Black Sabbath's Paranoid is now available in Quadraphonic Sound for the first time in nearly 50 years. Rhino has also released Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies, The J. Geils Band's Nightmares . . . And Other Tales From The Vinyl Jungle and Jefferson Starship's Red Octopus.
Quadraphonic sound, or 4.0 surround sound, utilizes four audio channels connected to four speakers positioned at the corners of a listening space. The multi-tracked audio is mixed dimensional, immersing the listener in an expansive soundscape.
The collection of Quadio releases is being made available on June 23rd as Blu-ray discs exclusively at Rhino.com. Each title is $24.98, with a bundle of all four albums retailing at $79.98.