Well, this is one of mine - it's a compilation of the primary tracks (ie
no underscores or short versions) from the two Chin & Cang albums with
those from Surprise Package (1983, engineered by George Chkiantz)
remixed Ambisonically (Another Surprise, 1984, was originally mixed in
UHJ as you noted).
Manufactured by Nimbus, it was the third CD ever manufactured in the UK
(the first was for BBC Transcription Service) and the first ever
Ambisonically-mixed CD. CD Premastering at Tape One by Bill Foster IIRC,
and there may be an article by me about the mastering of it in Studio
Sound I suspect, but I can't find it (if it exists, it would be about CD
premastering, not Ambisonics).
This was an experimental CD released jointly by KPM and Nimbus to see
how the world of production library music would react to the CD medium.
Clients reacted very well and as a result KPM became the first major
library to move over to CD as the reference release format. The
catalogue number, KN101, reflects the involvement of KPM and Nimbus.
"KPM pioneered the adoption of Compact Disc in the library industry. Its
first CD, Surprise Surprise, by Chin & Cang, released as a joint venture
between KPM and Nimbus Records in 1984, scored several firsts: It was
the first library CD manufactured in the UK, and was in fact only the
third disc to be pressed at the Nimbus factory at Wyastone Leys; and it
was the first CD to be mixed in 2-channel UHJ. KPM had previously
released the first-ever Ambisonically-mixed album, Keith Mansfield's
Contact, and went on to release several albums and CDs in the surround
format, most of which remain in the catalogue."
http://www.ambisonic.net/kpm.html
The CD is in a box under my bed, where all my CDs are. If you need me to
dig it out, let me know.
Best,
--R
==
Matthew Cang / Eddie Chin – Surprise, Surprise
Label: KPM Music / Nimbus Records KN101
Format: Compact Disc
Country: UK
Released: 1984
01 Never Say Never
02 On The Prowl
03 Why Me?
04 Nothing Better To Do
05 Slow Motion
06 Here He Comes, There He Goes
07 Barcelona Blue
08 Sidewinder
09 What Is It, Fish? (I)
10 Foghorn Leghorn
11 Quasimodo Owes Me
12 Bone Structure
13 Thanks, But No Thanks
14 Swedo Rides Again
15 John Wayne, Actually
16 Shadowcatch
17 Clever Nanette
18 What Is It, Fish? (II)
Credits
Composed By – Eddie Chin, Matthew Cang
Engineer – Richard Elen
Producer – Colin Bilik, Richard Elen
==
And while we're at it:
Matthew Cang / Eddie Chin – Another Surprise
Label: KPM Music – KPM 1309
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: UK
Released: 1984
A1 Straight Ahead 3:05
A2 Sitting Pretty (a) 3:48
A3 Sitting Pretty (b) 2:21
A4 Choices 0:54
A5 Making Tracks (a) 3:27
A6 Making Tracks (b) 2:46
A7 The Beginning (a) 0:38
A8 The Beginning (b) 0:40
A9 The Beginning (c) 0:43
A10 Power Supply (a) 2:57
A11 Power Supply (b) 2:30
B1 Out To Lunch 2:40
B2 The Heat Is On (a) 1:54
B3 The Heat Is On (b) 1:54
B4 The Heat Is On (c) 0:13
B5 The Heat Is On (d) 0:16
B6 On Your Bike (a) 2:44
B7 On Your Bike (b) 2:44
B8 Running Wild (a) 1:40
B9 Running Wild (b) 1:36
B10 Turbocharge 2:05
B11 The City Sleeps (a) 2:36
B12 The City Sleeps (b) 2:36
Credits
Composed By – Eddie Chin, Matthew Cang
Engineer – Richard Elen
Producer – Colin Bilik, Richard Elen
On 30/12/2013 23:39, Martin Leese wrote:
Hi All,
I am trying to track down a CD in the UHJ
Discography. It listed as:
o M. Cang, E. Chin - Surprise, Surprise,
KPM/Nimbus, KN101. (England)
Does anybody have this CD? If so, could they
please confirm the details (catalogue number,
title, etc) and, if possible, e-mail me a list of
the tracks.
I have eBay alerts to alert me to CDs and LPs
in which I am interested. Over the several
years they have been running, this CD has
never come up for auction. I find this most
strange, and it makes me wonder whether the
details in the Discography are correct.
I have two LPs by Matthew Chang and Eddie
Chin, both issued by KPM Music:
o Surprise Package, KPM 1294, 1983
(not UHJ)
o Another Surprise, KPM 1309, 1984
(UHJ-encoded)
With a track listing for the CD KN 101 I will be
able to see if it was compiled from the LPs.
Many thanks,
Martin
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