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    Hi Mike. "Peanut" was the bass player on most of the HDH sessions. I was the only Funk Brother. I think HDH couldn't get the Funks except for me. Harry Balk at Motown called me into his office one day and told me to stop doing sessions for HDH. I told him he had me mixed up with the other Funks who were under contract with Motown. He told me if I continued to work for HDH, Motown wouldn't call me. I told him I was a free agent and worked for anyone who paid me. Motown didn't call me for two weeks and then I was back doing sessions every day and no one said anything about me working for HDH again. HDH had the money to record records they wanted to record. They had Capital and Buddah Records paying for it. The musicians were not Motown guys and the studio was not Motown. HDH were also still growing as producers and writers. This might have made the difference between the sound of HDH and Motown.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dennis_coffey View Post
    The musicians were not Motown guys and the studio was not Motown. HDH were also still growing as producers and writers. This might have made the difference between the sound of HDH and Motown.
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    Yes. The Musicians being mostly non-Motown musicians was a small factor in the sound being different. But H-D-H still evolving their sound at that time, AND, most importantly, HDH using a different studio from Motown A or B, and the different equipment and sound engineering methods used were the biggest factors.

    Back when Ed Wingate was using MOSTLY current moonlighting Motown musicians, together with a few ex-Motown musicians, the sound of Golden World/Ric Tic recordings was still very noticeably different from the sound of Motown recordings. Even Motown recordings made at Golden World Studio before the transfer to Motown, sounded different from Golden World and Ric Tic recordings just before the sale to Motown. Motown used different equalizers and other equipment in different ways from those of The Golden World engineers [[and the same held true for HDH's engineers).
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    Mike Theodore and I found and produced Jim Gold and The Gallery. http://denniscoffeysite.com/jim-gold-and-the-gallery/

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    Mike Theodore and I produced this album and Tom Moulton did the mix on CJ & Company. http://denniscoffeysite.com/c-j-company/

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    Mike Theodore and I discovered Rodriguez and recorded his first album. His story is told in the movie "Searching for Sugar Man". http://denniscoffeysite.com/rodriguez-2/

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    This is a Cambodian group I co-produced at Rust Belt Studios. http://denniscoffeysite.com/the-camb...space-project/

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    My first Gibson guitar was a Brydland. http://denniscoffeysite.com/my-first...ar-a-byrdland/

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    My Gibson 355 is one of my favorite guitars. http://denniscoffeysite.com/%EF%BB%B...on-355-guitar/

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    Dennis,
    My brother, Russ, played a 335. One he glommed onto that guitar he never looked again for a replacement. Today it hangs on his wall. Probably still has the strings he had on it when we were all playing Somers Point, New Jersey.
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    I still use my Gibson Firebird guitar http://denniscoffeysite.com/me-and-m...rebird-guitar/

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    My Gibson L4 is great for a warm jazz sound. http://denniscoffeysite.com/me-and-my-gibson-l4-guitar/

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