Carole King - Music

Release: DS259f

Source: QS LP

Process: QS/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Country Joe & The Fish - From Haight-Ashbury To Woodstock

 

Release: DS256f

Source: SQ LP

Process: SQ/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Berry Lipman & Orchestra - The World Is Full Of Love

Release: DS258f

Source: SQ LP

Process: SQ/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Hollins And Starr - Sidewalks Talking

A release from the early days from Ovation

Release: DS257f

Source: EV-4 CD

Process: EV-4/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Santana - Santana

Release: DS255f

Source: SQ LP

Process: SQ/II

Format: DVD-A/V MLP/DTS/DD

Herbie Hancock - Thrust

Release: DS254f

Source: SQ LP

Process: SQ/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Wagner - Preludes and Overtures

Jerzy Semkow & The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

Release: DS105f-2

Source: QS CD

Process: QS/II

Release: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstacy

Release: DS253f

Source: QS LP

Process: QS/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Fireballet - Night On Bald Mountain

New source and decode

Release: DS188f-2

Source: QS CD

Process: QS/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Erth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World

Release: DS241f

Source: SQ LP

Process: SQ/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Steely Dan - Live At The Record Plant 20/3/74

Release: DS238f

Source: QS
 
Process: QS/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

B.B King - The Best Of

Release: DS65f-2

Source: QS CD

Process: QS/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Ravel - Piano Works

An expanded re-issue decoded using QS/II, now containing all the pieces from the three volumes in this series.


Piano: Vlado Perlemuter

Release: DS167f-2

Source: QS CD

Process: QS/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill

Release: DS251f

Source: QS LP

Process: QS/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Live And Let Die - Original Soundtrack

Live and Let Die is the last of the James Bond films i can watch over and again. In my view it's easily the best of the Roger Moore films, and certainly one of the more interesting soundtracks, no doubt helped by Paul McCartney's, now classic, title theme.

An interesting point regarding the Q8 tape is that all of the tracks on program 2 have their channels misaligned, so to hear them correctly you'd need to turn 90 degrees left as the fronts are actually Rear L & Front R! I've corrected this misalignment for this release so that it can be heard as it should.

Special thanks to 'Lupine Assassin' for the loan of his tape to 'Captain Beyond' who performed the rip and provided the Q8 scans.

Release: DS250

Source: Q8

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

The Beach Boys - Surf's Up

One of the few albums encoded using the DY matrix system, this release also contains the two encoded tracks from their 'Sunflower' album

Release: DS249f

Source: DY CD

Process: DY/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Deep Purple - Machine Head

 

Release: DS248f

Source: SQ CD

Process: SQ/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Rich Mountain Tower - RMT

The fourth, and final, EV-4 encoded album, was supplied by ‘Captain Beyond’ for use during the development of EV-4/II and has become a firm favourite

Release: DS244f

Source: EV-4 LP

Process: EV-4/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Dick Schory - Movin' On

Many thanks to  'Romanotrax' for supplying a rip of this album for testing during the devolopment of the EV-4/II process.

Release: DS247f

Source: EV-4 LP

Process: EV-4/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Ovation Quadraphonic Sampler

 

Instead of doing what most labels would do, use the mixes from released albums, they remixed tracks in an attempt to overcome the limitations of the EV-4 decoder. This makes the tracks on this album very different from those on their respective albums, especially the 'Rich Mountain Tower' track.

More importantly, the tracks on this album should not be taken as representative as on those albums.

Artists include: Dick Schory, Hollins & Starr, Paul Horn, Joe Morello,
Rich Mountain Tower, Don Tweedy, Ron Steele, Laura, Bobby Christian.

Release: DS246f

Source: EV-4 LP

Process: EV-4/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Enoch Light - 4 Channel Stereo

Released as an introduction to the ‘Project 3′ quadraphonic matrix encoded LP’s using the ‘new’ EV-4 system (see ‘Matrix’ page), this album contains 10 tracks picked from the initial releases. Project 3 went on to release albums in all of the later major systems (SQ, QS, CD-4), more often available in more than one system, until finally only releasing them in SQ.

