I upped the J-disc recording to LMA for easier listening.
https://archive.org/details/ch2015-06-18.MIQ.DPA4060.flac16Everybody knows track 12 "Let's Go" by the Cars for example.
What I've noticed:
1. The bass is pretty mono and centered but not focused and not where the bass string amp was located in the soundfield. It was on the right side of the disk.
2. The drums and gtr string amp image pretty well. With the drums spread from left to a little right of center at times, and the gtr on the right. Drums sound a little distant compared to the gtr and bass amps.
3. The tonal balance is pretty close to what I recall from the show. Charlie likes a lot of bass. Me too.
4. The crowd images pretty accurately. Most people were on the disc's left side.
5. Great performance. I can't figure out how Charlie can walk the bass line while simultaneously jamming on gtr. WTF? I've seen him a few times when he's made it to Phx, and he is always amazing to see live. I see parallels with the two hands in piano playing, but it's different. It's like having a piano player's left hand fingers divided between Charlie's left and right hands and the piano player right hand also divided between both of Charlie's hands. The position of those piano player fingers are constantly changing on each hand as he is playing. How can he keep track of two musical ideas (lead and rhythm) while simultaneously figuring out how to create the fingering in both hands to do it?? So much of it is improvised.
Scott is so expressive, almost melodic on the drums. He's able to elicit so many different sounds from his kit, often in unconventional ways. It's an amazing amount of music for only two performers.
-MIQ