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In my opinion, "More Hits" captured ideally what the Supremes were about at that time: three beautiful girls beginning to delve into the world with a major force. I agree with you, Waiting, that the structure of these songs were the beginnings of HDH become more complex in the way that they put the chords together to make a complex sound so ear friendly. Each song had a very catchy phrase in it. With all that said, there's a certain innocence and simplicity to the way the words, vocals, and backing instrumentals merge. Being that today [[January 29) is James Jamerson's birthday, I was reflecting on when his creative bass lines begin to be evident in the Motown recordings. In my opinion, if he is indeed doing bass on these sessions, it is more subdued [[not drawing one's attention to the bass line) rather than very predominant. Before some of y'all start screaming "foul", I am not throwing shade at him and his talent, but to demonstrate, in my opinion, that at this particular time, he was not playing lines that would make one say, "listen to that bass." Later on, his bass lines on many of the Motown recordings became just as memorable as the vocals.
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