Favorite "They Played on THAT Tune?"

[UpperBout]

Here's an obscure one. Bob Babbitt on Jimi Hendrix's "Midnight Lightning". This posthumously-produced album remains controversial because Alan Douglas wiped the original session musicians. See here and Link Removed

However, it was one of my first Hendrix albums (of many official releases and bootlegs), and retains a definite special status for me due to that place in time. Still gives me chills to recall listening to "Trashman" in my Radio Shack headphones back in the day (or night as was usually the case).

There's a bunch of other session guys on the credits too, but Babbit's bass playing was one of the first things I noticed (hey - that can't be Noel . . .)

 

[rakirksey]

Flea played Horn along with Chris Dowd and Angelo Moore on Idiot's Rule off of Nothing Shocking by Jane's Addiction

 

[Phe]

I was surprised to hear Babbitt played on Del Shannon's records. Now I know I shouldn't be, after all he is the one dude who could sub Jamerson, but still.

And it's always nice to see George Clinton's name in the end of a crappy movie. Like American Ninja II. Although after checking that fact out it turns out there could be TWO George Clintons. One with S. in the middle who wasn't in Parliament/Funkadelics. Damn it. I'm just gonna leave that mistake there for you to ponder. (where is the *head desk* icon?)

 

[synaesthesia]

Jimmy Page played electric guitar on Tom Jones hit "It's not unusual"

 

[prattguy]

What about Jeff Porcaro (God Bless his Soul) playing on David Glimour´s Murder?

Pino Palladino´s bass line on the title track still makes me weep...

 

[unbasslichkeit]

Looking at Carl Radle's web site I noticed a picture of him as bassist for Gary Lewis and the Playboys.

 

[unbasslichkeit]

Wrong. Jack played the bass and Felix played piano and mellotron. Felix did play bass on "Goodbye Cream" 'though, on Baker's "What A Bringdown" where Jack played piano and organ.

There are couple of albums with the Canadian folk duo Ian and Sylvia which feature Felix on bass.

 

[Hoover]

My favorite "They played on THAT tune?!?!?" example is something I only recently discovered (which is odd because I've been listening to the album since it came out 35 years ago)

All the background vocals on Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention's Overnite Sensation album were sung by Tina Turner & The Ikettes. Apparently Ike disaproved of their participation & so forbade them from having their names listed.

 

[blizzard]

Sting singing "I want my MTV" on Dire Straits - Money For Nothing.
John Fruscinate on several The Mars Volta albums.

 

[Altitude]

Sting singing "I want my MTV" on Dire Straits - Money For Nothing.

I understand that was the session where he and Omar Hakim met, and they have been working together consistently since.

 

[Funkbass796]

Sonata Arctica: Ecliptica is by far their best album, although silence is a close second

Thursday: They went downhill after Full collapse

Ensiferum: Folk metal perfection with their first album

 

[JTE]

Boy, some of you are easily surprised...


Of course Klaus Voorman played on "You're So Vain", he was an in-demand session bassist! Same with Leland Sklar on just about anything- he's recorded with Reba McEntire, Billy Cobham, most of the LA singer/songwriter clan (Jackson Browne, Crosby, Nash, et. al.), Linda Rondstadt, Phil Collins, Barefoot Servants, etc.

And Toto became a band after being session guys too, so they're all over a lot of stuff, and none of it would surprise me. Carl Radle's introduction to the music biz was with Gary Lewis & The Playboys- ya gotta start somewhere to get out of Tulsa! Or Jeff Berlin playing in the pit for traveling musicals (I think he did "The Me Nobody Knows"). He talks about being asked to eliminate some syncopation as the dancers were having trouble.

Why's it surprising that McCartney played bass on some Elvis Costello stuff? They respect each other as songwriters, and Elvis produced some stuff for Paul. Of course he'd play. And if the producer is a bassist, as Felix Papillardi was, there's no surprise that they'd probably play bass on some track.

So, what surprises me? I was surprised that Zappa had Jack Bruce on anything, as Zappa's conception of music performance and Jack's are pretty far apart. And Jaco on Ian Hunter's "All American Alien Boy" is kind of out there too.

jte

 

[Calebmundy]

Sonata Arctica: Ecliptica is by far their best album, although silence is a close second

Thursday: They went downhill after Full collapse

Ensiferum: Folk metal perfection with their first album

Excuse me for the ignorance, but I've never heard of any of these groups. Is there an implied connection that someone unusual that played on their records, or that they were the guests on these records?

Also, it's probably common knowledge, but Paula Cole was the featured vocalist on Peter Gabriel's Secret World tour before her solo stuff took off, which I assume is where she met up with Tony Levin.

 

[Altitude]

Also, it's probably common knowledge, but Paula Cole was the featured vocalist on Peter Gabriel's Secret World tour before her solo stuff took off, which I assume is where she met up with Tony Levin.

I didn't know that, but it makes sense.

 

[Deacon_Blues]

Sonata Arctica: Ecliptica is by far their best album, although silence is a close second

Thursday: They went downhill after Full collapse

Ensiferum: Folk metal perfection with their first album

Did this post get into the wrong thread? I can't see how it fits in this one, but well in this:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=445192

 

[Tom O'Malley]

Steve Bailey on GNR Appetite for destruction

***?

 

[MurvintheWalrus]

A discovery i am ashamed of but nonetheless cool. I was reading liners of Kind of Blue. THE Bill Evans played keys. I was surprised

 

[Hoover]

A discovery i am ashamed of but nonetheless cool. I was reading liners of Kind of Blue. THE Bill Evans played keys. I was surprised

Surprised? Why? Evans was a member of Miles' quintet prior to that recording, and had only departed recently.

 

[NS2A]

Jimmy Haslip played in a hair metal band with Michael Bolton and Bruce Kulick called Blackjack.

Jimmy played (uncredited) on Kiss' Creatures of the Night album. Not sure which tracks though. There were a lot of session players on that album, some of the stuff never ended up on the album.

Jean Beauvior played on Kiss' Uh! All Night.

 

[Rickengeezer]

Rick Wakeman on keys for Black Sabbath on "Spiral Architect"

He also did the keys on David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and Cat Steven's "Morning Has Broken"...I understand he always felt he should have recieved writing credit for the latter as it is so driven by the piano melody.