l love this album. That live version of “Worried Worried” with the Donald Trump diss was very surprising. 😂 Syd Barrett also made the transition to singer-songwriter psychedelic folk rock on his first solo album.
Yeah, unfortunately, this is just how stereo mixes were back in the day. Up to 1968, you could at least hunt down a mono mix. And some albums by 1969 were very well-mixed professionally in stereo, like Led Zeppelin’s debut. But by and large, stereo was still primarily mixed for speakers, and not headphones. The theory was that hard-panned instruments allowed for maximum fidelity preservation. And unfortunately centered drums was a rare occurrence. This is why I can’t listen to The Beatles’ original stereo mixes pre-White Album, nor Pink Floyd’s debut album in stereo. It just sounds absolutely awful. Mono all the way. This album was recorded and released in 1970, on a small independent label in Texas. Apparently it was recorded in the best studio in Texas at the time, but it was still 1970, and the old way of doing stereo mixes was still fairly common, depending on the artist and the album. I think by 1973, stereo mixes were beginning to sound more and more modern.
@psychedelicpiper999 I dont think they ever thought that audio technology will be where it is today. Their choices does make sense for their time, but unfortunately for us, especially for me, its a personal hell😂
Yeah also in the 60s people would hard pan because they wanted people to notice the difference of stereo and how immersive it could be, so that's why a lot of songs have weird mixing from back then.
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l love this album. That live version of “Worried Worried” with the Donald Trump diss was very surprising. 😂
Syd Barrett also made the transition to singer-songwriter psychedelic folk rock on his first solo album.
@@psychedelicpiper999 it really took me by so much surprise
Yeah, unfortunately, this is just how stereo mixes were back in the day. Up to 1968, you could at least hunt down a mono mix. And some albums by 1969 were very well-mixed professionally in stereo, like Led Zeppelin’s debut.
But by and large, stereo was still primarily mixed for speakers, and not headphones. The theory was that hard-panned instruments allowed for maximum fidelity preservation. And unfortunately centered drums was a rare occurrence.
This is why I can’t listen to The Beatles’ original stereo mixes pre-White Album, nor Pink Floyd’s debut album in stereo. It just sounds absolutely awful. Mono all the way.
This album was recorded and released in 1970, on a small independent label in Texas. Apparently it was recorded in the best studio in Texas at the time, but it was still 1970, and the old way of doing stereo mixes was still fairly common, depending on the artist and the album.
I think by 1973, stereo mixes were beginning to sound more and more modern.
@psychedelicpiper999 I dont think they ever thought that audio technology will be where it is today. Their choices does make sense for their time, but unfortunately for us, especially for me, its a personal hell😂
Yeah also in the 60s people would hard pan because they wanted people to notice the difference of stereo and how immersive it could be, so that's why a lot of songs have weird mixing from back then.