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bigbillquad's post in the 'what's your latest Q8/QR' thread about the Japanese auction that included a previously-unknown quad reel of John Lennon's Imagine got me wondering about Toshiba-EMI's quad output - basically because, if something like Imagine could go under the radar for all these years, what else is out there?

I was originally just going to confine this to their quad reels, but then I realised I had a full list of all the titles from the US and UK that they licensed for LP output from some quad research I'd done, so I thought I'd include that as well because it might give some hint as to what else (if anything) was released on quad reel. Then I realised that some of their quad reels were Asian market titles (the usual mixture of instrumental movie themes and easy listening pop hits) so I thought it would be wise to include a full list of the Asian market LPs that they released as well, for the same reason.

Like with the thread I did about the King Records Japan Quad Reels a while back, my hope is that this thread will sort of serve as an 'information trap', and that when it's indexed by Google and other search engines, it might eventually draw more people here who have information about any further quad reel releases on Toshiba-EMI, if there are any.

A massive debt of gratitude goes to @Mark Anderson whose Quadraphonic Discography provided the basis for most of this research. The majority of this information can be found in Mark's discography, but putting all the catalog numbers in sequential order I was able to identify several 'unknown' LPs (primarily the Asian-market ones) and then by googling them, I was able to (I believe) find all of them.

Where possible, I've linked the catalog numbers to either a discogs entry that shows the release, or in the absence of that, an auction listing or other website that provides details and/or pictures.

(Updated 21 February 2022 - Jun Fukamachi 'Rokuyu' & 'Fantastic Suite' LPs)

Asian Market Quad Reels
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XA-1501Z - '4 Channel The World Of New Rock'
__XA-1502Z - '4 Channel The World Of Easy Listening'
__XA-1503Z - Count Buffalo And His Big Band 'The World Of Bacharach Sounds'
__XA-1504Z - '4 Channel The World Of Screen Themes'


Pop/International Quad Reels
(EAXA = EMI-Apple / EOXA = EMI-Odeon)
EAXA-5501Z - John Lennon 'Imagine'
EOXA-5502Z - Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains 'Carnival'


Classical International Quad Reels
(AAXA = Angel)
AAXA-3501Z - Tchaikovsky 'Symphony No. 6 - Pathetique' (Von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic)
AAXA-3502Z - Wagner 'Orchestral Works' (Boult/New Philharmonia Orchestra)
AAXA-3503Z - Stravinsky 'The Firebird' (Ozawa/Orchestre De Paris)


QS Asian Market Cassettes
___ZA-9001Z -
Rushing Steam Locomotive 4 Channel Charm / 驀進 蒸気機関車4チャンネルの魅力
___ZA-9002Z - 'Sound · Effect · In · Mood / 4 Channel World With Sound and Music' (not sure which LP this is)
___ZA-9003Z - Yukio Nagisa 'On Stage' / 渚ゆう子 'オン ステージ 昭和47年3月5・6日 日比谷公会堂にて収録' (LP: TP-9532Z)
___ZA-9004Z - Ohyan FiFi 'In Bel-Ami' / ナイトクラブの欧陽菲菲 '47年4月7・8日京都ベラミにて収録' (LP: TP-9533Z)
___ZA-9005Z - Akria Ishikawa & Count Buffalo 'Love Theme From "The Godfather" (4 Channel Exotic Sound)' (LP: TP-9537Z)
___ZA-9006Z - Dynamic Latin Brass 'Latin Brass '77' (LP: TP-9515Z)


QS Pop/International Cassettes
( ECZA = EMI-Capitol / EMZA = EMI-Harvest / EOZA = EMI-Odeon / IPZA = Probe (ABC) )
__EOZA-3523 - Pink Floyd 'Atom Heart Mother'
__EMZA-3534 - Pink Floyd 'Dark Side of the Moon'

_IPZA-950?Z - Ray Charles Singers 'Love Me With All Your Heart' (LP: IPZ-90005)
_IPZA-9504Z - Command All-Stars 'Spectacular 4 Channel Sound!' (LP: IPZ-90010)
_ECZA-950?Z - Lettermen 'Live In Japan' (LP: ECZ-90012)


