Jamerson - NAKED

[troyus]

Found this clip on youtube awhile back now... love it..

My question is, anyone know where I can find these mixdowns where I can just listen to the bass and vocals alone? I love it.... really do...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCrO3iVWZE8



On a related note (kinda)... I remember recording at a studio where the sound engineer somehow got hold of a bunch of old Queen tracks and it was just Freddie Mercury's voice without any backing instruments... insane... he could have gone multi-platinum on that alone.

[Darkstrike]

Originally Posted by troyus

On a related note (kinda)... I remember recording at a studio where the sound engineer somehow got hold of a bunch of old Queen tracks and it was just Freddie Mercury's voice without any backing instruments... insane... he could have gone multi-platinum on that alone.

I heard the David Lee Roth one for Running With The Devil, yeah, not quiet as good as Freddie Mercury, I'd guess.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by troyus

My question is, anyone know where I can find these mixdowns where I can just listen to the bass and vocals alone? I love it.... really do...

Standing In The Shadows Of Motown Deluxe Edition has some 'naked tracks'-
http://www.amazon.com/Standing-Shado...8831882&sr=8-2

The deluxe edition of Paul Simon's Graceland has a bass/vocals version of "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes".
PDB. I've had that album for years so I picked that one track offa iTunes.

[Bass Boy]

Originally Posted by frankenp

I bought my 212 avatar from here: http://www.steamcomusic.com/avatar/index.html

It has black tolex and I got the padded cover for $40. I always use the cover when I move it or put it in the car. The pad protects everything except the bottom so I'm careful where I sit it... I wish avatar put rubber feet on the bottom of their cabs.

Well, ok then...

[frankenp]

sorry... my face is red... I had two windows open.... wrong thread.

[Bass Boy]

Originally Posted by troyus

Found this clip on youtube awhile back now... love it..

My question is, anyone know where I can find these mixdowns where I can just listen to the bass and vocals alone? I love it.... really do...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCrO3iVWZE8



On a related note (kinda)... I remember recording at a studio where the sound engineer somehow got hold of a bunch of old Queen tracks and it was just Freddie Mercury's voice without any backing instruments... insane... he could have gone multi-platinum on that alone.

try here:

www.ricksuchow.com

You'll need to follow the instructions to get a password. Lots of great solo Jamerson and some others as well.

[shakerattleroll]

In one of my record production classes in college, our professor, a former mastering engineer for a now defunct major LA label, had a hard drive with some Queen tracks on it. It was from a friend who had bought some used 24 track tape for a project, and to his surprise, the previous user had used the tape to transfer some Queen masters for a project.

So, he let our professor transfer the songs onto a hard drive, and we got to mix Queen songs in class. It was always more fun than mixing school done projects.

Needless to say, our professor closely guarded that hard drive.

"She keeps Moet et Chandon
in a pretty cabinet
'Let them eat cake' she says
Just like Marie Antoinette!"

[Lorenzini]

Here's Bernadette
Wow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLPVqlSw_l4

[Timbo]

Thank you so much for this you guys. I've been playing a lot of funk/R&b lately (R&b and funk bass bible shedding) and it all seems to complex with everything in there.. but when it's isolated I can really see it for what it is and it's giving me a much better idea of what was going through their heads.

[VroomVroom]

Thanks for these! I could listen to this all day.

[corinpills]

To me, besides the amazing musicianship, the striking thing is the tone and how far from it so many modern bass players sound. Everybody pays lip service to Jamerson, but then I hear all these super hi fi bass sounds with glistening highs and sub-sonic lows. This is a tone that drives a recording. Mix engineers today spend so much time subtracting frequencies on all the instruments to make them all fit. On these Motown recordings, the players took care of that while tracking. There was grit and drive in the sound.

[BillyRay]

His tone is just amazing: when I think of a p-bass strung with flats, this is what I picutre: not much sustain or low-end but so much mid punch and liveliness.

His playing is also out of this world. I don't think I have heard someone anchor a groove so intuitively without wasting any note.

[BillyRay]

To me, besides the amazing musicianship, the striking thing is the tone and how far from it so many modern bass players sound. Everybody pays lip service to Jamerson, but then I hear all these super hi fi bass sounds with glistening highs and sub-sonic lows. This is a tone that drives a recording. Mix engineers today spend so much time subtracting frequencies on all the instruments to make them all fit. On these Motown recordings, the players took care of that while tracking. There was grit and drive in the sound.

+1000. Don't get me wrong, I like the tone of active basses or roundwounds (even when I play them) but if all there was was this good ole thump, I wouldn't complain.

[Lo.]

That track is from the Deluxe Edition of the SITSOM Soundtrack

http://www.amazon.com/Standing-Shado...s_all_2#disc_2

the other tracks on it are not as stripped down as that one, but it's still a great buy.

If you search torrents for multitrack masters you might find a few awesome surprises (including Jamerson, Queen, Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley)