Listening to the MP3s now...Nice sounding.  Can you describe the mikes/positioning you used for these?
And also what (if anything is going in direct?
 
Thanks for sharing!  I get tired of the original artists version and like to hear other peoples take on them.

Sometimes it sounds OK, just not the way we "think" it should sound so we grapple with "fixing it' only to go back to the original. I really don't hear anything overly bad on them. Maybe a little more reverb depth on the vocals but they sound as good or better than some commercially made "live" recordings I've heard.

patm300e,

There were eight Mics on the drumz.
Two on the guitar... sm57 and mxl ribbon.

1 on the bass.
Three vocal Mics.

Everything is always direct for me. I have only once made a multitrack where I took sends from a board. I have made lots of nice stereo recordings this way.

There were eight Mics on the drumz.
1 on the bass.
Three vocal Mics.
 
Can you elaborate on the type of mikes these were?
SM-57 works well on guitar, I haven't used a ribbon yet.  I do use an old OKTAVA MK-219.  These were the ones Guitar Center had for $69.00 a long time ago.  They work OK, but not great as a guitar mike.  I put these back a little engage the -10 DB pad and the low frequency roll off.
 

The drum mics were from a Shure Drum Mic kit.
 
This one...
https://reverb.com/item/2268250-shure-pgdmk6-drum-microphone-kit?_aid=pla&pla=1&gclid=CjwKEAjw1Iq6BRDY_tK-9OjdmBESJABlzoY7pHbWGdQsk1pPP4Ngzsb-5Tg2JqaK-C8X6o5wUQG27xoCCv7w_wcB
 
2 KM184s as overheads.
 
I used a spare kick drum mic on the bass.
 
This is the Ribbon
http://www.mxlmics.com/microphones/studio/R77/
 
We double mic'd the vocals... Shure probably SM87 ?
 
Idk, lots of mics.

Thanks, gswitz.  Very nice sounding recording!