This is one of the LP’s used during the devolopment/testing of the new EV-4/II process

Tech Note: The final track has an issue related to the LP itself, and not the decoding process

Release: DS245f

Source: EV-4 LP

Process: EV-4/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters

Release: DS240f

Source: SQ LP

Process: SQ/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Dvorak - Works For Solo Instruments And Orchestra

Cello Concerto in B minor, Piano Concerto in G minor,
Violin Concerto in A minor,Romance for Cello & Orchestra in G minor,
Rondo for Cello & Orchestra in G minor, Mazurka in E minor for Violin & Orchestra
Silent Woods for Cello & Orchestra
Walter Sussking & The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
 
Release: DS242f

Source: QS CD

Process: QS/II

Format: 2 x DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Release: DS243

Source: Q8

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness & Eternity

 

Release: DS239f

Source: SQ LP

Process: SQ/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity

Release: DS237f

Source: QS CD

Process: QS*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Ray Coniff - The Way We Were

Release: DS236f

Source: SQ CD

Process: SQ*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic

Release: DS37f-2

Source: QS LP

Process: QS*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Billy Joel - Piano Man

Release: DS235f 

Source: SQ LP 

Process: SQ*Final/II 

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Pye 4D Quadraphonic Sampler - Various Artists

This was Pye's first Quad release, a sampler that introduced some of the artists that were signed to the label in the early 1970's. Expect more from this labels attempt to bring QS to the UK public.

Tracks:

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - John MacLeod and his Orchestra

Spinning Wheel - Dennis Lopez Latin Sound

It's Too Late - Sounds Orchestral

Waltz From Serenade For Strings - Victor Silvester Strings

Danca Das Horas - Rogero's Brazilian Brass

Oh You Pretty Things - City of Westminster Band

Raindrops Keep Faling On My Head - Ray Davies and the Button Down Brass

She's Leaving Home - London Pops Orchestra

This Guy's In Love - David Snell

Fantasia On Greensleeves - Geoffrey Brand and his Orchestra

Never On Sunday - Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra

A House Is Not A Home - Tony Hatch and his Orchestra

LP rip & Cover scans: Malcolm Piper

Release: DS30f-2

Source: QS LP

Decode Process: QS*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V - MLP/DTS/DD

Marilyn Mason - The Great Organ of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

This hard to find double album was a limited run released sometime in the mid 70's, possably as a fund raiser

Thanks: Paul Garfunkel & Stephen Disney

Organ: Marilyn Mason

Choir: National Shrine Men's Chorus
Director: Joseph Michaud

Tracks:
Bach - Tocata & Fugue in D minor
Dupre - Deux Esquisses
Alain - Trois Danses
Bach - Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C
Van Der Horst - Etude de Concert
Le Clerc - Magnificat
Pergolesi - Sonata in F
Lidon - Sonata De I Tono Para Organo Trompetta Real


Release: DS27f-2

Source: SQ LP

Process: SQ*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V - MLP/DTS/DD

Miguel Gallardo - Autorretrato

This 'single inventory release' album was released in Spain on the EMI/Harvest label in 1975 and limited numbers finally arrived in the UK in 1977, which is when i purchased it. My copy has been well played, and as it wasn't the best of pressings to start with, i have been holding off releasing it.

I recently found out that it had a limited release on CD in 1994, which has (like the LP) become quite rare, but i've managed to track down a copy, which was the source used for this release.

For those who are 'sensitive' to Non-English lanquage albums, i'd best warn you this is in Spanish. But if you let that get in the way, you'll be missing out on some great songs, even though the album clocks in at a shade under 27 minutes!


Release: DS116f-2

Source: SQ CD

Process: SQ*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

I Nomadi - i nomadi interpretano guccini

'The Nomads' were (and still are) a very popular Italian band, and "the nomads interpret guccini", their fourth album and their first for EMI, was recorded and mixed in Abbey Road studios.


Release: DS196f-2

Source: SQ CD

Process: SQ*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.2 in G major OP.44

Having lived with the stereo version of this superb album since it's release in 1973, it was only this year that i found out it was also released in Quad (great marketing EMI). During my searches i found a couple of reviews of the quad version, where the reviewers actually prefered it to the stereo version when listening in stereo. Could this have been the reason why EMI finally went single inventory?

Piano: Sylvia Kersenbaum
Conductor: Jean Martinoin
Orchestra: Orchestre National del l'O.R.T.F.


Release: DS6f-2

Source: SQ CD

Process: SQ*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Neil Diamond - Serenade

An understated quad mix that actually compliments the mood of the album

Release: DS15f-2

Source: SQ CD

Process: SQ*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

The end..........

