Favorite Jamerson Recording....

Mr.Phil · #1 06-16-2005, 08:46 PM

Oooops... I guess I posted this wrong last time. Anyway, what's your favorite Jamerson recording?

gfab333 · #2 06-18-2005, 04:57 AM

An early Michael Jackson tune called "Darling Dear", he's practically playing a bass solo through the entire song while still holding the groove down in his own Jamerson-esque way.

saintx · #3 06-18-2005, 06:38 AM

Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her"
Gladys Knight and the Pips' "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"

Great stuff.

Bassmanbob · #4 06-26-2005, 07:45 PM

It's nice to see this thread again. I don't know why it just wasn't moved here instead of having it shut down.

Personally, my favorites are What's Going On and For Once in My Life.

Mojo-Man · #5 06-29-2005, 06:11 AM

Stevie Wonder- You met your match-

pyrohr · #6 06-29-2005, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saintx

Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her"
Gladys Knight and the Pips' "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"

Great stuff.

Oooh love those!
Here's my short list.
What's going on
Signed sealed delivered
You met your match
Shoo be do ba day

ElMon · #7 06-29-2005, 01:12 PM

What's Goin On, Innervisions for the upright, and Bernadette.

leanne · #8 07-01-2005, 02:46 AM

Bernadette
I Was Made to Love Her
and a bunch more. picking a favorite is kinda pointless, there are so many. these came to mind first, though.

mike sancho · #9 07-01-2005, 07:42 AM

There are so many but here are 3 of my favorites
Bernadette
Home Cookin
What's Going On

sparktone · #10 07-01-2005, 11:17 AM

Ditto on the Gladys Knight version of Grapevine.

I think it was Bob Babbitt who played on Signed Sealed Delivered.

pyrohr · #11 07-01-2005, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sparktone

Ditto on the Gladys Knight version of Grapevine.

I think it was Bob Babbitt who played on Signed Sealed Delivered.

I believe you are correct Sir.

Justin V · #12 07-01-2005, 01:59 PM

I'd have to go with Bernadette and What's Goin' On. Those lines are awesome. Though I'm addmittedly behind on my Motown knowledge (been digging into the SITSoM book lately quite a bit).

pocket_groover · #13 07-01-2005, 02:53 PM

I Was Made to Love Her
Home Cookin'
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (both versions)

...one tune that's not mentioned too often is:

It's A Shame (Spinners, I think?)
This one really grooves!

ElMon · #14 07-01-2005, 05:44 PM

I hate to rain on the parade, but actually every one of these songs that we listed was actually played by Carol Kaye. She ended up using a flatpicked danalectro miked through an old victrola phonograph. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Oh, and Bootsy Collins was the ghost musician behind the early Beach Boy recordings

pocket_groover · #15 07-01-2005, 06:12 PM

[quote=ElMon]I hate to rain on the parade, but actually every one of these songs that we listed was actually played by Carol Kaye. \

I think this is highly debatable....check out this link:

http://www.bassland.net/jamerson.html

Old victrola phonograph?

Ok, you're joking about the whole thing, right?

pyrohr · #16 07-03-2005, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by pocket_groover

It's A Shame (Spinners, I think?)
This one really grooves!

I was going to say that one but didn't know for sure who played bass on that cut, I love the stares and smiles I get when I play that one on my bass!