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One thing Berry Gordy and Sam Phillips had in common is that they were both trying to make the very best records they could as opposed to "good for the money." Both used the very best musicians they could find as opposed to friends of theirs or of the artists.
Andrew Oldham told me in 1971 that the Stones worked pretty fast but billed Decca for a great deal of extra studio time as a means of obtaining more advance money. It's hard to say what they did later on.
Everybody cut plenty of tape back then. It led to a lot of unintended accidental miracles. Chet Atkins's engineer was telling me the other night that he thought it all went to hell when console automation came in for the very same reason. The power to accurately realize your concepts LIMITS you to never exceeding them. I understand this is why Steven Spielberg won't go near computerized film editing.
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