BOC: early quadrophonic records

[Albert Bouchard]

On Aug 20, 2004, at 10:49 AM, Stephen Swann wrote:

> Hey Al, that reminds me of something I'd been meaning to
> ask.  One or two of the early BOC records (like, I'm almost
> sure Secret Treaties, and maybe one or two others) got
> released on vinyl in Quadrophonic, right?  Were those albums
> recorded with that kind of thing in mind, or is that just
> some funky studio wizardry they performed after the fact?
>

I only remember T&M being in quad. Sandy did the quad mix right along
with the stereo mix. The would get the stereo one then go right on the
the quad version. I think they split the sounds among the different
speakers. WWD was especially good in quad as I remember.

> And has anyone ever actually heard those records played back
> in quad?  Heck I've never even laid eyes on actual working
> quad system...

How they got all that information into a little groove of vinyl I don't
know but it did work.
Al