1977 BBC Sessions - Quad encoded recording? (eBay listing)

I posted this on my reel thread, but it's worth mentioning on this sub forum as well:

Could this be the elusive quad encoded broadcast of the 1977 BBC sessions?
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lot-of-2-Queen-35-90-Reel-to-Reel-Tapes/264515018444

The recording date of the WMMR broadcast (June 18th 1978) corresponds with a blank KBFH (DQR) entry listed here:
www.eclipse67.com/kbi.htm

Hi Kurgan,

Is that not merely the King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast? They put on that horrible crowd noise to make it sound like a live performance.

I see that KBFH is written in the description.

Cheers,

Keith.

Yes it is the King biscuit flower hour, the all important factor this time is that the recording date corresponds to a broadcast using a discrete quad reel.

DQR means the tape is 4-track, not that the content is necessarily in any quad format. The tapes in the auction are stereo tapes.

A stereo recording can contain SQ (quad) encoding.

Worth a punt Kurgan? £70-odd is a lot for a couple of potentially blank tapes if they're just taken from boots. Good luck!

Bids are on.

Good chap fingers crossed

Didn't say it was my bid though ;-D

Very shrewd :D

[QUOTE] [b]The Kurgan wrote:[/b]
A stereo recording can contain SQ (quad) encoding.[/QUOTE]

Yes, I know a stereo broadcast can be SQ (or QS) encoded. But there's no evidence whatsoever that these particular broadcasts were quad, even if the open reel tapes were 4-track. For what it's worth, I don't think the Maida Vale sessions were mixed in quad, so even if that tape is quad, it might be pseudo quad (and with fake audience).

Many radio stations in the states regularly broadcast the KBFH in SQ quad in the seventies.
If a discrete quad reel was used for the broadcast (rather than a stereo reel) then it is entirely possible it was mixed in quad.
The reel has the answer.

It’s my bid.. we’ll see what happens!

I have a decent reel player and the decoding software if you win and need any help.
I'm in the UK, if that's your location.

I’m in Chicago Kurgan. But I’ll be happy to pay for shipping to you to find out what’s on it