I think it's pretty well known that Motown was a pioneer of recording in stages, both on 3-track [[often bouncing from stage to stage) and later on 8- and 16-track. Sometimes lyrics wouldn't even be written when the backing tracks were recorded [[Tears of a Clown being a good example). Even lead and backing vocals would usually not be recorded simultaneously.

But...did Motown *ever* record things "live" in the studio, other than very, very early on? Like Sorry Is A Sorry Word:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAhJMsi_a1U

That was just staged for TV cameras, right? Someone is insisting that while some things were recorded in stages, some were recorded live, and that this is the actual recording session for Sorry Is A Sorry Word. But I've never heard of such a thing being the case.