So today it happened

[wcb123]

Aaaaaargh

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[kraku]

Why not? That's old school

[TheBrightSide]

I'm surprised people don't do this more. It can sound great!

[deggs37]

was this fellow named Ringo Starr by chance?

[Kronos147]

Terry Haggerty | First Take | CD Baby Music Store

"Baby I Love You" - drums on the right

[GearAndGuitars]

I think daniel lanois has done this on occasion, maybe on the Shine album.

[x_25]

The last project I did (a folk punk EP) we tracked the drums mono and put them center. Then again, the mix was loosely based on Smash by The Offspring (yes, the drums on that are mono!).

[Peteboypete]

At least one song on the latest Dirty Projectors album has drums panned hard to one side.

[captainate]

The mixes on many of the Dirty Projectors' releases are suited to unusual mixing practices because the songwriting and performances are so unusual. Those seem to go hand in hand more often than not.

[littlesicily]

Originally Posted by TheBrightSide

I'm surprised people don't do this more. It can sound great!

I agree. I wish I could convince a client to let me do this on an appropriate production.

[TheBrightSide]

A few months ago I started a thread asking if hard panning would make a comeback.
It got a few replies, most saying that it still occurs quite a bit.
I don't hear it enough though.

The best recent example is "Trouble comes running" by Spoon.
Everything except the lead vocal is hard panned.
If you solo the left or right speaker, you hear 2 totally different mixes.
It's like a Beatles mix.

[JimmyTurbo]

I mixed a song recently where all the drums, bass and piano were panned left. Guitars, backing vocals and all panned right (except for the reverb on the choir vocals, panned that one left). Lead vocal dead center.
Sound AWESOME!