SQ Classical International Quad LPs
(EAY = Angel)
_EAY-80001 - Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 'Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique"'
_EAY-80002 - Boult / New Philharmonia Orchestra 'Wagner: Orchestral Works'
_EAY-80003 - Previn / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 'Walton: Belshazzar's Feast'
_EAY-80004 - Rothenberger / Fischer Dieskau / Gedda / Boskovsky/Vienna Symphony Orchestra 'Strauss: Die Fledermaus (Highlights)'
_EAY-80005 - Fremaux / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 'Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3'
_EAY-80006 - Ozawa / Orchestre De Paris 'Stravinsky: "The Firebird"'
_EAY-80007 - Previn / London Symphony Orchestra 'A Tchaikovsky Spectacluar: Overture "1812" / March Slave / Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture'
_EAY-80008 - Berglund / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 'Sibelius: "Finlandia" (The Popular Sibelius)'
_EAY-80009 - Giulini / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 'Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral" / Symphony No. 8'
_EAY-80010 -
_EAY-80011 - Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 'Bruckner: Symphony No. 4'
_EAY-80012 - Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 'Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor'
_EAY-80013 - Von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 'Beethoven: 'Fidelio' Overture / Brahms: Tragic Overture Op. 81 / Wagner: 'Tristan and Isolde' & 'Meistersinger of Nuremberg' Preludes' *NEED MORE INFO*


QS Pop/International LPs

(Labels and sleeves sometimes refer to these as 'QM' or 'RM' but I believe it's all QS encoding)
( EAZ = EMI-Apple / ECZ = EMI-Capitol / EMZ = EMI / EOZ = EMI-Odeon / IPZ = Probe (ABC) / LLZ = Liberty (U/A) )
_EOZ-80001 - Frank Pourcel 'Western' (1972)
_EOZ-80002 - Enrico Macias 'Macias In Japan '72' (1972)
_LLZ-80003 - Ventures 'On Stage '72' (1972)
_IPZ-80004 - B.B. King 'Guess Who' (1972)
_IPZ-80005 - B.B. King 'Best Of' (1973)
_EAZ-80006 - John Lennon 'Imagine' (1971)
_EOZ-80007 - Adamo 'Live In Japan 1972' (1973)
_EOZ-80008 - Pink Floyd 'Atom Heart Mother' (1974)
_IPZ-82001 - Three Dog Night 'Hard Labor' (1974)
_IPZ-82002 - Steely Dan 'Pretzel Logic' (1974)
_IPZ-82003 - Four Tops 'Main Street People' (1974)
_LLZ-82004 - Ventures 'On Stage '74' (1974)
_EMZ-82005 - Pink Floyd 'Dark Side Of The Moon' (1974)
_EMZ-82006 - Riz Ortolani 'Riz Plays Ortolani' (1974)
_EMZ-82007 - Ron Goodwin 'In Concert' (1972)
__LZ-90001 - Ventures 'On Stage '71' (1972)
_IPZ-90002 - Count Basie 'Broadway Basie's Way' (1972)
_IPZ-90003 - Terry Snyder 'Persuasive Percussion' (1972)
_IPZ-90004 - Enoch Light 'A New Concept Of Great Cole Porter Songs' (1972)
_IPZ-90005 - Ray Charles Singers 'Love Me With All Your Heart' (1972)
_IPZ-90006 - Tony Mottola 'Guitar...Paris' (Golden Guitar) (1972)
_IPZ-90007 - Doc Severinsen 'Fever' (1972)
_IPZ-90008 - Renaissance Orchestral 'Classics '72' (1972)
_LLZ-90009 - Sunset Festival Orchestra 'Non-Stop Bacharach' (1972)
_IPZ-90010 - Command All-Stars 'Spectacular 4 Channel Sound!' (1972)
_IPZ-90011 - B.B. King 'L.A. Midnight' (1972)
_ECZ-90012 - Lettermen 'Live In Japan' (1972)
LLZ-93001B - Ventures 'On Stage '73' (1973)


