Until the dust settles, a bit, ... I'll reply in this thread,

Ummm, in old recordings, of the 1930's or so, there was only one microphone. And the drumkit was, is, a creator of some solid transient sounds. So, to prevent overloading of the poor ol' mic they set the drummer waaay back in the proceedings - which you can easily hear in replay of a decent standard of these sort of tracks. More recent stuff? All bets are off, of course ...

Note, I've just posted an 'accidental' clip of just this sort of music playing, in my Edifiers thread.