Rhino's Quadio series is back!  The ongoing series of four-channel surround Blu-ray Audio Discs has announced its latest four titles, available now directly from Rhino.com.  This eclectic group encompasses releases from Rod Stewart, ZZ Top, The Modern Jazz Quartet, and Beaver and Krause.

Rod Stewart's sixth album, 1975's Atlantic Crossing marked a new chapter for the Faces singer.  Produced by Tom Dowd and recorded across various studios in North America, the album was sequenced with one "fast side" and one "slow side," allowing for the full range of the vocalist's talents to come to the fore.  He was invigorated by a new group of musicians including Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and Al Jackson, Jr. of Booker T. and the MG's; The Memphis Horns; string multi-instrumentalist David Lindley; keyboardists Barry Beckett and Albhy Galuten; guitarists Pete Carr, Jesse Ed Davis, Fred Tackett, and Jimmy Johnson; and bassists Lee Sklar, David Hood, and Bob Glaub.  The LP yielded numerous Stewart favorites including "Sailing," "I Don't Want to Talk About It," and "This Old Heart of Mine," and reached No. 1 in Stewart's native U.K. as well as No. 9 in the United States.  This quadraphonic mix of Atlantic Crossing is previously unreleased.

Also rescued from the Warner vaults is a two-for-one release of Beaver and Krause's albums Gandharva (1971) and All Good Men (1972).  Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause were sales representatives for Robert Moog's synthesizer, successfully selling the instrument to numerous musicians and striking out on their own as recording artists with 1967's The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music.  They played on many film soundtracks and contributed their own score to 1973's The Final Programme.  These two albums were the duo's second and third for Warner Bros. Records; Gandharva was described by Beaver and Krause as "the musical sound track for a non-existent film."  Jazz greats Bud Shank, Gerry Mulligan, and Ray Brown as well as guitarists Ronnie Montrose and Mike Bloomfield all played on the LP, while Edna Wright, Clydie King, and Patrice Holloway contributed vocals.  All Good Men incorporated orchestral arrangements by Jimmie Haskell into the electronic textures, with appearances from veterans Jim Keltner, Victor Feldman, Ray Pohlman, and Coke Escovedo plus singers Shirlie Matthews, Vanetta Fields, Clydie King, and Sally Stevens. All Good Men is presented in its never-before-released original quad mix.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - a.k.a. vibraphonist Milt Jackson, pianist John Lewis, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Connie Kay - took inspiration from a classical source on their 1974 Blues on Bach.  The Atlantic LP featured five arrangements of Bach themes and four original pieces that spell out B-A-C-H. (The spelling of the titles follows the system Bach and others of his era used, in which the letter B indicates B-flat, and the letter H is B-natural. Accordingly, the four original compositions are in the keys of B-flat (major), A (minor), C (minor), and B (major).  Blues on Bach would be the group's final studio album prior to breaking up, with the live release The Last Concert following on Atlantic (they would subsequently reunite).

ZZ Top's Tres Hombres (or Three Men - a.k.a. Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard) would prove to be the band's commercial breakthrough.  The 1973 record was produced by Bill Ham and engineered by Terry Manning (who recently died at the age of 77).  The John Lee Hooker-inspired single "La Grange" put ZZ Top on the map, peaking just outside of the U.S. top 40.  The opening tracks of "Waitin' for the Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago" made an indelible mark, too, leading rock radio stations to play both tracks back-to-back as one.  A landmark of southern rock, Tres Hombres made it to No. 8 on the Billboard 200 and landed on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time; ZZ Top continued with its original lineup until Dusty Hill's death in 2021.  Today, Elwood Francis carries on his tradition.

All four new Quadio Blu-ray releases are available now from Rhino at the links below!

Beaver and Krause, All Good Men / Gandharva (Warner/Rhino, 2025)

1. A Real Slow Drag
2. Legend Days Are Over
3. Loves Of Col. Evol
4. Sweet William
5. Bluebird Canyon Stomp
6. Looking Back Now
7. Prelude
8. Child Of The Morning Sun
9. Between The Sun and the Rain
10. All Good Men
11. Waltz Me Around Again Willie / Real Slow Drag
12. Soft / White
13. Saga Of the Blue Beaver
14. Nine Moons in Alaska
15. Walkin'
16. Walkin' By the River
17. Gandharva
18. By Your Grace
19. Good Places
20. Short Film for David
21. Bright Shadows

Tracks 1-11 from All Good Men, Warner Bros. BS 2624 (stereo), 1972
Tracks 12-21 from Gandharva, Warner Bros. QP-8177W (Japan), 1971

The Modern Jazz Quartet, Blues on Bach (Atlantic QD 1652, 1974)

1. Regret?
2. Blues In B Flat
3. Rise Up in the Morning
4. Blues In A Minor
5. Precious Joy
6. Blues In C Minor
7. Don't Stop This Train
8. Blues In H (B)
9. Tears From the Children

Rod Stewart, Atlantic Crossing (Warner Bros. BS 2875, 1975 (stereo))

1. Three Time Loser
2. Alright For an Hour
3. All In the Name of Rock 'N' Roll
4. Drift Away
5. Stone Cold Sober
6. I Don't Want to Talk About It
7. It's Not the Spotlight
8. This Old Heart of Mine
9. Still Love You
10. Sailing

ZZ Top, Tres Hombres (London J/L 17206, 1973)

1. Waitin' For The Bus
2. Jesus Just Left Chicago
3. Beer Drinker & Hell Raiser
4. Master Of Sparks
5. Hot, Blue And Righteous
6. Move Me On Down The Line
7. Precious And Grace
8. La Grange
9. Shiek
10. Have You Heard?​