QS Asian Market LPs
(KJ = Toshiba single-inventory quad / TP = Toshiba / ETP = Express)
____KJ-1605 - 魅惑の4チャンネル 出発の歌・旅の宿 ('Enchanted 4 Channel Departing Song · Traveling Inn')
____KJ-1614 - 欧陽菲菲&渚 - 夢の饗宴 ('Ouyang Fei Fei & Nagisa - "Feast of Dreams"')
___TW-9503Z - Rushing Steam Locomotive 4 Channel Charm / 驀進 蒸気機関車4チャンネルの魅力
___TP-9501Z - Shoji Yokouchi Screen Studio Orchestra 'Love Story Dynamic 4 Channel Screen Music'
___TP-9502Z - Count Buffalo And His Big Band 'Dynamic Big Band Plays Bacharach' (same as XA-1503Z reel)
___TP-9503Z - Duke Aces '15th Anniversary Recital' (rough translation from Japanese)
___TP-9504Z - Shoji Yokouchi & Blue Dreamers 'Dynamic Guitar Mood Special'
___TP-9505Z - Okumura Chiyo 'On Stage'
___TP-9506Z - The Music Sound Orchestra ‎'Dynamic Mood Music In Sound Effect'
___TP-9507Z - Silver Strings 'Dynamic Young Hit Deluxe'
___TP-9508Z - Shoji Yokouchi 'Dynamic Country Guitar'
___TP-9509Z - The Freedom Unity/Sammy/Singers Three 'Dynamic Rock'
___TP-9510Z - West Coast Orchestra 'Easy Listening For Young' (same cover as XA-1502Z reel)
___TP-9511Z - Tokyo Symphony Orchestra 'Japan Fascinates You'
__ETP-9512Z - Modern Classics Ensemble with Singers 3 'Now Mozart'
___TP-9513Z - Screen Studio Orchestra 'Dynamic Screen Mood No. 2'
___TP-9514Z - Royal Pops Orchestra 'Dynamic Continental Tango'
___TP-9515Z - Dynamic Latin Brass 'Latin Brass '77'
___TP-9516Z - Dynamic Big Band
___TP-9517Z - Dynamic Golden Sax
___TP-9518Z - Franz Brookner Orchestra 'Dynamic Holiday In Japan'
___TP-9519Z - Japan Self-Defence Air Forces Orchestra 'Dynamic March In Bacharach'
___TP-9520Z - Akria Ishikawa & Count Buffalo 'Uganda'
___TP-9521Z - Masahiko Sato Trio 'Penetration'
__ETP-9522Z - Kotani Mitsuru & Orient Locomotion ‎'Beloved Japanese Melodies'
___TP-9523Z - Akria Ishikawa & Count Buffalo 'Rock Big Band'
___TP-9524Z - Blue Dreamers 'Sound Effect In Mood'
___TP-9525Z - Golden Sounds 'Rainy Airport'
___TP-9526Z - Yuri Tashiro 'Dynamic Hammond Organ'
__ETP-9527Z - The Third 'The Third 2: Morning Glory'
___TP-9528Z - Tadao Kitano & Arrow Jazz Orchestra 'Dynamic Hits Sound'
___TP-9529Z - Shoji Yokouchi Screen Studio Orchestra 'Screen Music'
___TP-9530Z - Glenn Miller In 4 Channel
___TP-9531Z - Akria Ishikawa & Count Buffalo 'Dynamic Latin Exotic Sound'
___TP-9532Z - Yukio Nagisa 'On Stage'
___TP-9533Z - Ohyan Fi-Fi 'In Bel-Ami'
___TP-9534Z - Royal Pops Orchestra 'I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing'
___TP-9535Z - The Golden Sounds 'Bridge In Seto'
___TP-9536Z - Magical Flying Travelin' Band 'Midnight Rock Special'
___TP-9537Z - Akria Ishikawa & Count Buffalo 'Love Theme From "The Godfather" (4 Channel Exotic Sound)'
___TP-9538Z - ゴールデン・サウンズ '虹をわたって' (The Golden Sounds 'Over The Rainbow')

__ETP-72100 - Jun Fukamachi 21st Century Band 'Rokuyu' / '六喩' (CD: GT Music MHCL-1556)
___TP-72311 - Jun Fukamachi 'Fantastic Suite - A Dream On A Spring Night Based On "The Tale Of The Heike"' / '春の夜の夢' (CD: Toshiba Records BRIDGE-008)

