What's the Latest MATRIX LP/CD Added to Your Pile? SQ, QS, RM, EV

[fredblue]

The seller is accepting offers on this one... anyone?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/TAJ-MAHAL-...140026?hash=item44368015fa:g:XaIAAOSwstxU4w74

afaik (a bit like Santana's Lotus?) every version of this should be SQ encoded including subsequent LP and CD reissues?

also fwiw there's a conversion 'out there', though i haven't heard it so can't vouch for source/decoding method/fidelity/surround mix.

either way will be cheaper than buying that eBay listing which in itself is quite a few quid more than sellers on Discogs are asking.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

afaik (a bit like Santana's Lotus?) every version of this should be SQ encoded including subsequent LP and CD reissues?

also fwiw there's a conversion 'out there', though i haven't heard it so can't vouch for source/decoding method/fidelity/surround mix.

either way will be cheaper than buying that eBay listing which in itself is quite a few quid more than sellers on Discogs are asking.

Ya know when I first saw this (I think on a steelydave list) I got all excited - hot and bothered, because I thought it was the bluesman Taj Mahal , but more like Tangerine Dream? So if SQ CD encoded through SMv2 maybe this one:
https://www.discogs.com/The-Taj-Mahal-Travellers-July-15-1972/release/623170

 

[fredblue]

Ya know when I first saw this (I think on a steelydave list) I got all excited - hot and bothered, because I thought it was the bluesman Taj Mahal , but more like Tangerine Dream? So if SQ CD encoded through SMv2 maybe this one:
https://www.discogs.com/The-Taj-Mahal-Travellers-July-15-1972/release/623170

gotta be worth a try, its about 350 times cheaper than that LP on eBay!

edit: 35!!
bit distracted with this divine Flor de Sevilla Tanqueray glug glug glug

 

[bigbillquad]

Hi. All

( Vedette Records. SQ VPAS 936 -Caliente )-
( EMI. SQ 1 C 065-30 899 Q -Franz Tunder Werke Dur Orgel )-
( EMI. SQ 1 C 163-14 051/054 QY -Handel 16 Konzerte Fur Orgel Und Orchester Lionel Rogg :Box set of 4 LP`s )-

 

[Soundfield]

In an effort to get a mint copy of Mendelssohn's incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream conducted by Andre Previn, I ended up this week with a copies of both the German and UK EMI releases. Whilst the front cover artwork is identical, there are some slight differences in the overall packaging.

The German version:

The UK version:

Curiously the German version has sleeve notes in both German and English, whereas the UK version has a longer text (by a different writer) in English only.

I've never understood EMI's allocation of labels to particular releases and / or sales regions. The German pressing is given the very common EMI branded small dog red label:

But the UK pressing gets the nicer and less commonly used HMV branded large dog red label:

Why the differences? Who Knows?!

 

[kap'n krunch]

thrift store QUAD find!!!!($1.99 LIKE NEW!!!)

 

[bigbillquad]

Hi. All

Came across this QUAD CD on Discogs I bought it just to try it out its krautrock very trippy music I`ve never heard of this group it says 4D Quadraphonic so I played it with my SM QS position and it surrounds you with a very trippy sound field of 4 corner sound I got to like it after the second listen...……….

 

[bigbillquad]

Hi. All

More matrix's LP`s for my pile.

( Vangaurd. QS 4R505-6 -Mahler Symphony No.3 Maurice Abravanel Utah Symphony Orch. : 2 LP set )-
( Mark Custom Recording. SQ MC 8518 -Lautzenheiser Wulitzer Theatre Organ :Factory Sealed New )-

 

[4-earredwonder]

Supposedly QS ENCODED ..... Will find out later tonight. Engineered by Bruce Botnick

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Supposedly QS ENCODED ..... Will find out later tonight. Engineered by Bruce Botnick

Well? (And better yet, it was produced by Tommy Lipuma, one of my favorite producers!)

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Supposedly QS ENCODED ..... Will find out later tonight. Engineered by Bruce Botnick

Do you have a QS decoder or running through PLII etc.?

 

[4-earredwonder]

Do you have a QS decoder or running through PLII etc.?

Nay, Pupster but my Meridian's pre/pro has a SUPER mode which has done some wild decoding for previous QS RBCDs I have ..... haven't heard Striking it Rich yet ....l fell asleep ..... Tonight's THE Night!

 

[Soundfield]

This week I have taken delivery of two boxed sets.
The first one falls into the category of "surely I've got that already - oh, no, for some strange reason I haven't ever got around to buying it" (!) -

Rostropovitch's Tchaikovsky Symphony cycle:

And secondly, this ECO rendition of Handel's Solomon on Vanguard. In excellent condition apart from the brutal hole punch in the corner of the box (vandals!):

 

[bigbillquad]

Hi. All

more matrix LP`s for my stack.

( Gakken Co. LTD. SQ SG543 -Haydn Symphony No. 100 " Military " Hiroyuki Iwaki - New Japan Phil. :7" Disc )-
( CBS. SQ SOLL-7 -Music Of The Mountains )-
( Ovation. QS THL-4067RM -Hollywood Gold Vo. 1 to Vo. 4 : Box Set 4 LP )-

These 4 LP`s were sold separately in the US Ovation....

 

[kap'n krunch]

another great thrift store find !!!! love it!!!!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

another great thrift store find !!!! love it!!!!

Just a quick side note here kap'n; just how deep are you into Quad LPs? Details on number of titles & equipment - if you don't mind?

 

[bigbillquad]

Hi. All

More matrix LP`s for my pile...

( Project3. QS AR-4 -Permissive Polyphonics )-
( Teichiku. QS MX-4001 -'71 All Japan Full -Band Festival 1 )-
( CBS.SQ SOEL-10 -Contest Band Music Selection s '75 )-
( CBS. SQ SOCH-59 -SQ Sound Special ( Clasical ) : 2 LP Set )-
( CBS. SQ SOPH-58 -SQ Sound Special Vo. 1 ( Popular : 2 LP Set )-

 

[bigbillquad]

One more from above...…...

 

[Soundfield]

Just one to report today. Still sealed 1812 from CBS:

 

[fredblue]

Just one to report today. Still sealed 1812 from CBS:
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iirc the mix on this one (as decoded through the Surround Master) was good and active but by golly the SQ LP sounded pretty "meh", like it was congested by compression or something!? also the sides way too long so with all the dynamic boom-bang-a-banging at the end of the side everything fell apart when it got to the good bit, the sound wasn't as explosive as i was hoping for! (and this was on my SL1210 setup for CD-4, all adjusted to handle IGD and all the other stuff for that finickity system not my previous toytown Pro-Ject TT).
fwiw i picked up the Q8 not long after but my Akai went into a coma before i could record the tape into the computer maybe one of these days i'll get around to resurrecting it and doing the 1812 (unless DV get there first! not sure if they would tackle it, hasn't it been done to death!?