 67)
The Moss Music Group takes over the VOX, Turnabout, and Candide labels .
The entire catalog still remains.
(July 01 1978 pg 54)
Ed Michel and Alice Coltrane (pictured) , are in at the Berkley Studios recording her upcoming Warner Brothers 2 LP set .
In the interview Ed Michel says he's produced 400 albums and worked on another 400. He is now working for Fantasy Records on the Galaxy label and on John Snyder's Artists House record label.
(July 18 1978 pg 62)
"A Tribute To Ethel Waters" by Dihann Carrol and The Duke Ellington Orchestra , Orinda ORC-400 , has for an added bonus quad like Synthesis.
"Carrol's " My Man" is a dramatic presentation with excellent separation, evident on the track.
Review by : Stephen Traiman N Y./Aian Penchansky Chicago .
(November 04 1978 pg 64)
AES , Gold Awards presented to Ryosuke Itoh , Sansui Electronics Japan ,for engineering contributions to matrix quadraphony and development of the QS matrix system.
(November 25 1978 pg 56)
Shubert Festival: bows a preferred pressing on Turnabout Records . The recording in compatible QS Quad Stereo is distinguished by Concert Hall Naturalness , by now the hallmark of the Elite Recording team which
Produces the sessions for Turnabout . Thomas Schippers - Shubert's Symphony # 9 (1976).
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