__TP-92001Z - The Candle Orchestra 'White Christmas'
__TP-92002Z - Akria Ishikawa & Count Buffalo 'This Is Four Channel Sound!'
__TP-92003Z - Shoji Yokouchi Screen Studio Orchestra 'Fantastic Mood In 4 Channel'
_ETP-92004Z - Tatsuya Takahashi & Tokyo Union Orchestra 'The Rock Seasons'
__TP-92005Z - Full Dimension Orchestra 'Around The World 4-Channel Tour'
__TP-92006Z - Full Dimension Orchestra 'Fascinating Mood Music'
__TP-92007Z - Akria Ishikawa & Count Buffalo '4ch. Dynamic Action Sound'
__TP-92008Z - K. Tsutsumi & Silver Strings 'Spectacle Sound'
__TP-92009Z - Akria Ishikawa & Count Buffalo 'Dynamic Big Band Hit Sound'
__TP-92010Z - Akria Ishikawa & Count Buffalo 'Brass Band Plays Brass Rock'
__TP-92011Z - Duke Aces 'Fantastic Chorus'
__TP-92016Z - 高原のポニー 小海線のC56 SL4チャンネル ('C56 94 Locomotive Sounds / Takara's Pony Koumi Line')

Toshiba seems to have then briefly flirted with CD-4...

CD-4 Asian Market LPs
__TP-92012V
- Full Dimension Orchestra 'Perfect Sound In Screen / Love Theme from The Godfather'
__TP-92013V - Full Dimension Orchestra 'Perfect Sound In Pops / Sing'
__TP-92014V - New Herd Orchestra 'Perfect Sound in Big Band / Sweet Music Sweet Dance'
_ETP-92015V - Tatsuya Takahashi and Tokyo Union Orchestra 'Perfect Sound in Jazz Rock / You're So Vain'
__TP-92016V - Locomotive Sounds 'C62 in Highlands'
__TP-92017V - Yoshiyuki Ishida 'Darjeeling Railroad in India'


"Pro-Use" QS-Encoded LPs
(Single-inventory audiophile-grade LP series that ran from 1975-1979. More info here.)
___LF-91001 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops'
___LF-91004 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops II'
___LF-91006 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops III'
___LF-91007 - Jun Fukamachi 'Introducing Jun Fukamachi' (CD: Tower Records QIAG-70050, 2012)
___LF-91011 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops IV'
___LF-91013 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops V'
___LF-91014 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Yomi-Kyo Pops VI'
___LF-91016 - Kyohei Tsutsumi And His 585Band 'Hit Machine'
___LF-91017 - Shuichi Murakami 'Introducing "Ponta" Murakami' (CD: Universal Music TOCT-9218, 1995, UPCY-7513, 2018)
___LF-91023 - Mari Nakamoto 'That Old Feeling' (CD: Toshiba Records TOCT-9367, 1996)
___LF-91025 - Martha Miyake 'Together With Jun'
___LF-91026 - Eiji Arai / Mitsuo Hagita / Makoto Kawaguchi / Kentaro Haneda / Takao Naoi ‎'New Interior Music'
___LF-91028 - Hiromasa Suzuki 'Skip Step Colgen' (CD: Toshiba Records TOCT-9221, 1995)
___LF-91029 - Takeshi Inomata 'Morning After'
___LF-91030 - Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra 'Invitation to the Wonderful Symphony Orchestra'
___LF-91032 - George Kizu 'Lady is a Tramp'
___LF-91035 - Jun Fukamachi 'Second Phase' (CD: Tower Records QIAG-70053, 2012)
___LF-91042 - Kenji Omura 'First Step' (CD: Toshiba Records TOCT-9219, 1995, TOCT-10925, 2003)
___LF-91048 - Shoji Yokouchi & His Super Guitar Band 'Moonlight Serenade'


