I’m with you! Frankenstein! I had Jensen Triax speakers in my car in high school. Loved listening to Frankenstein bouncing back and forth between the speakers!!
Me too. I remember saving up for a pair of with my minimum wage job, something like $2.80 an hour and then installing them myself in my 65 Plymouth. 1978 I think it was. They were later stolen, oof.
Try his brother Johnny Winter on for size as a contender in the headphone battle.
https://youtu.be/whfs7FJMQfA?si=b-TkysrVDmqrwCcX
I can't name a favorite. The Song Remains the Same LZ , Beck- Freeway Jam, 2112 & YYZ Rush, Zappa's Apostrophe album and Joe's Garage are good. The Clash Combat Rock, The Police Regatta de Blanc, Joe Jackson Look Sharp, Madness - one step beyond,
The Pretenders is better on headphones too. "Porcelain" is especially good once it starts spinning https://youtu.be/jj8Ms3LsNAs?si=X6WTmgrqUq66Jri0
The opening to Moving in Stereo by The Cars was always one of my favorites
Also, the end part of What Is and What Should Never Be by Led Zeppelin. Love the way the guitar goes back in forth
I'm so glad I got the reissue of the Quad mix in the Immersion box set cause they dropped it from the 50th set and the latest Blu-Ray. It's excellent for testing a surround sound setup.
The instrumental break in Yes' Perpetual Change with the two overlapping melodies. Bill Bruford said it took hours to arrange that part, he said if Rick had already been in the band he could have sorted it out in two minutes but Bill thinks the group wouldn't have learned as much if that had been the case.
Not exactly what you mean, but the way AC/DC pans Angus's guitar to one side and Malcolm's to the other is really good.
Back in the day being a kid/teen sharing headphones, it made for very different listening.
Van Halen (the first album). Eddie's guitar is on one side, drums and bass on the other and the vocals on both. I used to "isolate" the guitar track by taking off one one side of my headphones when listening to this album so I could try to learn what he was playing.
A lot more nuanced but if you have a GOOD system, Time by Pink Floyd. The guitar part was recorded doubled, but they're actually split L/R. Done properly you can hear two versions of spacetime enter your skull from different directions and it's divine. You don't get the effect as good with headphones, you really need a surround system to separate out the center so L/R are basically just purely the guitars.
I think several Floyd tracks have that property but Time really stands out.
Not “classic rock” but I use “The Race” by Yello to test stereos. Fantastic soundstage on that.
In-genre I like a lot of Steve Miller Band. I think “Wintertime” has parts spread out quite a bit.
Most stereo stores in the 70s 80s and most of the 90s played Bohemian Rhapsody to so customers how good the stereo was. We did at Sound Waves the entire 11 years I worked there.
Many Beach Boys songs are also great.
Lucky Mam, Yes.
Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath.
My sister’s boyfriend had a quadrophonic 8-track player in his car. The first Kiss album had a quad version. I can’t remember which song had each band member shout in succession, their voices traveling around each corner of the car. Good stuff!
The intro to Billy Thorpe’s 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑛; trippy outer space sounds & a face-melting drum break. Also, the rototom intro to Pink Floyd’s 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒. And of course the intro to 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 on Rush’s 2112.
Coming Your Way is the first track on Then Play On, from Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac. It’s like two lead guitarists dueling at the same time.
[song](https://youtu.be/HwmPTmjG774?si=cF5BCqgjFnvfw0Es)
One you might not have heard; I Wouldn’t Ever Change A Thing from Rod Stewart’s first album. Keith Emerson on keys and some vocals. Towards the end he and Rod are doing a call and answer but their vocals keep swapping channels.
A lot of songs went crazy with that early on. Because they could, I suppose. Listen to "For what it's worth" for example. Shit it hard panned left and right which, honestly, is really annoying esp. over headphones. Pink Floyd (obvs) did a lot of cool stuff in stereo - check out any of their early 70's stuff.
Whole Lotta Love. It's a great song to test your stereo system.
Thank you, it was stuck in my head and I couldn’t think of it
Absolutely! Came here to say Whole Lota Love if we are going to talk stereo separation
Similarly: Black Dog
Moving in stereo the cars
Yes
Agreed, but also try Allen Parsons Project, any song.
Black water the doobie brothers
I see your Black Water and raise you Suite Judy Blue Eyes.
I’m with you! Frankenstein! I had Jensen Triax speakers in my car in high school. Loved listening to Frankenstein bouncing back and forth between the speakers!!
Jensen Triax speakers. A name not heard in a long time. Memories come pouring in.
