Bill Evans Village Vanguard 3CD set

Do you know of another recording of this same music that has it mixed better...or do we just have to enjoy it with a "vintage" hat on? The recording itself does sound OK...although the mixing sounds like a "stereo effect" overachiever was on the controls.

I'm not aware of a re-mix which resolves this imaging issue. For me its just a minor annoyance you get used to. Helps if you don't sit in the sweet spot listening to 'audio'. Besides, hearing this gives you a lot more respect for great stereo productions on those few occasions you find them. :-)

The SACD of Waltz for Debbie has the same issues. I've gotten use to it. I figure that was the way that they were placed on the stage. The recording is otherwise excellent.
John

I have that set, and noticed that too. Bugs me. Especially after i bought the set in hopes it would be better than the Milestones LP I have of the same recording. On the LP, Bill is smack in the middle, and it sounds great. After going back to the LP I find it to be really so much better than any CD's I have heard of that concert. Bass and drums are not as dynamic, but I don't miss that; there's some special ambient quality to the LP, as well as the mix being better. And the LP is a 1975 reissue!

Regards, Vince

Try sitting way off access. It'll sound less like points in space and more like a sounstage. Perhaps not the one that it was actually played on, but better than the left-channel right-channel nonsense that you get with so many of these early stereo recordings.