Old stereo mixes

[donald]

Last night I was listening to some old stereo recordings (Roger Miller of all people) and I was reminded how much I love the old basic stereo mix.  LOVE the clear seperation between speakers and the ghost presence of the sound coming from a nonexistent "middle " speaker.    Are there others who enjoy this as I do?  What are some of the albums (most would be from the 60's) that you would recommend hearing that make the best and most dramatic use of this technique?

[daverockz]

Thanks for sharing!

[Aegir]

Last night I was listening to some old stereo recordings (Roger Miller of all people) and I was reminded how much I love the old basic stereo mix.  LOVE the clear seperation between speakers and the ghost presence of the sound coming from a nonexistent "middle " speaker.    Are there others who enjoy this as I do?  What are some of the albums (most would be from the 60's) that you would recommend hearing that make the best and most dramatic use of this technique?

Most of the early Beatles duophonic Capitol mixes. Vocals on one side, track on the other.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Last night I was listening to some old stereo recordings (Roger Miller of all people) and I was reminded how much I love the old basic stereo mix.  LOVE the clear seperation between speakers and the ghost presence of the sound coming from a nonexistent "middle " speaker.    Are there others who enjoy this as I do?  What are some of the albums (most would be from the 60's) that you would recommend hearing that make the best and most dramatic use of this technique?

Most of the early Beatles duophonic Capitol mixes. Vocals on one side, track on the other.

Flag on the play !

Duophonic ain't stereo - there's no genuine seperation. It's a mono master that Capitol screwed around with to make it sound like stereo. If you can hear vocals left/track-track/right, that's stereo. Crappy stereo to be sure... but stereo. 

[donald]

Glad some one took this one.


I love those old mixes not for the audiophile quality but for the fun of it.   (damn it the yankees just hit a two run homer)I'm distracted easily...

back on topic, I like turning the old balance knob to the far right or far left on those old albums.  Some fun surprises there.  I'm also easily entertained. 


Ever hear Hymm to an Older Generation from Airplane's After Bathing at Baxters spun to the extreme on the balance knob?  Grace and Jack isolated!  Neat stuff!

My original question was what are other examples of such that are equally entertaining in isolating good bits?