Enoch Light Quadraphonic Stereo Test Project 3 LP 1973

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Hello vinyl junkies, I’m knee deep (elbow deep?) in grease and rusty or missing parts while restoring a classic car (and have another waiting in the wings if I EVER finish the current one) so I'll be slowly selling off the bulk of my record collection to finance these projects… therefore I'll be continuing to list hundreds of LPs over the next few months, so please keep checking back

Anyway, let's continue with this stereo test record Quadraphonic 4 Channel Test Record released by Project 3 Records in 1973. (PR 401 SQ Quadraphonic Stereo) Original white label with black print. Cover states: To Set Up/Calibrate/Check Out Your Quadraphonic System

Produced by Enoch Light and Jeff Hest.

Enoch Light was the master of lounge/space age pop recordings and almost single handedly created the audiophile fad during the late 1950's and 1960's. By using the most technically advanced recording equipment available, the albums he produced and released on his Command and Project 3 label became very popular with Hi-Fi buffs as stereo test records...as well as with the general public for their enjoyable music. This LP comes in a gatefold cover with extensive liner notes and full program technical data inside.

From the liner notes:

The production of this recording took place over a period of ten months. The testa on the A side were recorded and checked out in the laboratories  and recording studios of two of the world's leading record operations. The music on the B side represents a most critical selection of arrangements which explore the musical potential of outstanding quadraphonic reproduction. We believe that this recording represents the ultimate production of a test record combining both technical and musical questions. Detailed technical explanations and instructions, plus diagrammatic musical analyses are presented on the inside liner of this album.

This LP contains the following tracks: (side one, tracks 1-11 are stereo tests; side two tracks 12-13 are tracks from other Project 3 artists including Enoch Light & the Brass Menagerie, Tony Mottola, The Nashville Jets and the Light Brigade)

1. Introduction
2. Channel Identification
3. Channel Balance and Frequency Response
4. Four Channel Speaker Phasing
5. Flutter and Wow Test
6. Acoustical (Resonance) Check (Glide Tone)
7. Musical Balance Check
8. Overall Transient and High Frequency Response
9. Low Frequency Response
10. Musical Channel Separation
11. Demonstration Room Expansion
12. Introduction
13. When The Saints Go Marching In
14. Galloping Guitars
15. Marrakesh Express
16. St. Thomas Everybody
17. A String Of Pearls
18. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

I grade on a stricter scale than Goldmine! (or at least the watered down version that seems to exist here on eBay). I'll take the time to describe any flaws rather that give a letter grade that means something different to seemingly every record seller and buyer... I've received too many LPs graded by sellers VG++ or NM that were pretty beat up, and I'm willing to bet it's happened to your too.

Sorry if the cover looks washed out in the photo below…this is caused by a reflection from the camera flash… the colors are brighter and bolder in person.

If this LP caught your eye, please check my other auctions over the next few months for several other albums including space age pop, lounge, bachelor pad, exotica and weird & strange recordings and more. I will combine shipping on multiple purchases.

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