Bill Brent
300 Club - QQ All-Star
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- Apr 13, 2004
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Tonight (May 7th) at 10pm (US East Coast time) the LP Lounge will be featuring 2 complete vinyl LPs - the catch - these recordings were mixed for LP release, and are unavailable in any other form. They were part of the #Quadraphonic revolution that came (and went) in the 1970s. Even though 5.1 and other forms of surround sound are fully accepted standards today, both in Movies and recordings; in the 70s it was a niche market. And even though all quadraphonic LPs were playable on just about any regular stereo system, the record companies reverted back to the early days of consumer stereo (when you could buy an album in stereo or mono) - and issued most quad releases in both stereo & quad versions (the quad costing $1 more per LP).
To be fair, most of the reissues, and many of the new albums were mixed for stereo, and had to be remixed for quad. When the CD world opened up, and the old albumss became available in the digital domain - it was the original 2 channel stereo masters that were used. As a result - the only way to hear the mixes used on these LPs, is to track down one of the LPs - which we have done for you. Be there tonight on RadioMaxMusic.com!