Great song to test bass

"A Child Is Coming" - Blows Against the Empire - Paul Kantner/Grace Slick/"Jefferson Starship" (really, The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra, or PERRO) - at about 1:27, Jack Casady’s bass becomes the lead, then the solo instrument.

"Laughing" - If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby/PERRO - Phil Lesh on bass, all the way through.

Both albums were recorded at the same time in the same studio in San Francisco. PERRO is a group of musicians drawn from the Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, CSNY, Santana, and including Laura Allan and Joni Mitchell.

More great songs

"My Bass" Brain Bromberg artist from album Brain Bromberg.

Great bass and speed

:poem of Chinese Drum" artist Hoke-man Yim

"Fever" artist Malia off album Convergence

"Dinner at the Sugarbush" artist Brent Lewis album Drumsex

Stanley Clarke, East River Drive is a good bass test CD

1. Grace Jones LP Nightclubbing...Robbie Shakespeare bass, whole album is great. I use the last track "I've Done It Again"as a test track for bass

2. Celso Fonseca album Rive Gauche Rio ..Luiz Alves bass...Second track "Por Acaso Pela Tarde" great test of a well recorded acoustic bass. 

Shriekback's "The Sign." Pushes my  VMPS speakers to the MAX!