Samplers and Compilations
__QSS-1002 _- QS 4-Channel Hit Deluxe (TX4-1704 Label Matrix)
__QSS-1003 _- QS 4-Channel Hit Deluxe (TX4-1705 Label Matrix)
__QSS-1004 _- QS 4-Channel Hit Deluxe Vol. 3 (TX4-1707 Label Matrix)
__TX4-1701 _- QMS Demonstration Record [7"]
__TX4-1702 _- QMS Demonstration Record [7"]
__TX4-1703 _- ONKYO Demonstration Record, 4 Channel Surround [7"]
__TX4-3004_ - QMS Demonstration Record
__TX4-3005Q - Dynamic Action Diatone Sound
__TX4-3006 _- 4 Channel Record [QS]
__TX4-3007 _- 4 Channel Record [QS]
__TX4-3008 _- CD-4
__TX4-3009 _- 4-Channel RM Sound [QS]
__TX4-3011 _- Your Best Hit Album [QS]
__TX4-3014 _- Dynamic Young Hits Deluxe
__TX4-4502 _- CD-4 [7"]
__TX4-4503 _- CD-4 [7"]

These are the photos from the Japanese auction site of the Toshiba-EMI quad reels:
toshiba-japan-QRs-1.jpg

Top row (L-R): 'Rock & Swing' (4CHT-903), 'Argentine In New Sounds' (4CHT-704)
Bottom row (L-R) 'World of New Rock' (XA-1501Z), 'The World of Easy Listening' (XA-1502Z), John Lennon 'Imagine' (EAXA-5501Z)

toshiba-japan-QRs-2.jpg

XA-1501Z - '4 Channel The World Of New Rock' (box interior)

toshiba-japan-QRs-3.jpg

XA-1502Z - '4 Channel The World Of Easy Listening' (box interior)

toshiba-japan-QRs-4.jpg

EAXA-5501Z - John Lennon 'Imagine' (box interior)
 
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In at least two cases, Pink Floyd AHM and Riz Ortolani RPO, Toshiba got stampers instead of master tapes, thus despite the RM designation on cover these were SQ.
DSOTM was real RM, so since they had the 4-channel tape for the encoding, it's very likely they did a QR too.
 
Think you're missing a section for classical, i've seen at least one Angel Q4. Gotta see if i can find a jpg of it.
 
DSOTM was real RM, so since they had the 4-channel tape for the encoding, it's very likely they did a QR too.

I've always thought it was incredibly odd that there were no stock pre-recorded reels of DSOTM, at least none that I've ever seen. Reels weren't exactly mainstream in 1973, but they were certainly around and new titles got released. In fact, other than the semi-recently-unearthed two Japanese titles, there weren't any PF reels at all that I know of.
 
I came across some of those stereo Floyd reels in putting together this research, but there's precious little info about the series and it's difficult to search for because the majority of everything is in Japanese. So searching for terms like 'oxa reel' or 'eoxa reel' or 'eoxa tape' etc. (hoping to find others in the same series prefix) yields nothing. Given the non-sequential numbers of the extant tapes though leads me to believe that once again, there was probably a big series of tapes, but that they're incredibly rare. The four that I did find were:

OXA-5067 - Pink Floyd 'Atom Heart Mother'
OXA-5084 - Pink Floyd 'Meddle'
EOXA-5093 - Pink Floyd 'Obscured by Clouds'
EOXA-5096 - T-Rex 'The Slider'

I haven't had the time or energy to google many/all of the missing catalog numbers, but I'm sure there must be more tapes in the stereo series.
 
I came across some of those stereo Floyd reels in putting together this research, but there's precious little info about the series and it's difficult to search for because the majority of everything is in Japanese. So searching for terms like 'oxa reel' or 'eoxa reel' or 'eoxa tape' etc. (hoping to find others in the same series prefix) yields nothing. Given the non-sequential numbers of the extant tapes though leads me to believe that once again, there was probably a big series of tapes, but that they're incredibly rare. The four that I did find were:

OXA-5067 - Pink Floyd 'Atom Heart Mother'
OXA-5084 - Pink Floyd 'Meddle'
EOXA-5093 - Pink Floyd 'Obscured by Clouds'
EOXA-5096 - T-Rex 'The Slider'

I haven't had the time or energy to google many/all of the missing catalog numbers, but I'm sure there must be more tapes in the stereo series.

