Bill Withers: The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums

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Tracklist

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1CD: Just as I Am
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1Harlem
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
Harlem
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:24
2Ain’t No Sunshine
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson (in 1971) and Bill Lazarus (in 1971)
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
acoustic guitar:
Stephen Stills (in 1971)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (in 1971)
electric bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (in 1971)
lead vocals:
Bill Withers (in 1971)
strings arranger:
Booker T. Jones
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Inc. (in 1971) and Columbia Records (in 1972)
part of:
BILLIONS CLUB, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 179), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 280) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 309)
recording of:
Ain’t No Sunshine (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
EMI Music, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and EMI Songs Ltd.
2:05
3Grandma’s Hands
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
electric guitar:
Stephen Stills
lead vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
Grandma’s Hands (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
2:01
4Sweet Wanomi
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
Sweet Wanomi
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
2:33
5Everybody’s Talkin’3:25
6Do It Good
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
Do It Good
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
2:52
7Hope She’ll Be Happier
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
Hope She'll Be Happier
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
3:50
8Let It Be2:37
9I’m Her Daddy
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
I’m Her Daddy
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:18
10In My Heart
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
In My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
4:20
11Moanin’ and Groanin’
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
Moanin’ and Groanin’
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
2:59
12Better Off Dead
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
recording of:
Better Off Dead
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
2:15
2CD: Still Bill
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1Lonely Town, Lonely Street
recording of:
Lonely Town, Lonely Street
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:41
2Let Me in Your Life
recording of:
Let Me in Your Life
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
2:41
3Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?3:13
4Use Me3:42
5Lean on Me4:19
6Kissing My Love
recording of:
Kissing My Love
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:50
7I Don’t Know
recording of:
I Don't Know
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:03
8Another Day to Run4:39
9I Don’t Want You on My Mind
recording of:
I Don’t Want You on My Mind
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
4:33
10Take It All in and Check It All Out
recording of:
Take It All in and Check It (Take It All in Check It All Out)
writer:
Bill Withers
2:37
3CD: Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall
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1Use Me
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
Use Me
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp. (in 1972)
8:35
2Friend of Mine
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
Friend of Mine
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
4:29
3Ain’t No Sunshine
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
Ain’t No Sunshine (on 1972-10-06)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
EMI Music, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and EMI Songs Ltd.
2:58
4Grandma’s Hands
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
Grandma’s Hands
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
4:54
5World Keeps Going Around5:20
6Let Me in Your Life
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
Let Me in Your Life
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
4:16
7Better Off Dead
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
Better Off Dead
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:41
8For My Friend
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
For My Friend (Bill Withers song) (on 1972-10-06)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:02
9I Can’t Write Left-Handed6:44
10Lean on Me5:47
11Lonely Town, Lonely Street
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
Lonely Town, Lonely Street
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:59
12Hope She’ll Be Happier
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
Hope She'll Be Happier
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
4:26
13Let Us Love
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
Let Us Love
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
5:20
14Harlem / Cold Baloney
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live medley including a recording of:
Cold Baloney (on 1972-10-06)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
live medley including a recording of:
Harlem (on 1972-10-06)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
13:44
4CD: +'Justments
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1You
recording of:
You
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
5:24
2The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
recording of:
The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:26
3Stories
recording of:
Stories
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
2:47
4Green Grass
recording of:
Green Grass
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:11
5Ruby Lee
recording of:
Ruby Lee
lyricist and composer:
Melvin Dunlap and Bill Withers
3:20
6Heartbreak Road
recording of:
Heartbreak Road
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:10
7Can We Pretend
recording of:
Can We Pretend
writer:
Denise Nicholas
publisher:
Picus Music
3:50
8Liza
recording of:
Liza
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:05
9Make a Smile for Me
3:17
10Railroad Man
recording of:
Railroad Man
writer:
Melvin Dunlap and Bill Withers
6:29
5CD: Making Music
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1I Wish You Well
recording of:
I Wish You Well
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:57
2The Best You Can
2:23
3Make Love to Your Mind
recording of:
Make Love to Your Mind
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
6:24
4I Love You Dawn
2:36
5She’s Lonely5:16
6Sometimes a Song
4:46
7Paint Your Pretty Picture
recording of:
Paint Your Pretty Picture
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
5:44
8Family Table
3:14
9Don’t You Want to Stay?
4:05
10Hello Like Before
producer:
Larry Nash and Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (in 1975)
recording of:
Hello Like Before
writer:
John Collins and Bill Withers
publisher:
Golden Withers Music
5:30
6CD: Naked & Warm
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1Close to Me
3:56
2Naked & Warm (Heaven! Oh! Heaven!)
