Are we "certain" that Blow and Wired were not issued in Japan ? I know I don't have a complete Sony Japan Quad listing.
Unlike the rest of the quad World the Japanese Record Companies did continue to support quad releases for at leat 2-3 years longer.
I believe someone in the Quad community had once stated that the reason was Stronger Consumer Regulations .
For certain this was true for CD-4. and therefore JVC . Sony was also very large so it stands to reason---at least as long as CBS USA .
And yes , like you Frederick I would love to get some of the elusive quads, be they prior matrix or discrete disc.
For me , it would be the BTO , and other English speaking acts from the likes of Phillips/Polydor.(Polyglut family), which would and could be all of the UMG hierarchies. (Motown, A&M, MCA, etc).
But hopefully they take an interest , soon.
Sony Japan, well now we know they have tapes
, so perhaps (more than I had originally thought) they could supply Quad BMG artists and with any luck ---more quads soon ,should be nice reality.
Anyways,
It's good news for us knowing that Japan is also a source of Discrete Masters.