Ohhhh The Slider Awwwwwwwwwwesome wow :love::SB Awesome stuff SteelyDave :QQlove

And Holllly Kwap link to Obscured seller wants 9000 bucakroos :eek:o_O:eek:
 
Steelydave and company have collated an interesting cross section of Japanese/Asian QUAD Open Reel/SQ/QS Vinyl. Winopener's addition of the Floyd Stereo ORs was an added bonus. As previously mentioned, I was an avid Open Reel QUAD/Stereo collector at the time these albums were released and also had QS/SQ/CD~4 apparatus to decode all these discs. But as there was NO internet at the time and the American audio rags concentrated their reviews/articles on mainly stateside software with sporadic reviews of Import vinyl [most desirable at the time], the unpopularity of QUAD among these same mags precluded any type of extensive inclusion of Japanese/Asian Open Reels and matrix/CD~4 Vinyl.

Looking over the list bar the desirable Lennon QUAD OR and the PF Stereo Reels and a very 'respectable' assortment of POP/Internat'l QS Vinyl, the Asian market QS LPs are mostly easy listening, akin to stateside Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Mantavoni, Living Strings,101 String fare. Not of much interest, to me, at least. But I wonder if any of the Motown QUADs were released on QUAD Open Reel in Japan?

A burning question which I know Steelydave can answer: When SONY, etc. supplies Dutton Vocalion with QUAD open reel masters for transfer to SACD, at what speed are they: 15 or 30 ips and are they 1 or 2 inch masters?

Also, what tape deck does Michael Dutton utilize to transfer the masters and what DSD converter is employed?
 
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Doesn't seems that any of the JVC CD4-W series had any tape counterpart, reel or cart; so far none has surfaced. The Motown quads belong to this series.
What did have a QR counterpart is the King 4D-xx cd4 series, some has surfaced in the past, Carpenters and Moody Blues.
 
Steelydave and company have collated an interesting cross section of Japanese/Asian QUAD Open Reel/SQ/QS Vinyl. Winopener's addition of the Floyd Stereo ORs was an added bonus. As previously mentioned, I was an avid Open Reel QUAD/Stereo collector at the time these albums were released and also had QS/SQ/CD~4 apparatus to decode all these discs. But as there was NO internet at the time and the American audio rags concentrated their reviews/articles on mainly stateside software with sporadic reviews of Import vinyl [most desirable at the time], the unpopularity of QUAD among these same mags precluded any type of extensive inclusion of Japanese/Asian Open Reels and matrix/CD~4 Vinyl.

Looking over the list bar the desirable Lennon QUAD OR and the PF Stereo Reels and a very 'respectable' assortment of POP/Internat'l QS Vinyl, the Asian market QS LPs are mostly easy listening, akin to stateside Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Mantavoni, Living Strings,101 String fare. Not of much interest, to me, at least. But I wonder if any of the Motown QUADs were released on QUAD Open Reel in Japan?

A burning question which I know Steelydave can answer: When SONY, etc. supplies Dutton Vocalion with QUAD open reel masters for transfer to SACD, at what speed are they: 15 or 30 ips and are they 1 or 2 inch masters?

Also, what tape deck does Michael Dutton utilize to transfer the masters and what DSD converter is employed?



Sony is not handing out masters to these companies. They were not doing that when we did DTS in the 90s. It is being delivered a different way
 
Sony is not handing out masters to these companies. They were not doing that when we did DTS in the 90s. It is being delivered a different way

DTS Entertainment was accepting [in some instances] DAT tapes back in the late 90's for transfer to DTS RBCDs is what I heard. But in a recent video supplied by ubertrout regarding classical label Pentatone's QUAD RQR SACDs of 1970's DGG and Philips QUAD material, actual Dolby~encoded Master Reels were supplied to that label which is why I asked.

So, can it be 'assumed' that SONY is supplying DSD mastered [from the original analogue QUAD masters] hard drives to D~V for replication to SACD?

 
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I edited post #1 to add a section for samplers and compilations - I don't think it's complete (at the very least the cheesy easy listening comps with catalog numbers TX4-3010, TX4-3012, and TX4-3013 should exist, and maybe TX4-3015 upward) but it's a start at least, and might draw more stuff out of the woodwork.

I also added a couple of random Japanese market pop releases that were in amongst what seems to be a stereo series - KJ-1605 and KJ-1614.

