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  • Lateralthinking1

    Originally posted by mercia View Post
    so now we have a quartet of clues

    was Sir Cliff a member of the Amadeus ?
    You do indeed have four clues and that is relevant.

    The Amadeus though sadly is not the way forward.

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    • Lateralthinking1

      Another four who sound like they could help you find the answer are Jimmy, Dave, Chalky and Spider.

      A fifth might be Steph.

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      • Nick Armstrong
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        • Nov 2010
        • 26540

        Originally posted by mercia View Post
        so now we have a quartet of clues

        was Sir Cliff a member of the Amadeus ?
        Has mercia not named the 'Q' word then?
        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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        • Lateralthinking1

          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
          Has mercia not named the 'Q' word then?
          No, it isn't "quartet".

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          • Nick Armstrong
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            • Nov 2010
            • 26540

            Originally posted by Lateralthinking1 View Post
            ...........Another four who sound like they could help you find the answer are Jimmy, Dave, Chalky and Spider.

            A fifth might be Steph.


            I suggest holding your nerve, Lats! Don't give any more away on this most intriguing puzzle (assuming it hasn't already been solved).

            Some clever dick will be along by and by to solve it, fear not!
            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • mercia
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              • Nov 2010
              • 8920

              Originally posted by Lateralthinking1 View Post
              Jimmy, Dave, Chalky and Spider.
              a-ha! characters in a certain film. very googlable. I won't give the answer as I don't want the responsibility of setting another question.

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              • Nick Armstrong
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                • Nov 2010
                • 26540

                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                a-ha! characters in a certain film. very googlable. I won't give the answer as I don't want the responsibility of setting another question.
                Indeed... but can't see any link with the original 4 clues!

                Admittedly I am peeking from time to time when I'm supposed to be working
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • mercia
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8920

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  but can't see any link with the original 4 clues!
                  apparently Sir C and SanFranOp involved in experiments in surround sound (there's an article about it in wikipedia)
                  dunno about Pink F

                  EDIT - oh I forgot about Birtwistle

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                  • Lateralthinking1

                    Originally posted by mercia View Post
                    apparently Sir C and SanFranOp involved in experiments in surround sound (there's an article about it in wikipedia)
                    dunno about Pink F

                    EDIT - oh I forgot about Birtwistle
                    Is anyone taking any notice of the time that is passing? I haven't been measuring it.

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                    • mercia
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8920

                      OK

                      Quadraphonic

                      a bit too technical for me

                      Pink Floyd - 1967 - first ever surround-sound rock concert - "Games for May"
                      experiment in radio surround sound - Cliff BBC concert ??
                      San Francisco radio station KKHI broadcasting SF Opera in 'compatible' quadraphonic format 1970's

                      still not sure about Sir Harrison .................

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                      • Nick Armstrong
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26540

                        OH good man mercs...

                        Quadraphonic!

                        A Cliff Richard concert by the BBC was broadcast in quad...

                        Chronometer by Harrison Birtwistle wsa the first classical music piece written in quadraphonic sound.

                        From 1971 to 1979, San Francisco station KKHI broadcast the regular Friday night performances of the opera on AM and FM (in multiplex stereo with quadraphonic encoding).

                        And fourthly: In 1967 the rock group Pink Floyd performed the first-ever surround-sound rock concert at “Games for May”, a lavish affair at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall where the band debuted its custom-made quadraphonic speaker system


                        EDIT: CROSS POSTED WITH MERCS WHO COULDN'T RESIST IT!!!!!
                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • mercia
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8920

                          Originally posted by Lateralthinking1 View Post
                          the time that is passing

                          Harrison Birtwistle’s Chronometer – a taped piece of electronic music released on DualDisc [SAM 0801] – is at the boundary of what many people would choose to call ‘music’ at all. It comprises numerous processed sounds recorded from different timepieces and was composed for quadraphonic replay.


                          EDIT - lots of simultaneous posting there

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                          • Lateralthinking1

                            Originally posted by mercia View Post
                            OK

                            Quadraphonic

                            a bit too technical for me

                            Pink Floyd - 1967 - first ever surround-sound rock concert - "Games for May"
                            experiment in radio surround sound - Cliff BBC concert ??
                            San Francisco radio station KKHI broadcasting SF Opera in 'compatible' quadraphonic format 1970's

                            still not sure about Sir Harrison .................
                            Yes. Very well done Mercia and Caliban. The connection is quadrophonic sound.

                            An early noted example was a BBC concert featuring Cliff Richard.

                            Another was the broadcast by San Francisco classical music station KKHI of the San Francisco Opera in matrix encoded quadraphonic format.

                            The third is Birtwistle's "Chronometer". As I said, time was ticking, or words to that effect.



                            Perhaps the most well known example of quadrophonic sound featured Pink Floyd. In 1967 they performed the first-ever surround-sound rock concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall. The band debuted its custom-made quadraphonic speaker system.

                            This was my fourth clue. It was not one of the original clues as it would have made the question too easy.

                            The four clues, rather than the original three, are relevant because the sound is quadrophonic.

                            Another four who "sounded" like they could have helped you find the answer were Jimmy, Dave, Chalky and Spider. You have correctly referred to them as characters in a film and the name of that film clearly led you to the answer.

                            I know you know the film but it would be good if you could confirm its title. Then the next question "T" is yours.
                            Last edited by Guest; 05-09-12, 14:09.

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                            • Nick Armstrong
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                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26540

                              "Quadrophenia"... ! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079766/

                              Mercia & Lats... would you like me to proceed with... .... is it T?
                              "...the isle is full of noises,
                              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                              • mercia
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8920

                                Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                                would you like me to proceed with... .... is it T?
                                yes please

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