Ted Fletcher lecture series on That 60's Recording Podcast

And here's the first of three episodes covering the Motown stuff with Bob. I've listened to the whole thing twice. Inspired me to try overdubbing without headphones and certainly to insist on hardware signal path monitoring. Probably will go back to it again later this year.

that60srecordingpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-38-bob-ohlsson-pt1-the-secret-behind-the-classic-motown-sound/

I'll gladly answer any questions that come up.

In my experience our own Beard of Audio Knowledge is one of the best in these situations because the politics of the biz are ignored, he doesn’t give a shit about the BS and tells it as it is. While we never worked a session together I do know that what he says in an interview or lecture is exactly what he will tell you one on one.
I can’t count the times I have seen this type of lecture or interview
Where the story contradicts what others who where there have told me in private, what I remember from the sessions or what the presenter told me in private. Bob just tells you like it is.

Back in the 4 and 8 track days, how much mixing, bouncing down, and remixing with the bounces was typical?

i understand they mixed the drums down to a mono track or stereo pair as they were being played but did they then remix that track, maybe overdub it, and bounce it out again? Some of Ringo’s drums don’t sound like drums and there are records like Fresh Cream, where I’ve read the instruments were recorded first, mixed and bounced to 1 track out of four, leaving the rest for vocals but the drums are fuzzy.