5:47
3Where You Are
3:55
4Dreams
5:33
5If I Didn’t Mean You Well
3:05
6I’ll Be With You
3:12
7City of the Angels
10:45
8My Imagination
recording of:
My Imagination
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
4:53
7CD: Menagerie
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1Lovely Day4:15
2I Want to Spend the Night3:41
3Lovely Night for Dancing5:50
4Then You Smile at Me4:54
5She Wants To (Get on Down)3:15
6It Ain’t Because of Me Baby3:31
7Tender Things5:01
8Wintertime3:17
9Let Me Be the One You Need4:46
8CD: 'Bout Love
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1All Because of You
3:51
2Dedicated to You My Love
4:50
3Don’t It Make It Better4:14
4You Got the Stuff
7:17
5Look to Each Other for Love
4:26
6Love
5:00
7Love Is
4:24
8Memories Are That Way
5:05
9CD: Watching You Watching Me
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1Oh Yeah!4:04
2Something That Turns You On
engineer:
Keith Seppanen
producer:
Bill Withers
bass guitar, Rhodes piano and synthesizer [DX-7]:
Bill Withers
clavinet and synthesizer [synthesizer horns]:
Paul Smith
cymbal and electronic drum set [Simmons toms]:
M.B. Gordy
drum machine [Linn drum synthesizer]:
Keith Seppanen
strings:
Paul Smith and Bill Withers
background vocals:
Edie Lehman, Kate Markowitz and Phil Perry
other vocals [ad-lib]:
Phil Perry
vocals:
Bill Withers
background vocals arranger:
Alex Brown, Phil Perry and Denise Routt
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (in 1985)
recorded at:
Yamaha R&D Recording Studios
recording of:
Something That Turns You On
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック and Bleunig Music (from 1982 to present)
4:27
3Don’t Make Me Wait4:02
4Heart in Your Life
engineer:
Keith Seppanen
producer:
Denny Diante and Bill Withers
bass guitar, effects, piano [acoustic piano], strings and synthesizer:
Bill Withers
drum machine [Yamaha RX-11, drum synthesizer]:
Keith Seppanen
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa
synthesizer [DX-7, lead synthesizer]:
Greg Phillinganes
vocals:
Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (in 1985)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Yamaha R&D Recording Studios
recording of:
Heart in Your Life
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック and Bleunig Music (from 1985 to present)
4:16
5Watching You Watching Me5:50
6We Could Be Sweet Lovers
engineer:
Keith Seppanen
producer:
Bill Withers
drums (drum set):
John Robinson
flute [flutes]:
Paul Smith and Bill Withers
glockenspiel [bells] and steelpan [steel drums]:
Don Freeman
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa
synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7]:
Don Freeman, Paul Smith and Bill Withers
background vocals:
Edie Lehman, Kate Markowitz and Phil Perry
other vocals [ad-lib]:
Alex Brown
vocals:
Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (in 1985)
recorded at:
Yamaha R&D Recording Studios
recording of:
We Could Be Sweet Lovers
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック and Bleunig Music (from 1982 to present)
3:28
7You Just Can’t Smile It Away
engineer:
Ed Cherney and Keith Seppanen
producer:
Bill Withers
solo saxophone:
Ernie Watts
synthesizer [synthesizer strings]:
Robbie Buchanan
synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7]:
Paul Smith
background vocals:
Edie Lehman and Kate Markowitz
vocals:
Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (in 1985)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Yamaha R&D Recording Studios
recording of:
You Just Can’t Smile It Away
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック and Bleunig Music (from 1985 to present)
4:42
8Steppin’ Right Along
engineer:
Keith Seppanen
producer:
Bill Withers
clavinet and synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7]:
Bill Withers
drums (drum set):
John Robinson
electronic drum set [Simmons], hi-hat, tambourine and tom-tom [toms]:
M.B. Gordy
guitar:
Joe Kelly
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa
synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7, pizzicato, horns]:
Paul Smith
synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7, strings, voices] and vibraphone [vibes]:
Don Freeman
other vocals [Hots!]:
Denise Routt
vocals:
Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (in 1985)
recorded at:
Yamaha R&D Recording Studios
recording of:
Steppin’ Right Along
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック and Bleunig Music (from 1983 to present)
5:46
9Whatever Happens
engineer:
Keith Seppanen
producer:
Denny Diante and Bill Withers
glockenspiel [bells] and synthesizer [synthesizer strings]:
Michel Colombier
synthesizer [DX-7 piano]:
Greg Phillinganes
vocals:
Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (in 1985)
recorded at:
Yamaha R&D Recording Studios
recording of:
Whatever Happens
lyricist:
Bill Withers
composer:
Larry Carlton and Bill Withers
publisher:
Victor Music Arts, フジパシフィックミュージック, Bleunig Music (from 1985 to present) and Pal‐Dog Music (from 1985 to present)
3:16
10You Try to Find a Love5:21