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08-24-2006, 07:20 PM
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One interesting thing about Inner City Blues. I spoke to Babbit about it and asked him if the tune was recorded in two passes and he admitted that it was. He recorded one phrase let the next one go by and recorded it on the second pass. If this is true it is pretty logical that he overdubbed the part. I heard Jamerson do ICB on a live album with Marvin and he did it perfectly. I would surmise that for some reason Marvin replaced Jamerson on the (original) recording with Babbit. Just a hunch but it is an educated one... |
08-24-2006, 07:25 PM
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08-24-2006, 07:52 PM
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Btw, what's it gonna take to get you guys to listen to "My Mistake" by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye?
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08-24-2006, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Woodchuck Btw, what's it gonna take to get you guys to listen to "My Mistake" by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye? | +1
i own that record. GREAT bassline. Are you sure it's jamerson though? |
08-24-2006, 11:27 PM
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"Darling Dear" Jackson 5
both are excelent. also anything on the whats goin on album...through track 5. track 6 and on are babbit..which are also sweet!!
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08-24-2006, 11:36 PM
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Those are some funky chops.
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08-24-2006, 11:43 PM
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08-25-2006, 02:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: British Midlands | | | Hi guys, I'm a drumming bass player from England, but a huge Jamerson fan.
Re: the Carol Kaye thing. I've spent years listening to Motown tracks, the popular ones, the rare ones, and you really get an idea of how Jamerson played. Yes, he changed and improved his style, but it's like a voice. If Carol Kaye played on Bernadette, it's certainly not the Four Tops version.
For the record, What's Going On credits Jamerson for the first five tracks, Babbit for the remaining four, including Inner City Blues and Mercy Mercy Me.
If you haven't already, get a copy of Standing In The Shadows Of Motown on DVD. You'll see exactly what the other musicians thought about this god of the four string :-)
And for a killer Jamerson bassline? The CD of Standing In The Shadows has just him on bass and the Temptations on You're My Everything. It is just out of this world. Why we need guitar, drums or any instrument I'll never know after hearing that. |
08-25-2006, 11:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Lost Angeles | | | If you really want to see what is being said about this controversy go to Google and type in "Kaye Jamerson" (without the quotation marks) and you will see some pretty diverse conversation coming from many sources. I did the search this afternoon as was reallly surprised and the responses. I can say after going trhrough many pages that Jamerson's legacy is pretty safe.
If you type the name as referenced here you will see only (for the most part) conversations regarding the motown recordings.
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08-25-2006, 11:28 PM
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The Temptations - My Girl
Those have to be my favorites. But im a simple guy. <3 Jamerson! Absolutely the most influential bass player IMHO.
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08-26-2006, 04:11 AM
| | | | i cant find any bass tabs from him.
All i find is "whats going on" at some weird download page in notes.
And "i heard it through...." at fenders bass player club.
No tab page has any of the songs he played on.
Where do u get yours?
Tab books? |
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09-08-2010, 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by DEFUNKTED ...
The following might be the complete discography of James Jamerson:
... |  How strange, my favourite song isn't on that list (hope it was JJ, after all?  ). The Four Tops - "I'm in a Different World" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZdZDeUyDgE  Love it!
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09-08-2010, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Nojja i cant find any bass tabs from him.
All i find is "whats going on" at some weird download page in notes.
And "i heard it through...." at fenders bass player club.
No tab page has any of the songs he played on.
Where do u get yours?
Tab books? | Don't think there's any TAB in this one, but this is where I learned some of his lines ...
Link ...
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