This blog is now inactive, and has been moved to a new 'members only' blog. It's been fun (!), and to paraphase:

                             "The blog is dead..... Long live the blog"

Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks - Striking It Rich

Another understated quad mix that has its moments

Release: DS16f-2

 
Source: QS CD

Process: QS*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

Pinchas Zukerman and The English Chamber Orchestra recorded this superb reading of what must be Vivaldi's most popular work, great in stereo but given real life in quad. Full marks to the recording and mixdown team for capturing this brilliant performance.

Release: DS18f-2

Source: SQ CD

Process: SQ*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Changes are a foot...

It's become obvious that changes will need to be made the way the blog operates.

Please take a second to do the poll to the right as it's the only way i can think of that will make the blogs future a viability

I've added an extra poll for those who voted NO.

Synergy - Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra

Larry Fast's first outing under the 'Synergy' name, and his only album released in Quad.

A requested /II decode-reissue

Release: DS19f-2

Source: QS CD

Process: QS-Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII

This is easily the most requested album i've had since doing this blog, and i'm pleased that i've now been able to do full justice to this classic album.


Release: DS234f

Source: SQ CD

Process: SQ*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

The Mystic Moods Orchestra - Highway One

Highway One, though quite impressive as a sound 'spectacle', was a quite corny concept album suggesting a mildly raunchy US beach town holiday romance. 

Q4 transfer & scans by 'Captain Beyond'


Release: DS233

Source: Q4

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Keith Jarrett - Treasure Island

One of my favourite Jarrett albums from his time at 'Impulse', and one i've never really felt showed it's true quality when it came to decoding it.

With the new process i believe it's now possible to hear how the musicians were placed in the studio, the first track in particular showing great placement of all the instruments, including the percussion.

Comments on this new decode are welcomed

Release: DS26f-2

Source: QS CD

Process: QS*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V - MLP/DTS/DD

Grover Washington Jr - Soul Box

Release: DS70f-2

Source:  SQ CD

Process: SQ*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Lutoslawski - Orchestral Works

In this the 100th anniversary of Wiltold Lutoslawski's birth, this is the first of a couple of releases dedicated to him


Release: DS231f

Source: SQ CD

Process: SQ*Final/II

Format: 2 x DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Lou Reizner & London Symphony Orchestra - Tommy

With this new conversion, i really do believe that justice has finally been done to this album.

This is Lou Reizner's star studded production of The Who's opus "Tommy". with performances from: Pete Townsend, Sandy Denny, Graham Bell, Steve Winwood, Maggie Bell, Richie Havens, Merry Clayton, Roger Daltry, John Entwistle, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Richard Harris and The London Symphony Orchestra

On a personal note, i've always felt there were parts that cried out for the inclusion of Rick Wakeman's keyboards

This release was only made possible by the involvement of the following:
Paul Garfunkel: Purchasing and making the album available for conversion
Dr Robert: Lp rip
Lokkerman: Co-ordination
OxfordDickie: Restoration, etc

Release: DS45f-2

Source: QS LP

Process: QS*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

John Keating - Space Experience

I make no excuses for re-releasing this in the new decode process version. This process is as good as i believe it is possible to get decoding SQ, and that includeds all hardware decoders (to date).

The improved image stability, solidity and separation make this process the closest to achieving discrete reproduction, and this classic album is just perfect to show it off.


Release: DS58f-2

Source: SQ CD

Process: SQ*Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Joe Walsh - So What (Unreleased Quad Mix)

Although listed as being a quad release, it ended being one of two that Command never actually released. But one encoded track did appear on a Koss Headphone quadraphonic promo album, and that's the only proof that the mix existed, until now.

This is a new version of this album, the first to be decoded with a new process that is the most accurate ever, hardware included. After extensive testing, i firmly believe this is as far as is possible to go with this matrix system.

Separation, image placement & stability, etc, are greatly improved, showing that for the first time, QS is finally capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with SQ.


Release: DS200f-2

Process: QS-Final/II

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

The Famley Guitar Band - Help Me Make It Through The Night

Q4 transfer & scans by 'Captain Beyond'


Release: DS232

Source: Q4

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Joan Baez - David's Album

Q4 transfer & scans by 'Captain Beyond'


Release: DS230

Source: Q4

Release: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Hugo Montenegro - Love Theme From The Godfather

 Q4 transfer by 'Captain Beyond'


Release: DS229

Source: Q4

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD

Chicago Transit Authority - CTA

LP rip: John Schuerman


Release: DS228f

Source: SQ LP

Process: SQ*Final/I.

Format: DVD-A/V  MLP/DTS/DD