CDs with bass panned right or left?

PhiDeck · #1 07-02-2011, 01:31 AM

Would like to compile a list of CDs with interesting bass lines where the bass is panned hard left or right, and can therefore be somewhat isolated by using the stereo balance control.

I'm currently enjoying The Who Live at Leeds, panned left. Pete is almost completely gone and Roger drops 3+ dB, making The Ox's bass lines much easier to hear. Thanks to whoever recently posted that tip.

Any others?

cataract · #2 07-02-2011, 01:39 AM

Stone Temple Pilots - Lady Picture Show
(at least for most of it)

Epitaph04 · #3 07-02-2011, 02:01 AM

The track Amnesia by Blotted Science has the bass guitar panned all the way to the right after the initial solo by Alex Webster.

PhiDeck · #4 07-02-2011, 05:36 PM

Thanks to the two responders, so far. Otherwise, it's been underwhelming. Perhaps due to the time of my post.

If the topic has already been beaten to death in prior thread(s) - which I didn't find with either search engine - I'd appreciate link(s) thereto.

genericusername · #5 07-02-2011, 05:37 PM

I think Paranoid (the song), by Black Sabbath, has the bass mainly playing through the left speaker. Not sure about the rest of the album though.

StereoPlayer · #6 07-02-2011, 05:40 PM

I noticed a lot of the 60's era music is panned. Beatles, Stones, etc.

MrDOS · #7 07-02-2011, 05:41 PM

OMG -- so many early Beatles tunes.
But how about this: do a search on youtube for the phrase "isolated bass"

StereoPlayer · #8 07-02-2011, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MrDOS

OMG -- so many early Beatles tunes.
But how about this: do a search on youtube for the phrase "isolated bass"

I not saying the Beatles is all bass on one side. I did notice that panning is more extreme on some of the early stuff.

OldDog52 · #9 07-02-2011, 06:37 PM

Beatles were still doing that up to at least the White Album. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, bass is panned hard-right.

YouTube - ‪The Beatles-While My Guitar Gently Weeps‬&rlm;

phall2112 · #10 07-02-2011, 06:42 PM

I think Rush's different stages live disc is panned that way.

miner · #11 07-02-2011, 06:47 PM

Fair warning by van halen has the guitar and bass hard panned ro oppisite sides.

jetbike · #12 07-02-2011, 06:49 PM

Much of the Ramones early stuff Johnny is coming through on the right and Dee Dee on the left.

OldDog52 · #13 07-02-2011, 07:00 PM

I had to dig this up, sorry, Beatles WMGGW, One of the best isolated bass examples on YT...

YouTube - ‪While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Bass Only)‬&rlm;

Sabu · #14 07-02-2011, 07:12 PM

If I recall correctly, at least some of Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger has hard-panned bass.

lucas vigor · #15 07-03-2011, 10:24 AM

I have to ask, WHY do you want this? Are you having a problem hearing the bass lines in order to practice? If so, just buy a tascam CD trainer and use the bass boost EQ function on it.

Too bad you probably are not into jazz. Some piano trios like the Bill Evans trio with Scott La Faro have him far on one side, and the piano on the other.

tedesco23 · #16 07-03-2011, 02:42 PM

I'm pretty sure Pat Metheny's Bright Size Life is recorded this way, with JAco's bass way off to one side.

Stumbo · #17 07-03-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by lucas vigor

Are you having a problem hearing the bass lines in order to practice? If so, just buy a tascam CD trainer...

Or any "slow downer" software will do the trick:
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BestPractice-PC based, free, easy to use, slow downer/pitch shifter/looper/vocal remover/bass isolator/ backing track maker

PhiDeck · #18 07-03-2011, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by lucas vigor

I have to ask, WHY do you want this? Are you having a problem hearing the bass lines in order to practice? If so, just buy a tascam CD trainer and use the bass boost EQ function on it.

I find EQ works only sometimes. If there is a keyboard player with a heavy left hand (e.g. Oscar Peterson), or there are other low instruments panned the same as the bass, isolating the latter is not always straightforward. Moreover, the convenience of inserting a CD in my car's player and panning full left or right, as appropriate, is hard to beat.

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Too bad you probably are not into jazz.

A rash assumption. Check my profile: "Favorite Genres: Jazz, Blues, Brazilian"

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Some piano trios like the Bill Evans trio with Scott La Faro have him far on one side, and the piano on the other.

Thanks. A particularly pertinent reference, as I own the Bill Evans Complete Riverside Recordings Box Set.

In the vast majority of my vinyl collection (~1200), which is in storage, the bass and kick are panned dead center, as was the norm in order to keep the L-R signal from causing the stylus to jump out of the groove. It is virtually impossible to know, without listening, which CD releases were remixed such that the bass is panned right or left, presumably dependent on where the bassist stood relative to the drummer.

Stumbo · #19 07-03-2011, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by PhiDeck

Moreover, the convenience of inserting a CD in my car's player and panning full left or right, as appropriate, is hard to beat.
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The programs I've used to slow down/isolate the bass have a feature to save the "isolated" sound track to a separate file and is able to be copied to your own custom CD.

Also, programs like best practice have features that are more like adjustable low pass/high pass filters where the use set the frequency. Seems to work well.

Kyo6JM · #20 07-04-2011, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by phall2112

I think Rush's different stages live disc is panned that way.

Yep, first thing that came to my mind!