"I'll Call You Mine"

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Earlier, I figured out the bass part for "I'll Call You Mine."  When I listened to The Decca Stereo Anthology about a week ago, I thought a few sections of it sounded pretty easy to figure out, and I already knew the chords (more or less), which helpt.  The 50th anniversary of its recording (4 May 1966, along with "Gotta Get a Hold of Myself," "Indication," and "She Does Everything for Me") is in less than a month though, so I'll just wait until then to record it.  (That also gives me time to remember the chords and practice the small bit I know of the piano part.)

In figuring out the bass part, I referenced all of the recordings I have - the one on The Decca Stereo Anthology, two different mixes that are included as bonus tracks on the first copy of Odessey and Oracle I got (over seven years ago!), and the version on Zombie Heaven.  In doing so, I re-discovered that except for the Zombie Heaven version, they're all slightly out-of-tune.  What I mean is: if you play along (and your instrument's in tune), it won't match.  I think they were sped up ever-so-slightly when they were converted to digital, which affects the pitch.