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this topic may well have been done before...if so sorry

with 14 days of lock-down i've got to the point where i'm throwing any records at my turntable i haven't played for years.

i noticed on LP TML 11070 Diana Ross & The..... 'Live at Talk of the Town'...(i've not played this since about 1970)

at Side One, Track 5, there is some preamble from Diana about the conductor, and then just a second or two before the song kicks in Diana says "Here is a nice sweet soft ballad from West Side Story", when in fact it is 'You Keep Me Hanging On'.

I guess she did a West Side Story song at one of her shows when contracted to appear at TofTT and the engineers have just missed it. Oh how the QA at Motown would have jumped on this, had it been their's.

what's your recording blooper memory.

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How about the "Carresors-I can't stay away"  , the Harley hog that can be heard driving off up the street because they left the studio rear door open on a blistering hot day .... ?

( As told to me recently by a very knowledgable collector , as opposed to some powder-addled freak at 3am in a dark room )

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17 minutes ago, WoodButcher said:

How about the "Carresors-I can't stay away"  , the Harley hog that can be heard driving off up the street because they left the studio rear door open on a blistering hot day .... ?

( As told to me recently by a very knowledgable collector , as opposed to some powder-addled freak at 3am in a dark room )

Not lucky enough to own one of these. Have had a listen to the ones on YouTube not sure if it's my ears or because I am listening on phone i can't hear it 🙉 .

Any idea what time in the record you can hear it? 

Thanks mick

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10 minutes ago, Greedy Mick said:

Not lucky enough to own one of these. Have had a listen to the ones on YouTube not sure if it's my ears or because I am listening on phone i can't hear it 🙉 .

Any idea what time in the record you can hear it? 

Thanks mick

Gets kicked into life about 1:56 ... :shades:

 

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On 05/04/2020 at 12:21, Greedy Mick said:

Ha. Just streamed it through my tv and sound bar. Can certainly hear a deep grumbling noise.  Would never in a million years known what it was.  

 

Once heard , never forgotten ... good job it wasn't a scooter or it'd never have been noticed ... :)

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Bum note on Salvadors just before they start singing.  Jackie Lee, Temptation walk, 1.17  he comes in too early, no idea why this was overlooked it`s been obvious since the 1st time I heard it.

 

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11 minutes ago, Tomangoes said:

I'm impressed by the hearing skills you lot have!

I would have missed them all.

Having said that I still cannot identify where 'lend a hand' is said in 'Lend a hand'....

I must be mutt and Jeff.

Ed

The backing singers start with the deep "Lend a hand" immediatly before Bobby sings " to this lonely man " ... if folks still can't hear this after endless plays then a trip to the otolaryngologist is definitely in order ... :rolleyes:

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14 minutes ago, WoodButcher said:

The backing singers start with the deep "Lend a hand" immediatly before Bobby sings " to this lonely man " ... if folks still can't hear this after endless plays then a trip to the otolaryngologist is definitely in order ... :rolleyes:

A whatologist? I need to get my ears tested. 

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1 hour ago, WoodButcher said:

The backing singers start with the deep "Lend a hand" immediatly before Bobby sings " to this lonely man " ... if folks still can't hear this after endless plays then a trip to the otolaryngologist is definitely in order ... :rolleyes:

Wish I'd never picked up a pneumatic jigger pick and bolt buster in my formative years....

Amazing how anybody can pick up those backing singers.....in deef for sure.

Ed

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Listen to Larry Allen - Cant We Talk It Over, about two thirds of the way in. The bass player gets totally lost and the piano is feeling its way back into the song !... the band are clearly just running through the song but someone decided that the take was fine.

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Also if you listen to the ‘Get Ready’ break in Big Maybelle’s Quittin Time, again the bass player loses the plot  and goes for a bit of a walk. It was such a good take though, they had to use it!

I think I notice these as I play bass myself. Baby Boy will appreciate this... is he still on here?

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11 hours ago, Tomangoes said:

Wish I'd never picked up a pneumatic jigger pick and bolt buster in my formative years....

Amazing how anybody can pick up those backing singers.....in deef for sure.

Ed

It`s the very 1st thing you hear after the intro music and the HEY HEY, a bit of twangin and lend a hand TO THIS LONELY MA-AN.

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I always thought that David came in way to early (about 6 seconds in) on this track.

The Temptations - Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone

 

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Not a mistake by the musicians but whoever edited or transferred the tape left the count-in and someone, Clarence? coughing on the master tape. Could be mis-labeled tape or the engineer doing the mastering slipped up . Anyway I always quite liked it but can't see a radio station wanting to play it like this.

 

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Drum intro to Edward Hamiltons  'im gonna love you' 

 

  i think the drummer hit a dustbin lid,  instead of the snare drum 

 

EDIT:     sounds like band leader twatted something on the 4, to bring the rest in on 1 ?       it does it a few bars later as well ?   hmmmm

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27 minutes ago, Ian Parker said:

EDIT:     sounds like band leader twatted something on the 4, to bring the rest in on 1 ?       it does it a few bars later as well ?   hmmmm

Sounds like a whip crack to me , continues throughout the track sporadically.

The more I actually listen to these records the messier they become which makes them all the more endearing , at times the drummer seems to be bashing away to a different tune entirely  , certainly no polishing on most of these tiny , motown wannabe , one take wonders ... :)

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2 hours ago, Ian Parker said:

Drum intro to Edward Hamiltons  'im gonna love you' 

 

  i think the drummer hit a dustbin lid,  instead of the snare drum 

 

EDIT:     sounds like band leader twatted something on the 4, to bring the rest in on 1 ?       it does it a few bars later as well ?   hmmmm

sounds like a kangaroo on meth amphet  I would think that might be Melvin Davis on drums. that can be easily established I guess 

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1 hour ago, Gilly said:

sounds like a kangaroo on meth amphet  I would think that might be Melvin Davis on drums. that can be easily established I guess 

Another drummer getting carried away is  on The Prophets I Got The Fever especially during the break in the middle 

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Kenny,bless him,by his own admission had a tendency to sing flat at times-there's an interesting  ,if brief ,documentary on Kenny on You Tube. He made some nice records,though.

Kenny is my home town of Sydenham,South London's contribution to Northern Soul -he was living  in Holmshaw Rd.( demolished in the early 70's) when he made 'What Love Brings'  'Ain't No Soul' etc  as well as his Psychedelic gem with The Cats Pyjamas on Direction in 68'

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J Jocko 'I'm Gettin' Over'. Superb record. I think it's got more than one drum track -like a phased drum track or loop that you hear from the intro, then recorded live over that including the drummer playing along. Hard to explain but anyway, around 3.11 to the end, definitely sounds like there's a second drummer who keeps coming in and out, going out of sync with the main drum pattern. 

 

 

 

 

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One that springs to mind... 

Falcons - Love you like you’ve never been loved. 

One second in, sounds to me like a weird electronic bleep. 
Sounds like a right old error. But, like a wart on the nose of your beloved child, just makes you love the thing all the more. 
 

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