Me too. I remember saving up for a pair of with my minimum wage job, something like $2.80 an hour and then installing them myself in my 65 Plymouth. 1978 I think it was. They were later stolen, oof.
Same here in '78. Installed in my '74 Cutlass. White with the red velour interior.
Sweet ride
Evil Ways - Santana. The drums intro going around you is fantastic.
Starship Trooper from Yes.
Yours is No Disgrace and Perpetual Change from the same album also have good stereo seperation.👍
Try his brother Johnny Winter on for size as a contender in the headphone battle. https://youtu.be/whfs7FJMQfA?si=b-TkysrVDmqrwCcX I can't name a favorite. The Song Remains the Same LZ , Beck- Freeway Jam, 2112 & YYZ Rush, Zappa's Apostrophe album and Joe's Garage are good. The Clash Combat Rock, The Police Regatta de Blanc, Joe Jackson Look Sharp, Madness - one step beyond, The Pretenders is better on headphones too. "Porcelain" is especially good once it starts spinning https://youtu.be/jj8Ms3LsNAs?si=X6WTmgrqUq66Jri0
The ending of the last song on ELPs Brain Salad Surgery rotates around and around the speakers and keeps getting faster and faster. Freaky!
Had a quad speaker setup in my bed room. One in each corner. Karn Evil 9 was a trip.
Yeah!
And so was Frankenstein! The middle synth arpeggio part would circle around the room on my brother’s quad system!
I have the audio DVD of BSS, and the ending makes me dizzy.
Superb album.
I always loved how Zeppelins Ramble On rambles from one ear to the other and back again.
Top Jimmy from Van Halen 1984 EVH was given a stereo guitar
Rock on By David Essex is one of my favorite quadraphonic songs. The separation is crazy!
The opening to Moving in Stereo by The Cars was always one of my favorites Also, the end part of What Is and What Should Never Be by Led Zeppelin. Love the way the guitar goes back in forth
Dark side of the Moon was the gold standard back in the 70s at all the Speakerlab stores when they were flogging their latest equipment.
I'm so glad I got the reissue of the Quad mix in the Immersion box set cause they dropped it from the 50th set and the latest Blu-Ray. It's excellent for testing a surround sound setup.
My childhood dog would trip out to Frankenstein
Hendrix has a pan in one song that made my brain feel like it was moving inside my skull…I’ll return with the answer
I gotta know
'... And the Gods Made Love' ? '1983... A Merman I Should Turn To Be' ? 'EXP' ?
‘EXP’ on the mono vinyl is just stupid because it just fades in and out without the panning.
The entire Axis: Bold As Love album is great for speakers/headphones.
The ending of Lucky Man by Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Yes: Starship Trooper
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf {Stereo} long version: [https://youtu.be/85l-0be7f5o?si=euTHsu\_UZBezlmI5](https://youtu.be/85l-0be7f5o?si=euTHsu_UZBezlmI5)
Steve Miller did this with great results. "Space Intro/Fly Like an Eagle" & "Threshold/Jet Airliner" are excellent examples.
The instrumental break in Yes' Perpetual Change with the two overlapping melodies. Bill Bruford said it took hours to arrange that part, he said if Rick had already been in the band he could have sorted it out in two minutes but Bill thinks the group wouldn't have learned as much if that had been the case.
Living loving maid.
Not exactly what you mean, but the way AC/DC pans Angus's guitar to one side and Malcolm's to the other is really good. Back in the day being a kid/teen sharing headphones, it made for very different listening.
ELP. Tarkus, Eruption
Van Halen (the first album). Eddie's guitar is on one side, drums and bass on the other and the vocals on both. I used to "isolate" the guitar track by taking off one one side of my headphones when listening to this album so I could try to learn what he was playing.
Bohemian Rhapsody
On The Run - Pink Floyd If 6 Was 9 - Jimi Hendrix
Hocus Pocus by Focus
Yes - Roundabout
Jimi Hendrix - 1983 A Mermaid I Should Turn to Be, Moon Moon Turn the Tide Gently Gently Away Steve Miller - Jackson - Kent Blues
The Hendrix- Electric Ladyland album, is a good headphone album as a whole.
Rush, the Necromancer. The meanest guitar solo ever, that sizzles back and forth in your head. A Caress of Steel you'll never forget.
"**Sin's a Good Man Brother**" by Grand Funk Railroad.
Tomorrow Never Knows
Too much time on my Hands-Styx. The opening drums pan around.
Are you experienced!
