EssentialTension Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 The Temptations and the Funk Brothers live rehearsal in the Snakepit 1967 See Jamerson at 1:40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeBrownBass Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='687762' date='Dec 17 2009, 09:20 PM']The Temptations and the Funk Brothers live rehearsal in the Snakepit 1967 See Jamerson at 1:40 [/quote] erm, and? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 [quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='687770' date='Dec 17 2009, 09:28 PM']erm, and?[/quote] There ain't a lot of Jamerson footage out there, innit? Some people might be interested to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 This is an amazing piece of footage. Real playing and singing...no autotune in sight! Simon Cowell should have his face rubbed in this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 [quote name='Pete Academy' post='687776' date='Dec 17 2009, 09:36 PM']Simon Cowell should have his face rubbed in this![/quote] When you say "this"... is that an anagram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 [quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='687770' date='Dec 17 2009, 09:28 PM']erm, and?[/quote] ... and nothing at all if it's of no interest to you. I'm confident some people will be interested to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Great footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='687781' date='Dec 17 2009, 09:41 PM']I'm confident some people will be interested to see it.[/quote] yep, I was. Thanks for posting the vid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Surely that must have been a publicity shoot? Would they really have used Studio A and the Funk Brothers for a rehearsal? Interesting clip though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 [quote name='chris_b' post='688002' date='Dec 18 2009, 08:31 AM']Surely that must have been a publicity shoot? Would they really have used Studio A and the Funk Brothers for a rehearsal? Interesting clip though.[/quote] The youtube poster says: [quote]Given the fact that Motown had not been conducting Live sessions with the vocalists and instrumentalists recording at the same time since at least 1963, [b]this session was clearly staged for the CBS News cameras that were doing a brief piece called The Motown Sound[/b]. Pictured in the studio are songwriters Lamont Dozier (Standing on the steps at the back of the studio), Brian Holland (The guy who cuts in on the band), Ivy Jo Hunter (Does the countdown), Russ Terrana (The engineer standing up), James Jamerson on Bass, Earl Van Dyke on piano, Bobbye Hall on congas, and from left to right on guitars Robert White, Joe Messina and Eddie Willis. The arranger, wearing headphones and conducting the band, is William Witherspoon. To the best of my knowledge this incredibly rare piece of film is the only one of two pieces of footage ever shot at a session inside the studio known as the Snakepit.[/quote] So, yes, not what would normally have happened - still interesting though (for some of us). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeBrownBass Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='687781' date='Dec 17 2009, 09:41 PM']... and nothing at all if it's of no interest to you. I'm confident some people will be interested to see it.[/quote] I didn't mean any offence with my comment. It was just that there was 5 seconds of blurry picture of him playing bass. You can't exactly hear the bass on the video so i didn't quite get what the fuss was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='687778' date='Dec 17 2009, 09:37 PM']When you say "this"... is that an anagram? [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) [quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='688077' date='Dec 18 2009, 09:58 AM']I didn't mean any offence with my comment. It was just that there was 5 seconds of blurry picture of him playing bass. You can't exactly hear the bass on the video so i didn't quite get what the fuss was [/quote] No offence taken. I didn't mean any fuss but footage of Jamerson is rare to say the least and I'd not seen this clip before. I wasn't only interested to see Jamerson but the whole set up even if it was set up (no pun intended) for the CBS cameras. My favourite bits were actually Joe Hunter counting them all in and Eddie Willis playing a Gibson Firebird. Also, stupidly, I hadn't realised before that Bobbye Hall was a woman. Edited January 18, 2011 by EssentialTension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 It always amazes me when I see footage of Motown recording sessions just how many people they used to cram into those rooms with hardly any separation and still get a fantastic sound..... different ball game these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whynot Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Enjoyed viewing this, thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I enjoyed it too! What a fantastic voice the lead singer has/had. Was that david Ruffin? Not one of their greatest tracks though IMO... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 [quote name='Conan' post='688281' date='Dec 18 2009, 12:29 PM']I enjoyed it too! What a fantastic voice the lead singer has/had. Was that david Ruffin? Not one of their greatest tracks though IMO... [/quote] Yes, David Ruffin and definitely a fantastic voice and I think it was a B-side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Yeah great to see a rare little glimpse of the great man in action. My mum is a massive fan of Bix Biederbecke, and the [i]only[/i] footage of him is one fleeting clip from a film made in the 20's of a big band he was in. That one clip is precious to mum, and she plays the DVD of it regularly, even though it's only a few seconds. Point is, modern heros are very much more accessable that the old ones, so rare old clips like this one are very important to us older folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 [quote name='Rayman' post='688300' date='Dec 18 2009, 12:53 PM']Yeah great to see a rare little glimpse of the great man in action. My mum is a massive fan of Bix Biederbecke, and the [i]only[/i] footage of him is one fleeting clip from a film made in the 20's of a big band he was in. That one clip is precious to mum, and she plays the DVD of it regularly, even though it's only a few seconds. Point is, modern heros are very much more accessable that the old ones, so rare old clips like this one are very important to us older folks.[/quote] Hey, steady on, who are you calling 'older'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Great vid, cheers buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Yep great bit of footage. Must be a publicity shoot. JJ turning up for a rehearsal in shirt and tie.?.. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 [quote name='lowdown' post='688737' date='Dec 18 2009, 09:11 PM']Must be a publicity shoot.[/quote] "CBS News cameras [...] were doing a brief piece called The Motown Sound." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 [quote name='whynot' post='688243' date='Dec 18 2009, 11:52 AM']Enjoyed viewing this, thanks for posting.[/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chardbass Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Music history- any live footage from that era, Motown or not, is fascinating. So much has changed since then, not all of it for the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalfunkbrother Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Come to think of it, I havent seen footage of JJ outside of a tux or shirt and tie! But great footage of the bass master, though off topic I was shocked when on another thread on this forum, people were posing the question 'who is James Jamerson'? Is it me or something is awfully amiss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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