It can sound fantastic.
An example is the 60's album Lilacs out of the Dead Land - Manos Hatzidakis.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HhYvT4vWf_w
Could it be the fact that many microphones were used helped recreate the recording space in a hologram way. If one instrument was picked up by its microphone and "accidentally" by the other microphons there is phase information being recorded.
Possibly Neumann U47 microphones were used for each instrument. At directional setting or omnidirectional?
It was recorded by engineer Nikos Kanelopoulos.
The recording studio was number 3 Athens Coloumbia EMI. The fist one built by EMI in Athens. The next ones built were called one and two.
Each microphone output (the VF14 electron tube output inside the Neumanns) was apparently amplified by EMI RS61 small signal amplifiers.
Many signals were combined to one at a mono console. Faders and hybrid transformers?
All musicians were playing live of course.
Reference:
Discussion with next generation engineer Stelios Giannakopoulos
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