(1975) JOHN WILLIAMS – Jaws (Japanese Quadraphonic Vinyl – 96kHz/24bit 4.0 FLAC)

Now that’s a rare and unusual release from our oriental friends. I got this from a torrent site several years ago, but it’s not been seeded anymore. It was originaly uploaded as DVD-A ISO image. Extracting lossless MLP is pretty easy nowadays, so here it is! 🙂

This is the 1975 release. Meaning: it’s the re-recording version we all know, same tracklist and all. But it was mixed diferently. Listen to "Chrissie’s Death" from 1:04 on and you’ll hear the difference from the standard release.

It’s obviously not my transfer, as I don’t have any record player for a long time (let alone one that can properly decode a 4-channel LP).

The filesize is rather large (1.18GB), since this is a 96kHz/24bit 4.0 lossless. So I’d recommend a download manager (JDownloader, MiPony, etc) for those who have problems with Mega.

There’s also a quadraphonic release for "Earthquake" and the first "Godfather", but I don’t think those were shared anywhere… 🙁

1. Main Title (Theme From "Jaws")
2. Chrissie’s Death
3. Promenade (Tourists On The Menu)
4. Out To Sea
5. The Indianapolis Story
6. Sea Attack Number One
7. One Barrel Chase
8. Preparing The Cage
9. Night Search
10. The Underwater Siege
11. Hand To Hand Combat
12. End Title (Theme From "Jaws")

Mega:
https://mega.co.nz/#!TB9CTZRQ!o2rMY2NAYlD78ureMGqjo9mmxbFcNLUe2tM9ww3 N99c

thanks for the share.

Absolutely awesome!!! 🙂 Wanted this for years.

Thanks so much, phbart! 🙂

nice one!!!

This is INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many many THANKS 😀

Wow. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks.

wow !!! great threa, thanks for share phbart!

Epic post! Thank you

Wow! What a find.
Thanks.

Anyone have any tips on how to convert this back to 2 channel. I have a Fiio Flac player but despite it being a flac file it simply won’t play at 4ch. I have both EAC and Foobar.

Nice rarity! Thanks phbart!

Wow, never knew this existed. Thanks for sharing!

-Matt

Thanks

GREAT..Thanks a lot

Quite a rarity !!
Many thanks for this 😉

Thank you, phbart for this unique High-Resolution version of the classic JAWS soundtrack album.

I absolutely love these quadrophonic albums. They literally fill the room with music form all corners.

Awesome!

can you convert it to stereo please

Thanks!

Any chance of an upload of the ISO image?

falls off seat amazing, hope I can play it
: )

how do i use it on a mac mini

Many Thanks !

Awesome! Thank you so much!

Thank you share!

Thanks!

Thank you! I’d like to second the request to upload as the original .iso, which is then easily burned as a DVD-R. I appreciate the work!

Thanks!

Wow, can’t believe how different this mix sounds – listening to this classic for "the first time!" Thanks again.

Cool! Thank you.

This is a superb and rare find. I feel like I’m hearing it for the first time. Thank you for contributing a better version of the most important album of my childhood.

Is there any chance at all for a re-upload please. Thanks to anybody who can help out.

Superb stuff. Thank you! 🙂

Is there any chance at all for a re-upload please. Thanks to anybody who can help out.

The MEGA link in the first post works.

AMAZING. Most CD-4 quad decoders don’t even function anymore. What a treat. It sounds incredible. Thank you!

–update–

I am BLASTING the waveforms by 25DB and can only hear tape hiss in the quiet sections. No vinyl rumble or crackle at all, and yet there’s loads of high end frequencies, which de-click software doesn’t yield. I am even hearing the musicians’ movements around the stage, and no vinyl artifacts. Is it possible this bootleg WAS made from the quad mixes’ original tapes???

Nonetheless, this is an epic find.

Awesome!

