Saturday 15 December 2018

Santana - San Diego, California
[King Biscuit Flower Hour 1974]


The sixth in a series of new decodes of live recordings quad encoded for radio broadcast.

In July 1974, Santana was touring in support for Welcome, their fifth release. There had been a good deal of personnel changes in the previous year. However, original members Mike Shrieve, David Brown and Jose Areas as well as new addition Armando Peraza are all on board for this show which features lots of instrumental stretches, recorded at the Balboa Stadium in San Diego on 28 July 1974 for broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour show on 13 October 1974.

Source: Pre-FM SQ encoded CD

Converted to: DVD-A PCM 24/48

Talking Heads - Chicago, Illinois
[WXRT-FM 1978]


The fifth in a series of new decodes of live recordings quad encoded for radio broadcast.

Talking Heads captured at the Park West in Chicago on 28 August 1978 and broadcast on 15 October 1978 as part of the UnConcert series on WXRT-FM. A late player in the format, WXRT-FM may have broadcast several shows in quadraphonic.

The source of this recording can best be described as "low fidelity". However, as there does not appear to have been any previous quadraphonic presentation of this show, this conversion is presented here because of its historical importance.

Source: Post-FM SQ encoded CD

Converted to: DVD-A PCM 24/48