Bass on Rubber Soul - How is Paul McCartney so good?

Paul McCartney’s bass playing on the Beatles’ 1965 album Rubber Soul is outstanding and is light years ahead of his playing on the previous album Help, which had been released only 4 months earlier. McCartney’s bass playing on Help and earlier albums was solid and appropriate for the songs they were writing and the musical styles they were playing. But with the recording of Rubber Soul, several things occurred/converged that led to this giant leap forward in his approach to creating bass lines.



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