The opening part of this recording, which is the sound of ocean waves swooshing around you, sets the tone for the whole disc. The concept of A Tab In The Ocean is realized in this quad mix by the sense that the sounds are swirling around you, as if you were floating out in the ocean with sounds echoing on all sides. Larry Fast, as well as Nektar, were artists whose lps were quad only releases, both the 1st two Synergy lps, and RTF and DTE by Nektar, which were unmaked SQ lps in the US. Since the Synergy albums were QS, I suspect this one is as well, but it decodes beautifully through a Tate in SQ mode. This quad mix is reminiscent of the SQ lps of Tubular Bells or Atom Heart Mother, a lot of overdubs, multiple tracking, and use of electronic sound. The drums come at you from different speakers, creating a 3D effect, where there are chorale vocal harmonys, the different voices distinctly come out of all 4 speakers, and where the guitar is double tracked the complementary tracks come out of the rear speakers in harmony with the tracks coming out of the fronts. By the time you reach the last two tracks on the album, Cryin' in the Dark/King of Twighlight, there is a phase shifting effect added to the guitar which swirls all around you through all the speakers, gradually building up the a crescendo at the very end. An added bonus is that the remaster is 24 bit, so the clarity and range is superb. One complaint I always has with the US passport lp was that it had a rather thin, trebly sound compared to the earlier stereo lp. That has been rectified here, the bass is deep, loud, and clear. I would be curious to know how this mix sounds through a Variomatrix set on QS mode. Hats off to Nektar on this one, a real quad gem from a group of early quad pioneers, quietly released in a high resolution disc for the long time quad afficianatos to appreciate. It's an excellent rock 'n' roll album too, really kicks it out. :spot :spot :spot :spot :spot