I have pictures of most of the samplers/comps that don't otherwise have a link attached to their catalog number - if anyone wants/needs any of them let me know, and I can post or send them to you. I figured there was no point in posting them all since they're primarily in Japanese and of little interest.


KJ-1605 - 魅惑の4チャンネル 出発の歌・旅の宿 ('Enchanted 4 Channel Departing Song · Traveling Inn')
kj-1605-1.jpg


KJ-1614 - 欧陽菲菲&渚 - 夢の饗宴 ('Ouyang Fei Fei & Nagisa - "Feast of Dreams"')
kj-1614-1.jpg
 
(A few QR images from my Japan-web deep dive)

AAXA-3502Z - Wagner 'Orchestral Works' (Boult/New Philharmonia Orchestra)
aaxa-3502z-qr-2.jpgaaxa-3502z-qr-3.jpg

AAXA-3503Z - Stravinsky 'The Firebird' (Ozawa/Orchestre De Paris)
aaxa-3503z-qr-1.jpg
 
I edited post #1 to add a section for samplers and compilations - I don't think it's complete (at the very least the cheesy easy listening comps with catalog numbers TX4-3010, TX4-3012, and TX4-3013 should exist, and maybe TX4-3015 upward) but it's a start at least, and might draw more stuff out of the woodwork.

I also added a couple of random Japanese market pop releases that were in amongst what seems to be a stereo series - KJ-1605 and KJ-1614.

I have pictures of most of the samplers/comps that don't otherwise have a link attached to their catalog number - if anyone wants/needs any of them let me know, and I can post or send them to you. I figured there was no point in posting them all since they're primarily in Japanese and of little interest.


KJ-1605 - 魅惑の4チャンネル 出発の歌・旅の宿 ('Enchanted 4 Channel Departing Song · Traveling Inn')
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KJ-1614 - 欧陽菲菲&渚 - 夢の饗宴 ('Ouyang Fei Fei & Nagisa - "Feast of Dreams"')
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Intresting that these seems to be quad-encoded RM tapes, so these will play on a stereo deck and then decoded into quad on a qs/rm system. Please, post all the ones you have found, it does add valuable information on the Japanese QR world.
 
Intresting that these seems to be quad-encoded RM tapes, so these will play on a stereo deck and then decoded into quad on a qs/rm system. Please, post all the ones you have found, it does add valuable information on the Japanese QR world.

Sorry if I was unclear, the KJ-16xx releases are RM-encoded LP's, not reel-to-reel tapes. All the other LPs I found (so far) in the KJ-16xx series are stereo, but it wouldn't surprise me if there are more single-inventory RM titles buried amongst them.

Speaking of stereo reel-to-reels, during my web-travels over the last couple of weeks I've been keeping track of the stereo reels that were part of this XA series of Toshiba-EMI Japan tapes. My earlier presumption (that the non-sequential numbers of the Floyd tapes meant there were more tapes in this series) was correct. It seems to be the case with a lot of Japanese release series that the prefixes will change to denote either different labels, or stereo/quad designations - like in that Warner-Pioneer list I posted recently, one of the series goes QP-8177W, QP-8178A, P-8179W, P-8180A, and so on. They seem to have no problem mixing quad and stereo prefixes and different label suffixes, etc. I'm sure it made complete sense to them at the time, but it makes searching for this stuff really difficult.

Anyway, I think I found about half the tapes in the Toshiba-EMI XA-5xxx stereo sequence, and I thought I'd leave the list here - I know it's probably of minimal interest here, but there is some great stuff (Beatles, Blue Note, etc.) in this series I couldn't find this info anywhere else on the web so I thought it should go somewhere. I also saved all the box/reel photos I came across (about 120 in total) but I won't post them here, I'll just throw a handful at the end to give people a flavour of what they look like. If anyone wants the remainder of the photos (or wants to host them) feel free to get in touch via private message.

