Here's a GREAT example of how great the Funk Brothers were as musicians right here........
Here's a GREAT example of how great the Funk Brothers were as musicians right here........
Great clip. Thanks for sharing. I could listen to ANY version of this song all day long!
Thanks for sharing Marv2. Another great example of The Funk Brothers stellar work as musicians [[and The Andantes as background singers).
Hey thanks Marv. These guys were an integral component in creating the Detroit sound - one of the great wonders of the world. This song has such a great soulful feeling. Wanda gets so into the lyrics on the studio version. I hope she realizes how much we the fans appreciate her talent.
Nice to hear just how tight the band is which you can really hear without the lead vocal. What talented guys.
Here's a question. Choker Campbell was Motown's touring band, wasn't it? They had the album 'Hits of the 60s' I think it was. Were these original recordings of past Motown hits?
Then as to Earl Van Dyke, were his recordings the actual backing tracks of some of the Motown hits?
Marv or anyone, do you know?
I bought a number of Original Artist Karaoke CDs a few years ago, there were 17 in the set each containing 16 tracks, 8 with and 8 without lead vocals. The original backing tracks were used for the recordings and they are just superb. I listen to the songs without vocals a lot and marvel at how incredible the backing musicians were, particularly those that feature The Funk Brothers. Worth seeking out but they are a bit pricey if you can find them.
Wonderful thank you marv, a new bass line too!
Just a little thing, but the vibraphone just going, going, going, ding, ding, ding- I LOVE how that thing sounds on this, especially when you hear it with the Earl's bluesy, middle-of-the-night organ swirls.
So is the drummer here Benny Benjamin?
Yes. Its the instrumental track to the original song, so Benjamin was the drummer. Just to make this doubly sad [[Marv2 who originally posted this died last year), I'll link to John Perrone's [[Mosogotam) Extended Mix, which is excellent.
John died last year from COVID early in the wave that devastated the northeast US. We've lost John, Marv, Mary and several others in the last year. So much loss.
It's also interesting in how the engineers and the folk responsible for mastering the Marvelettes output were able to produce another facet of the Motown Sound. To my ears, there was usually something distinctive about the sound of each of the Motown subsidiaries and this distinction was more than just the particular song or artist...it was the selection of the instruments and the way they were mixed and mastered with the vocals.
OMG, Kenny! I didn't know that John [[Mosogotam) had passed! When on earth did that happen? Had he been sick?
"Don't Mess With Bill". The outfits kinda remind me of something The Ronettes wore.
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