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Draft Morning from the Notorious Byrd Bros. album.
Growly Gibson Tbird on the Badlees River Songs Album.
Storyville's A Piece of Your Soul album.
Camel's Pressure Points live album
Wishbone Ash Live Dates album
Chas Chandler's tone on It's My Life and We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place

A few off the top of my head:

Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
A Girl Like You - The Smithereens
Rain - The Beatles
Heaven And Hell - The Who

"Flat Broke Love" ! Holy Moly, Joey; I haven't heard that song, let alone that title, since I was 12!

Man, I wore out my 8 track tape of "Four Wheel Drive" back in '75-'76 with that tune, "Lowland Fling", "Hey You" and "Four Wheel Drive" in steady rotation. Thanks for the memory jolt!

You're welcome, Mike!

Wow, I just realized that I spaced one of my favorite post-Beatles McCartney bass lines! "Another Day" should be a required bass line for those into McCartney's playing. I remember having to buy the 45 single way back when so I could have a copy of song. Now it would almost have to be on some compilation.
Anyway, it is an example of very "Pepper-like" bass line and vintage McCartney.
I think he's play the 4001S on it due to the sound I hear on the open E string quarter notes at the end of the phrases, but I could be wrong.

Geddy Lee - "Red Barchetta"
Jaco Pastorius - "Birdland"

On these Boots the whole song is electric except for the slide down on the upright to the low E which was electric. Good vibrations doesn't seem to have much electric in it but I'm so tired of that song I don't listen to it anymore.

Some familiar bass sounds here and many that I've never heard.

Nice to see Bruce Thomas mentioned twice. He remained mostly unknown because many people were turned off of Elvis Costello (often without even having heard any of the music), but he's a fine player. The energy of Elvis' records never captured how great they were live in the early days. Live recordings from the 78 and 79 tours are the best.

In addition to many already mentioned, I always liked to sound of the bass on California Dreamin' by The Mamas & The Papas as well as Our Love Will Still Be There by the Troggs.

I'm pretty sure Joe Osborne played bass on most or all of the Mama's and Papa's stuff, he played on many many 60's hits with his prototype 1960 J bass, flatwounds and a pick.
Bruce Thomas was great, his sound never did that much for me, was a generic P bass sound, but he was a great player. I have a live thing from I think 1977, is really smoking, those guys rocked, Live from Mumbo Combo or something like that.
The bass player on Joe Jackson's Look Sharp! had a great sound, was an Ibanez (sp?) J bass copy with flatwounds and played with a pick.

Agree with you Bob re: the Bruce Thomas comments. I remember learning some of his lines from my LP's way back when. It is fun to watch some of the old "Get Happy" LP tunes on youtube.
Joe Osborne's sound is one I also like. He moved it around depending on the song. For "big" sounding tracks he tended to go bassy, but for stuff like Mama Cass' ballads he went more trebly with a great pick sound. Joe had a great knack as a session bass player. You'll also hear him on "5th Dimension" and older "America" LP's, among others.

Well, I think that some of my favorite bass sounds come from Jack Bruce, especially on the earlier Cream records. Also, Entwistle. Just about anything that he played on, I love his sound.

That was Graham Maby on the old Joe Jackson stuff. Phenomenal player.

Yes, Graham Maby. I love all Jack Bruce on anything, but especially on West bruce and Laing.
I like the sound Entwistle got on My Generation.

McCartney, "Rain" and "Dear Prudence"

I'm also a John McVie fan...

Larry Graham on Thank Yew Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin.

(Just thought I'd mention that...)