Thank U 🙂

Hmm. I’d actually like more info on this "re-recording". I’m not familiar with this at all. It’s definitely not the film versions of any of these tracks, nor the OST versions. When was this done, and who did it? Is it still Williams conducting? It’s just so jarringly different that I can’t ignore it…

Hmm. I’d actually like more info on this "re-recording". I’m not familiar with this at all. It’s definitely not the film versions of any of these tracks, nor the OST versions. When was this done, and who did it? Is it still Williams conducting? It’s just so jarringly different that I can’t ignore it…

The film versions were only released in 2000 by Decca (with not so good sound quality, but who cared back then?).

It was always a common practice to release re-recorded versions of OSTs. Maybe it was cheaper to do that than to pay the re-use fees imposed by the AFM in those days. The Star Wars trilogy and Raiders of the Lost Ark were an exception because they were recorded in London, and the re-use fees there were MUCH cheaper, as I read somewhere. The funny thing is that the original 1977 OST of Close Encounters of the 3� Kind was not a re-recording, and it was recorded in the USA. Maybe Arista wasn’t so cheap on that as MCA was with their catalog. Go figure! But in the mid 1980’s, I guess things changed because most OSTs started to be released using the actual film recordings.

Still, this specific album has some mixing differences than the standard album… but are still re-recording versions nonetheless.

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I am BLASTING the waveforms by 25DB and can only hear tape hiss in the quiet sections. No vinyl rumble or crackle at all, and yet there’s loads of high end frequencies, which de-click software doesn’t yield. I am even hearing the musicians’ movements around the stage, and no vinyl artifacts. Is it possible this bootleg WAS made from the quad mixes’ original tapes???

I really have no idead about the source. The original torrent file I downloaded many years ago didn’t have anything other than the ISO image. It was like a big batch of CD-4 vinyl tranfers, most of which were rock albuns and other music styles, but no OST. Apparently, this was transfered with the batch just because it was in the middle of the collection. I guess the owner took the time to do everything he had before his equipment would wear out completly and he wouldn’t have a chance to properly listen to his collection, and I imagine one can’t easily repair this kind of equipment today. Lucky us!!!

I noticed the absence of common vinyl anomalies (pops, clicks, etc). I read somewhere that those CD-4 vinyls can degrade very quickly, even if well cared. It’s still baffling to me how clean this sounds. But I wouldn’t bet this was sourced from original tapes…

The MEGA link in the first post works.

Thanks. It wasn’t available a few days ago but I’m glad it’s up again. I burned the tracks to CD and then deleted the archive only to find out the disc wouldn’t play in a regular player. Won’t be making that mistake again.

Thank you so much!

Thank you. Quadraphonic Vinyl! NICE, I remember when Quadraphonic Vinyl’s came out and ALL four speakers you could hear different sounds. But you needed a Quadraphonic receiver to listen the Quadraphonic Vinyl records. And the receivers at the time were a least a couple thousand dollars. Quadraphonic was the first surround sound home system on the market. Again thank you.

Thank you very much!!!

Sharkyou.

thanks

thanks!

Thanks!!

Thanks for rare share. Too bad Intrada couldn’t locate the original tapes to release.

Thanks

thanks

Muchisimas Gracias, excelente aporte.

Many thanks phbart for sharing this rare John Williams – JAWS (Quad Vinyl – 96kHz/24bit 4.0 FLAC) 😉 I gave you a rep. Rated thread: excellent! 😉

Great sound. Thank you very much.

Thank you kindly, added to your reputation as well.

🙂

It doesn’t work anymore. Could you re-upload again, please?

Re-up:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/adnssugl4rqi5mu/JW_JQ.rar/file

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Thanks for re-upping the file 😀

hope the download will be quick .. very eager to listen to a QUADROPHONIC version ..! never heard

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and ..Thx of course ..;)

Thank you for re-upping this

Thank you for re-up 🙂

Thank You!!

Thanks a lot !