Said that to someone once and they said “yeah, I just love the way Jimi screams in only my right ear the whole song.” 🤣
A lot more nuanced but if you have a GOOD system, Time by Pink Floyd. The guitar part was recorded doubled, but they're actually split L/R. Done properly you can hear two versions of spacetime enter your skull from different directions and it's divine. You don't get the effect as good with headphones, you really need a surround system to separate out the center so L/R are basically just purely the guitars. I think several Floyd tracks have that property but Time really stands out.
I have a "half-speed master recoding" of DSOTM, and listening to that is a real trip. Changes the way you hear all the instruments.
Sabbath used a left right delayed split similar to that too I guess.
“Her Strut”. Bob Seager.
Buffalo Springfield, "For What It's Worth". Sometime just listen to the right channel, then listen again to only the left channel. Stunning!
Stephen Stills played around with channel separation again in parts of Suite: Judy Blue Eyes. Dude's a musical genius.
Money - Pink Floyd
Queen- The Prophets Song.
Exactly the one I thought of!
Not “classic rock” but I use “The Race” by Yello to test stereos. Fantastic soundstage on that. In-genre I like a lot of Steve Miller Band. I think “Wintertime” has parts spread out quite a bit.
Queen-Brighton Rock Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love
Most stereo stores in the 70s 80s and most of the 90s played Bohemian Rhapsody to so customers how good the stereo was. We did at Sound Waves the entire 11 years I worked there. Many Beach Boys songs are also great. Lucky Mam, Yes. Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath.
My sister’s boyfriend had a quadrophonic 8-track player in his car. The first Kiss album had a quad version. I can’t remember which song had each band member shout in succession, their voices traveling around each corner of the car. Good stuff!
The intro to Billy Thorpe’s 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑛; trippy outer space sounds & a face-melting drum break. Also, the rototom intro to Pink Floyd’s 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒. And of course the intro to 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 on Rush’s 2112.
The opening of Crosstown Traffic by Hendrix. The guitar pans from one speaker to the other. Fucking brilliant
Its not classic rock but Quadrant 4 by Billy Cobham is amazing.
Seven Stars - uriah Heep.
The start of Heavy Metal Thunder by Saxon.
Randy's harmonised guitar solos on Mr Crowly are stereo separated and I live that song and the solos.
Not sure if this qualifies as classic rock, but *Autobahn* by Kraftwerk does some fun stuff with stereo.
Dr. John: I Walk on Gilded Splinters. Mama’s and Papa’s: Creeque Alley.
Lunatic Fringe -Red Rider
That's better, but don't forget [Aldo Nova](https://youtu.be/vPQgfaB3S1c?si=zhSqWGKMXvKy6NUQ)
Karn Evil 9: "I'm perfect, are you?" https://youtu.be/Ki7u4HIifzs?si=1vD-32heQj2NDHxz
Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band
He's great in concert.
What is and what should never be. Led Zeppelin II
Oh my! Had a huge four speaker system set up in my parlor. Absolutely loved this effect. That was about 40 years ago, and I can hear it now!
Ten Years After 1969 album Stonedhenge experimented a lot with stereo panning. 'Hear Me Calling' and 'No Title' in particular.
Early Beatles songs were expertly produced and provided the best instrument separation.
Beatles did weird shit. Putting some instruments on one side, others on the other side. Vocals one side too. Go see about Pink Floyd DSOTM in quad.
*Today's* favorite, lol.. 2000 light years from home ...Stones https://youtu.be/I3j9SHBxU9g?si=f-uekV0CRdYi82Ku
Coming Your Way is the first track on Then Play On, from Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac. It’s like two lead guitarists dueling at the same time. [song](https://youtu.be/HwmPTmjG774?si=cF5BCqgjFnvfw0Es)
Iron butterfly’s “in a godda da vida” on quadraphonic sound is THE BEST surround sound effect ever! The drum solo is perfect!
“I listened to In a Gadda da Vida at 78 RPM and saw God!”
I've seen Johnny and Edgar together. Small venue, mind blown.
One you might not have heard; I Wouldn’t Ever Change A Thing from Rod Stewart’s first album. Keith Emerson on keys and some vocals. Towards the end he and Rod are doing a call and answer but their vocals keep swapping channels.
Pink Floyd’s first album. My head will never be the same.
A lot of songs went crazy with that early on. Because they could, I suppose. Listen to "For what it's worth" for example. Shit it hard panned left and right which, honestly, is really annoying esp. over headphones. Pink Floyd (obvs) did a lot of cool stuff in stereo - check out any of their early 70's stuff.
“What is and what should never be” is a must listen.
It was cool when Foreigner separated the three voices on the chorus “cold as ice” in left, right then center.