" Although everyone assumes that Motown great James Jamerson 
played bass on the track, it was actually bassist/saxophonist Wilton Felder 
of The Crusaders.1) The sound is typically Motown, even though the song was recorded in Los Angeles instead of Detroit. It's very present with a lot of high end, and the part is very even without sounding too compressed.
2) By today's standards, the track is a little shaky, with lots of little timing mistakes. There's even a couple of mis-fretted notes and a phrase or two that sounds a little tentative. A producer today would not have kept this though, and probably would cut a few takes and then cut and pasted them together, or just move a note here or there.
3) But the feel is great, the song was a hit, so who cares about the inconsistencies.
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1 comment:
"...so who cares about the inconsistencies."
that's the problem...just about every producer and music supervisor out there cares
they want to edit out every inconsistency/flaw until the feel is completely lost
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