Wav import - wavs displayed on stereo file appear identical.

I import a wav file, stereo, with 2 instruments on it. One instrument is on the LEFT channel, the other is on the Right channel. Once GarageBand displays it, the wavs look identical. They sound different, as I can pan left and right and hear different instruments, but the wav graph is identical for each channel.
What's up with this...?

OK I got around to trying different formats, to see if that is the problem.
I've converted them from CD (created with a CD burner as CD Audio Files),to all 5 formats that ITUNES converts to, making sure I choose stereo. (wav,mp3,lossless,aac,aiff).
I've imported each into GB, and the same problem exists no matter the format.
The wav form displayed for each channel is identical. Panning left or right isolates the instruments, verifying they should display differently.
Difficult to trust anything GB displays I would think, until we know what it's doing and why.

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