The Real Bill Withers

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Tracklist

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1CD
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1Ain'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.
2:06
2Harlem
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.
3:23
3Everybody's Talkin'3:25
4Hope 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
5Better 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.
2:16
6In 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.
4:19
7Moanin' 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.
2:57
8Do 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
9Grandma'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
10Let It Be2:36
11I'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.
3:19
12Sweet 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
13Kissing My Love
recording of:
Kissing My Love
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:49
14Another Day to Run4:39
15I Don't Know
recording of:
I Don't Know
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:02
16Lonely Town, Lonely Street
recording of:
Lonely Town, Lonely Street
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:41
17I 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
18Let Me in Your Life
recording of:
Let Me in Your Life
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
2:42
19Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?3:13
20Take 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
2:36
21Use Me3:44
2CD
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1Lean on Me4:19
2World Keeps Going Around (live)5:22
3Let Us Love (live)
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
5:23
4Friend of Mine (live)
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
4:35
5Ruby Lee
recording of:
Ruby Lee
lyricist and composer:
Melvin Dunlap and Bill Withers
3:17
6Green Grass
recording of:
Green Grass
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:10
7Heartbreak Road
recording of:
Heartbreak Road
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:10
8The 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
9Make Love to Your Mind
recording of:
Make Love to Your Mind
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
6:24
10I Wish You Well
recording of:
I Wish You Well
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:59
11Can We Pretend
recording of:
Can We Pretend
writer:
Denise Nicholas
publisher:
Picus Music
3:49
12Hello 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
5:29
13Close to Me
3:56
14My Imagination
recording of:
My Imagination
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
4:53
15Dreams
5:31
16If I Didn't Mean You Well
3:04
17Naked & Warm
5:47
3CD
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1Lovely Day4:16
2I Want to Spend the Night3:42
3Tender Things5:02
4Let Me Be the One You Need4:45
5Lovely Night for Dancing5:50
6You
recording of:
You
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
5:23
7Don't It Make It Better4:14
8You Got the Stuff
7:16
9All Because of You
3:51
10Watching You Watching Me5:50
11Something 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
12You Try to Find a Love5:21
13Steppin' 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)
5:45
14Heart 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)
4:17
15Oh Yeah!4:04