![]() ![]() The Quad versions of these titles have been out of print and virtually unattainable financially for well over four decades.īoth albums in SACD are revealing and beautiful to listen to. Here they are presented not only as a stunning audio experience, but also as a preservation of history. Not only are the Stereo versions of each album presented in immaculate clarity, the 4-channel Quad formats are provided for fans of multi-channel. ![]() With the new release of the combined classic albums of Billy Paul – 360 Degrees Of Billy Paul, and War Of The Gods, Dutton Vocalion has delivered a beautiful and hair-raising SACD of each on a 2CD set. ![]() All of these titles and more are presented desireably in a variety of formats that include SACD in both Stereo, and original 4-track Quad Multi-channel. The Vocalion label out of the UK has a history of presenting grand titles like Deodato’s classic, Prelude, as well as Deodato 2 Weather Report with Night Passage, and Tale Spinnin’ Art Garfunkel’s Breakaway classic Hiroshima titles The Guess Who and many, many more. That song is a strong use of his talents and he was rewarded with chart placement. Billy Paul released War Of The Gods to critical acclaim, and acquired a successful Top40 song, “Thanks For Saving My Life”. These were alongside Gamble/Huff originals (and other writers) like “Brown Baby”, “Am I Black Enough For You”, and a few others.Ī year later, Gamble and Huff upped the game for the capable Billy Paul, supplying him with a collection of timely and spiritual songs that go up alongside the classic soul and political evaluations of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On? (1971). But with his second album, 360 Degrees Of Billy Paul, the singer also provided compelling covers of Carole King’s “It’s Too Late”, Elton John’s “Your Song”, and Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together”. The singer is, of course, Billy Paul, best known for his “Me And Mrs Jones” classic hit, written by the inimitable songwriting team of Gamble and Huff, and here assisted by Cary Gilbert. One such album is the subject of this review, two in fact: 360 Degrees Of Billy Paul, and War Of The Gods. And of course, there are fans of the format still out there with musical loves that cross SACD borders wonderfully. i totally LOVE them!Įspecially brilliant among their later Quads imho are The O'Jays "Survival" & "Message In The Music".SACDs, although now somewhat obsoleted by most of the music industry, still have a presence strong enough to encourage some specialty labels to remix classic albums in this DSD format. but as they evolved the PIR mixes came to be amongst the most sophisticated Quads, arguably some of the most accomplished and modern-sounding mixes to this day, with some of the earliest computerised mixing desks at their disposal and their engineers' constant cross referencing of the Stereo. and yet its not just a gimmick, in the track "is there a place for me" those refrains pop up all around the speakers which is very cool but very effective as a surround interpretation of the lyric and sentiments of the song!). Their earlier mixes are a lot of fun, very discrete and active with a fair bit of aggressive 360-degree and/or diagonal panning (aside from the subject of this QQ Poll, Billy's 360 Degrees & War Of The Gods, that includes The O'Jays "Ship Ahoy", MFSB's "Love Is The Message" and especially Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes' "Black & Blue", several tracks on which are like mini-Quad showcases of the new tricks the engineers could do with their panpot/joystick thingies, its a hoot. ![]() This hybrid CD can be played on any standard CD players DuttonĪll tracks available in stereo and multi-channel Remastered from the original analogue tapes by Michael J. LP KZ 32409 (1973) STEREO/ZQ 32409 QUADRAPHONICġ: I SEE THE LIGHT (Gamble Huff Sigler)ģ: THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING (Gamble Huff)Ĥ: I WAS MARRIED (Gamble Huff Gilbert Arc)ĥ: THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE (Gamble Huff) JONES (Gamble Huff Gilbert)ĥ: AM I BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU (Gamble Huff)Ħ: LET’S STAY TOGETHER (Green Mitchell Jackson)Ĩ: I’M GONNA MAKE IT THIS TIME (Lang Sigler) LP KZ 31793 (1972) STEREO/ZQ 31793 QUADRAPHONICĢ: I’M JUST A PRISONER (Gamble Sigler Hurtt)Ĥ: ME AND MRS. (BTW, this SACD set is listed on the Dutton Vocalion website as a 'LIMITED EDITION' release.) Please post your thoughts and comments on this Double SACD from Dutton Vocalion featuring two classic Billy Paul albums, "360 Degrees of Billy Paul" and "War of the Gods".īoth SACDs feature the original 1970s Quadraphonic mixes, remastered and released for the first time in over 40 years! ![]()
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