Old Motown footage

[Sheldonsoul]

Not sure if this has been posted up before presuming it's the snake pit and ruffs obviously who are the others ?  it looks like Marvin on backing vocals ? Any names to the  others. 

 

Edited June 15, 2016 by sheldonsoul

[Wilxy]

It's the Temptations with a version of "Sorry is a sorry word" released on VIP by Ivy Jo Hunter. 

[The Yank]

"Sorry Is A Sorry Word" was on the flip side of "All I Need" on Gordy # 7061.

[Sunnysoul]

Who's the female conga player behind the Temps  ? !!!

Thought the Funk Brothers were supposed to be an all male cartel ....   

[Sheldonsoul]

The title of the song is pretty obvious, it's the artists names in question 

[Chris Turnbull]

Don't know much about personnel but superb clip, thanks

[Guest]

This is a "put up" session for a TV piece on Motown..

By this period, the artists did not record alongside the musicians in the studio.......their vocals were added many weeks/months later. They very rarely met the musicians in the studio. I once talked to vibes/percussion man Jack Brokenshaw who told me he played on all Diana Ross stuff from about 1967...and he'd never met her (that's what he said...might be an exaggeration)

This song was written and produced by Ivy Hunter who appears at 1:50

At 1:20, the "session" is held up by Brian Holland...who was not involved in the record at all......it's meant to show "Motown recording  in action" but it's a con.

Look closely at the Temptations laughing at the staged managed effort ( LtR...Otis Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin)

Bongo player is Bobbie Hall...not a member of the Funks but probably played on sessions around Hitsville.

musicians (L to R)   Robert White, Joe Messina, Eddie Willis, Earl Van dyke)...james jamerson at rear

 

Edited June 16, 2016 by Guest

[Autumnstoned]

On 16 June 2016 at 13:04, snakepit said:

This is a "put up" session for a TV piece on Motown..

By this period, the artists did not record alongside the musicians in the studio.......their vocals were added many weeks/months later. They very rarely met the musicians in the studio. I once talked to vibes/percussion man Jack Brokenshaw who told me he played on all Diana Ross stuff from about 1967...and he'd never met her (that's what he said...might be an exaggeration)

This song was written and produced by Ivy Hunter who appears at 1:50

At 1:20, the "session" is held up by Brian Holland...who was not involved in the record at all......it's meant to show "Motown recording  in action" but it's a con.

Look closely at the Temptations laughing at the staged managed effort ( LtR...Otis Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin)

Bongo player is Bobbie Hall...not a member of the Funks but probably played on sessions around Hitsville.

musicians (L to R)   Robert White, Joe Messina, Eddie Willis, Earl Van dyke)...james jamerson at rear

 

Agree. No-one wearing headphones - just wouldn't happen when "tracking" 

https://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.co.uk/2013_10_20_archive.html

( Russ Terrana ) At this particular point in time (the fall of 1966), Motown's infamous "Studio A" on West Grand Boulevard had recently installed a new, custom-built recording machine which was capable of recording eight individual tracks, instead of the usual four that machines at other studio's, including those at Golden World, were limited to. On the eight-track Hitsville machine, the basic rhythm tracks for a record were recorded on the first four tracks (with the drums recorded on one track, the bass on the second track, guitars on the third and keyboards on the fourth). Vocals and other additional sweetening instruments were then recorded on to the remaining four tracks, usually at separate recording sessions a short time later.

By contrast, the first 8 Track machines were not operational in commercial studios in London until the end of 1967.

Edited June 17, 2016 by autumnstoned