Musical acts who NEVER used outside musicians or singers on ANY studio recordings

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  1. SJB

    SJB Beloved Parasitic Nuisance Thread Starter

    I don't think there's an existing thread on this topic, but if there is, then disregard this one for the unoriginal rubbish that it is.

    Pretty simple and straightforward. Name a musical act that has commercially released studio recordings, without EVER using a non-member of the group on any instrument or vocal on those studio recordings.

    The act could be a band or an individual performer, as long as there were no performing guests in the studio.

    I grant this may be a tough one. (Or maybe I just can't think of any.) My favorite acts don't qualify. Nicky Hopkins alone disqualifies the Beatles, the Stones and the Who, not to mention Jefferson Airplane and probably a boatload of others. (All of those acts are disqualified for other reasons, too; it's not all Nicky's fault.) No orchestral overdubs unless the band members played 'em. Genesis usually kept things in-house, but they brought in a horn section for "Paperlate" and "No Reply at All," so they're out.

    We're going with the plain meanings of the words "NEVER" and "ANY," here. No "almosts" or "excepts," and a band's studio catalog is indivisible regardless of personnel changes - a lineup change doesn't reset the scoreboard.

    Ready?

    Begin.
     
  2. MonkeyLizard

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    Nirvana?
     
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  3. BurtThomasWard

    BurtThomasWard Guided by Loke In Memoriam

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    Dale Crover plays drums on a couple of songs and that is as early as the first album.
     
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  4. Emitt Rhodes?
     
  5. Vangro

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  6. t-man 54

    t-man 54 Forum Resident

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    Zz top, ac/dc
     
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  7. Vangro

    Vangro Forum Resident

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    Apart from "The American Dream".
     
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  8. Steve Carras

    Steve Carras Golden Retriever

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    Well, I'd like to include many groups such as the Beach boys, but all those groups with people like The Wrecking Crew wouldn't count...One book from the late 70s commented People's Choice, "Do it Any Way you Wanna!"(1975), qualify as self-contained (Joseph Murrels, "The Golden Discs".)
     
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    egebamyasi Forum Resident

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    Cello player on In Utero
     
  11. BurtThomasWard

    BurtThomasWard Guided by Loke In Memoriam

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    Kraftwerk. But not the Beatles :D
     
  12. brYantrYin

    brYantrYin Well-Known Member

    I have an album by Robert Post ,an artist from Norway called "The Button Moulder" ,great record and I'm certain it's in the album credits he plays EVERY instrument himself as well as producing. He had a hit in the mid-2000s on Mercury Records in Europe if anyone out there remembers him.
    I believe Lenny Kravitz has also released an album or two with nobody else involved but himself.
    Not sure if I can think of a group or artist that didn't use ANY "outsiders" their entire discography though..
     
  13. MonkeyLizard

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    Aaaahhh. Great album haha
     
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  14. PhilBorder

    PhilBorder Senior Member

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    Archies. It's all them. Whatever the musical differences that tore them assunder, once Jughead started nailing down the beat they coalesced into one musical mind. Their problems were outside of the studio.
     
  15. longdist01

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    gotta be one of Prince albums out there!
     
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  16. pbuzby

    pbuzby Senior Member

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    Return To Forever.
     
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  17. longdist01

    longdist01 Senior Member

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    The Nazz?
     
  18. Arnold Grove

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    Yes! Excellent! John Fogerty played piano, organ, and saxophone for those songs that featured those extra instruments.
     
  19. Hamhead

    Hamhead The Bear From Delaware

    The Turtles (other than the occasional horn and string players)

    Their record label was too cheap to pay for session players.
     
  20. PretzelLogic

    PretzelLogic Feeling duped by MoFi? You probably deserve it.

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    Literally the only two I can think of are Joy Division and mclusky.
     
  21. Eleventh Earl of Mar

    Eleventh Earl of Mar Somehow got them all this far.

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    Joy Division?
     
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  22. BluesOvertookMe

    BluesOvertookMe Forum Resident

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    James Harman - harmonica - "What's Up With That" (Rythmeen), – harmonica (Mescalero), harmonica (La Futura)

    Jeff Beck – vocals on "Hey Mr. Millionaire" (XXX)

    Marimbas de Chiapas – marimba (Mescalero)

    Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar (Mescalero)

    Pete Tickle - acoustic guitar on "Mushmouth Shoutin'"(Rio Grande Mud)
     
  23. PretzelLogic

    PretzelLogic Feeling duped by MoFi? You probably deserve it.

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    As Jimmy Rip is listed as a full member, Television count.
     
  24. Maurice

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    Bauhaus
     
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  25. smarone313

    smarone313 Forum Resident

    So not milli vanilli.....
     
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