Prefix legend:
BXA = Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
CXA = Capitol
EAXA = Apple (later releases)
EOXA = EMI/Odeon (later releases)
KXA = Kapp
LNXA = Liberty Blue Note (later releases)
LXA = Liberty
NXA = Liberty Blue Note (early releases)
OXA = EMI/Odeon (early releases)
PXA = Apple (early releases)


OXA-5001 - Franck Pourcel et son Grand Orchestre 'Continental Tango Deluxe'
NXA-5002 - 'This Is Blue Note Jazz'
PXA-5003 - The Beatles 'White Album' (Tape 1)
PXA-5004 - The Beatles 'White Album' (Tape 2)
KXA-5005 - Tarragano and His Orchestra / Peter London Orchestra 'The Exciting Latin Deluxe'
OXA-5006 - Claude Ciari 'New Best of Mood Guitar'
BXA-5007 - San Sebastian Strings 'The Sea'
BXA-5008 - San Sebastian Strings 'The Sky'
PXA-5009 - The Modern Jazz Quartet 'Under the Jasmin Tree'

CXA-5010 - Jack Marshall & Shelly Manne 'The Sensitive Guitar and Exciting Percussion Of'
BXA-5011 - Peter, Paul and Mary 'The Best Of, Vol. 1'
LXA-5012 - The Ventures 'The Best Of The Ventures, Vol.1'
BXA-5016 - San Sebastian Strings 'The Earth'
OXA-5018 - Claude Ciari 'Ciari's Guitar'

CXA-5023 - Nat King Cole 'The Best Of'
NXA-5025 - 'This Is Blue Note Jazz Vol. 2'

LXA-50?? - The Ventures 'Pops In Japan '71' (cat. illegible/unknown)

CXA-5030 - Peggy Lee 'The Best Of'
PXA-5031 - The Beatles 'Abbey Road'
NXA-5032 - Lee Morgan 'The Sidewinder'
NXA-5033 - Cannonball Adderley/Miles Davis 'Somethin' Else'
PXA-5036 - The Beatles 'Yellow Submarine'
PXA-5037 - The Modern Jazz Quartet 'Space'
OXA-5038 - Adamo 'Adamo In Japan'

CXA-5040 - The Lettermen 'Sealed With A Kiss'
NXA-5041 - The Horace Silver Quintet 'Song For My Father'
PXA-5042 - The Beatles 'Hey Jude'
NXA-5043 - The Ornette Coleman Trio 'At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm, Volume 1'
NXA-5044 - The Ornette Coleman Trio 'At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm, Volume 2'
NXA-5045 - John Coltrane 'Blue Train'
OXA-5046 - Franck Pourcel et son Grand Orchestre 'Screen Mood Deluxe Vol. 2'
NXA-5047 - Herbie Hancock 'Maiden Voyage'
OXA-5048 - Claude Ciari, Benard Gerard & Batucada's Seven 'Bossa Nova Touch' (cat # may be incorrect)
NXA-5049 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers 'Moanin''

NXA-5050 - Cecil Taylor 'Conquistador'
NXA-5051 - Sonny Clark 'Cool Struttin''
PXA-5053 - The Beatles 'Let It Be'
LXA-5054 - Johakyu/Toshiro Mayuzumi & "Suma No Arashi"
LXA-5055 - Nobu Hara and Sharps & Flats 'Double Exposure'
OXA-5057 - Joe Loss and His Orchestra 'Dance Music Deluxe'

OXA-5065 - Herbie Hancock 'Takin' Off'
OXA-5067 - Pink Floyd 'Atom Heart Mother'
NXA-5068 - McCoy Tyner 'The Real McCoy'
OXA-5069B - Franck Pourcel 'Deluxe'

LXA-5071B - Julie London 'Deluxe'
OXA-5075 - Franck Pourcel '71 'Friends'

OXA-5082B - Adamo 'Deluxe'
OXA-5084 - Pink Floyd 'Meddle'
EAXA-5086 - The Beatles 'A Beatles Collection of Oldies'
EAXA-5087 - The Beatles 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'
LNXA-5089 - Lee Morgan 'The Best of Lee Morgan'

EAXA-5092 - The Beatles 'Revolver'
EOXA-5093 - Pink Floyd 'Obscured By Clouds'
EAXA-5095 - The Beatles 'Magical Mystery Tour'
OXA-5096 - T-Rex 'The Slider'
EAXA-5097B - The Beatles '1962-1966'
EAXA-5098B - The Beatles '1967-1970'

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