Made in japan - Deep Purple


When playing live, Blackmore was always stage right and Lord stage left. I noticed Richie and Jon are reversed on the vinyl. I have an old Mcintosh pre in for service, that has a stereo reverse mode, and guess that's the only way to listen correctly. 

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It's a common phenomena especially with some R&R recordings.

If one were to imagine a typical live band setup, the drummer is center in the band lineup onstage.

A right handed drummer will go thru his kit left to right-right being his floor toms.

If you're facing a band you should hear the drummer centered with the high hat off center/right. A carless/bad mastered recording  flip this imaginary "soundstage" 

If I'm listening to an album like this, I will switch the IC's. My OCD won't allow me to listen to it otherwise.

The worst offenders are the recordings with the drum kit in just one channel.

I got the preamp back from service and reversed the soundstage. All is well in Hooterville again.

Look on the album cover,it tells you where everyone was on stage that nite.