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[quote name='gary mac' post='172118' date='Apr 8 2008, 11:33 AM']There's some great 80's basslines on the Frankie Goes To Hollywood stuff too...

Wasn't that the Blockheads rhythm unit[/quote]

Trevor Horn used a Fairlight to sample Norman Watt-Roy and the Blockheads drummer jamming, and programmed the sampled notes/hits to make up the backing tracks.

on early FGTH live recordings you can hear Mark O'Toole actually playing those basslines for real, plus other riffs that Horn later used as keyboard parts eg. the intro to Two tribes.
Horn preferred to keep the band out of the studio, but gave them the writing credit.

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Songs:
Crossroads by Cream - Jack Bruce at his finest, and all the more impressive for being live
Open Your Eyes - Flora Purim (Alphonso Johnson) (Also known as Bug Powder Dust by BombtheBass)
Take Yo Praise - Camille Yarbrough

Albums:
Blood Sugar - RHCP
Duran Duran - Greatest Hits
Rage Against The Machine - RATM
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Pretty much all of Abbey Road
Edward the Great - Iron Maiden (its got to be the greatest hits, there's too many other albums)
Most Hendrix (in the pocket, every song)
Kill em All - Metallica (280bpm triplets anyone??!!)

Ummm... Jaco??

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[quote name='coasterbass' post='172159' date='Apr 8 2008, 12:29 PM']Open Your Eyes - Flora Purim (Alphonso Johnson) (Also known as Bug Powder Dust by BombtheBass)[/quote]

when I play that riff people think it's Muse's hysteria!

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The article Bass Player did just over a decade ago still stacks up as a great list:

[url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/essential-bass-recordings/jun-97/4570"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/essentia...ngs/jun-97/4570[/url]

DUKE ELLINGTON
Solos, Duets and Trios [RCA/Bluebird]
Bassist: Jimmy Blanton

PATSY CLINE
12 Greatest Hits [MCA]
Bassists: Harold Bradley, Bob Moore

OSCAR PETERSON TRIO
Night Train [Verve]
Bassist: Ray Brown

CREAM
Wheels of Fire [Polydor]
Bassist: Jack Bruce

CACHAO Y SU RITMO CALIENTE
Cuban Jam Session,Vol. II [Panart] (Available from Descarga Latin Music, 800-377-2647)
Bassist: Israel "Cachao" López

MILES DAVIS
Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet [Prestige]
Bassist: Paul Chambers

STANLEY CLARKE
Stanley Clarke [Epic]
Bassist: Stanley Clarke

PRIMUS
Sailing the Seas of Cheese [Interscope]
Bassist: Les Claypool

STAX/VOLT
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles, 1959-1968 [Atlantic]
Bassists: Donald "Duck" Dunn and others

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Blood Sugar Sex Magik [Warner Bros.]
Bassist: Flea

GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION
The Best of Larry Graham and Graham Central Station, Vol.1 [Warner Bros.]
Bassist: Larry Graham

CHARLIE HADEN & PAT METHENY
Beyond the Missouri Sky (short stories) [Verve]
Bassist: Charlie Haden

CHAKA KHAN
What Cha' Gonna Do for Me [Warner Bros.]
Bassist: Anthony Jackson

MOTOWN
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection, 1959-1971 [Motown]
Bassists: James Jamerson and others

B.B. KING
Completely Well [MCA]
Bassist: Jerry Jemmott

LED ZEPPELIN
Led Zeppelin II [Atlantic]
Bassist: John Paul Jones

PAUL SIMON
Graceland [Warner Bros.]
Bassists: Bakithi Kumalo, Lloyd Lelose, Alonzo Johnson, Conrad Lozano

BILL EVANS TRIO
Sunday at the Village Vanguard [Riverside]
Bassist: Scott LaFaro

MICHAEL MANRING
Drastic Measures [Windham Hill]
Bassist: Michael Manring

THE BEATLES
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [EMI]
Bassist: Paul McCartney


EDGAR MEYER, YO-YO MA & MARK O'CONNOR
Appalachia Waltz [Sony Classical]
Bassist:Edgar Meyer

MARCUS MILLER
The Sun Don't Lie [PRA]
Bassist: Marcus Miller

CHARLES MINGUS
Mingus Ah Um [Columbia]
Bassist: Charles Mingus

WEATHER REPORT
Heavy Weather [Columbia]
Bassist: Jaco Pastorius

THE METERS
Funkify Your Life [Rhino]
Bassist: George Porter Jr.

TOWER OF POWER
Tower Of Power [Warner Bros.]
Bassist: Francis "Rocco" Prestia III

STEELY DAN
Aja [MCA]
Bassists: Chuck Rainey, Walter Becker

YES
Fragile [Atlantic]
Bassist: Chris Squire

VICTOR WOOTEN
A Show of Hands [Compass]
Bassist: Victor Wooten

I have most of these albums and they're right on the money!

Alex

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[quote name='PaulMartin' post='172191' date='Apr 8 2008, 01:08 PM']+1 for anything by Deep Purple but particularly Made In Europe, a live album with Glenn Hughes playing funky heavy rock with a Rickenbacker. Not just great playing but great tone too.[/quote]
+2. And he nails backing vox at the same time.

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Marvin Gaye - Got to give it up (part one)

Just heard this on the radio and no matter how often I hear it, it just always leaves me going.............................yeah!



Also,

Jackson 5 - I Want You Back is always a classic, has some great outro frills (I can hear it in my flat mate's room, and it makes me wana funk like no-one is watching).

Best stop now really

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[quote name='Bullet-Rule' post='172585' date='Apr 8 2008, 08:55 PM']As for albums:

'Snow' by Spock's Beard[/quote]

Hell yeah and especially 'V' by Spock's Beard! Dave Meros is an awesome bass player with a super sexy bass tone. He's also a really nice approachable guy too.

I will of course have to give props to my band mates and suggest listening to Sikth and James Leach's awesome bass playing. Tone, punch and some wicked bass lines!

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[quote name='DamonUK' post='172470' date='Apr 8 2008, 06:00 PM']Level 42's "The Pursuit of Accidents" album. Tour de four of bass playing.[/quote]

I was going to say 'Standing In The Light' also by L42

Tin Drum by Japan to here Mick Karn's fretless.

Also the early Stranglers stuff and Compact Snap by The Jam for Mr Foxton

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Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue"

lots of reasons to own this album, the bass playing is just one of them.

Grace Jones - "Slave to the Rhythm"
I like the production and the "modern" bass tone.

Donny Hathaway - "Live"
soul goodness.

James Brown "Star Time" box set
funk bass primer, it's all good.

Prince "Sign of the Times"

probably the greatest album ever. probably. cop Ballad of Dorothy Parker, Larry Graham influence with cool chords.

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[quote name='chardbass' post='171727' date='Apr 7 2008, 08:21 PM']Jim Jam- Jim Mullen (Pino on P bass- v tasty)[/quote]

Shameless boast, I did a session with Jim (and I've gigged with him) a few months ago. The guy is a legend

PS nice list above foal30

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