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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep154: The Brief History of Quadraphonic Records

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In the 1970s, record collectors & music fans salivated over the latest Quadraphonic stereo systems. So why did it die out? Kamran V has recently pressed the first Quadraphonic vinyl record in over 30 years and shares the history, and possible future, of Quadraphonic audio.

If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.

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0:00.0

Well, hey everyone, welcome to this week's episode of the Vinyl Guide podcast. This week we are

0:05.4

talking quadraphonic audio with Kamran v of Psychic.com. That's c-y-k-i-k-com. And today he and I are going to

0:14.8

discuss the history of quadraphonic sound, the various formats, the pluses, the minuses, and of course the quadraphonic vinyl records.

0:23.0

Kamran has just pressed what is widely believed to be the very first quadraphonic vinyl

0:27.7

record in the last 30 years and features four-channel audio from Suzanne Chiani.

0:32.9

It's an amazing project, an impressive package, and not only comes with the Quadrophonic Records,

0:38.3

but also the decoder and all the cables in the box.

0:41.3

You could learn more at psychic.com, that's c-y-k-I-K-com.

0:48.4

Now, today I have three quick plugs.

0:51.4

Number one, we just uploaded an unboxing video of the brand new Blue Note Review

0:57.7

box set, volume two. It just came out, and I put a video on our Vinyl Guide YouTube channel.

1:04.2

Give us a Google, subscribe to our YouTube channel, and enjoy a sneak peek into an awesome record set

1:10.1

from our friends at Blue Note Records.

1:13.1

Plug number two, our friends at Groove Washer are still giving Vinyl Guide listeners 10% off everything using promo code Vinyl Guide 10.

1:21.9

I use the Groove Washer record cleaning kits every single day, so please give them some love at groove washer.com.

1:29.3

Use promo code Vinyl Guide 10, and you'll get 10% off everything.

1:33.6

And finally, plug number three, if you like the Vinyl Guide podcast,

1:38.3

please consider becoming a patron of our show at patreon.com slash vinyl guide.

1:44.0

There you can help sponsor us and access exclusive content. of our show at patriaan.com slash vinyl guide.

1:50.0

There you can help sponsor us and access exclusive content, such as our patron-only episode number 151 featuring Six Toe, searching for Sugarman Rodriguez, had him on the show,

1:55.6

and that episode is only available to our patrons at patreon.com slash vinyl guide.

2:00.5

And of course course our high definition

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