Yesterday I happened to be in the city center and bought both the DVD and the CD. First I watched the documentary (pretty nice and interesting moments) and then I listened to the CD. Will watch the DVD some time later.
I've only listened once but pretty sure Adrian's El Dorado solo happens on the right side of stage..
Indeed but not only the solo. All the stuff he plays. So it's not that Shirley switched the amigos within the same song. They stay where they are.
It's like this (on the CD at least):
Left channel: Dave
Middle channel: Adrian
Right channel: Janick
except for these three songs:
El Dorado, When the Wild Wind Blows & Hallowed Be Thy Name
Left channel: Dave
Middle channel: Janick
Right channel: Adrian
Actually I had a great deal of fun listening to this stuff on my headphones.
Everytime when a song started, I tried to guess a.s.a.p. which guitarist is where.
Besides that, I hear lots of things Adrian is doing, and I missed that seeing them live. He does some unexpected short licks in various songs and it certainly makes the whole better.
I like the ending of Hallowed, all guitars make noise but in a different and cool manner.
Bruce sounds quite rough at times. Some people will not like what I say now but during a few songs it isn't much different from his early nineties era. So if people are over the moon by all his vocals on
En Vivo, I'd say, why not give these older albums (both studio and live albums) another spin, because "all of a sudden" you might appreciate his voice. If not, then I expect more criticism, instead of walhalla comments only.
The guitars sound a little soft in the mix, especially the rhythm parts (or are they more compressed than usual?) Perhaps it was a choice to get the audience more in the foreground, or the drums. Haven't listened often enough to judge that well.