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Артист:	Bill Withers
Альбом:	Lean on Me: The Best of Bill Withers , 1994
Жанр:	Soul, Smooth Soul
Формат файла:	flac
Ссылка:	CD 10 clicks
Нахождение:	eDonkey/Kademlia
Примечание:	18 tracks, from the early '70s to the mid-'80s, including his early Top Ten singles, but also minor hits like "Grandma's Hands," "Kissing My Love," and "Lovely Day." Those who admire songs like "Lean on Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine" are advised to approach this best-of with caution; from the mid-'70s onward, Withers forsook his folky singer-songwriter soul for more anonymous, slick MOR soul and urban contemporary. His early sound was far more distinctive, and his early-'70s Sussex albums are recommended alternatives to this compilation. — Richie Unterberger

Просьба помочь с раздачей, в связи с переходом на новый, не известный мне мод осла.....

1. Lovely Day (Scarborough/Withers) - 4:12
2. I Want to Spend the Night (Withers) - 3:39
3. Let Me Be the One You Need (Scarborough/Withers) - 4:41
4. Hello Like Before (Collins/Withers) - 5:25
5. Tender Things (Withers) - 4:55
6. I Wish You Well (Withers) - 3:57
7. Ain't No Sunshine (Withers) - 2:03
8. Grandma's Hands (Withers) - 1:59
9. The Same Love That Made Me Laugh (Withers) - 3:21
10. Lean on Me (Withers) - 4:17
11. Harlem (Withers) - 3:21
12. Use Me (Withers) - 3:42
13. Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? (McKenney/Withers) - 3:12
14. You Just Can't Smile It Away (Withers) - 4:41
15. Just the Two of Us performed by Withers / Washington, Grover Jr. - 3:56
16. Steppin' Right Along (Withers) - 5:42
17. You Try to Find a Love (Colombier/Withers) - 5:42
18. My Imagination (Withers) - 4:53

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Stephen Stills - Guitar
Bill Withers - Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Clavinet, Producer, Compilation Producer
Dorothy Ashby - Harp, Producer
Ralph MacDonald - Percussion, Conga, Producer
David T. Walker - Guitar (Electric)
Jim Keltner - Drums
Jerry Knight - Bass
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Richard L. Alderson - Engineer
Adam Block - Project Director
Robbie Buchanan - Synthesizer Strings
Dennis Budimir - Guitar (Acoustic)
Keni Burke - Bass, Producer
Charles Veal - Concert Master
Ed Cherney - Engineer
Michel Colombier - Producer
Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
Denny Diante - Producer
Melvin Dunlap - Bass, Producer
Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass
Chris Ethridge - Bass
Don Freeman - Strings, Voices, Vibraphone, DX-7
Steve Gadd - Drums
James Gadson - Drums, Producer
Eric Gale - Guitar
M.B. Gordy - Tambourine, Tom-Tom, Simmons Drums, Hi Hat
Mick Guzauski - Engineer
Bill Halverson - Engineer
Louis Johnson - Bass
Booker T. Jones - Percussion, Arranger, Producer
Russ Kunkel - Percussion, Conga, Drums
Bill Lazerus - Engineer
Edie Lehmann - Vocals (bckgr)
Clarence McDonald - Arranger, Keyboards, Producer
Kate Markowitz - Vocals (bckgr)
Harvey Mason, Sr. - Drums
Bob Merritt - Engineer
Marcus Miller - Bass
John Myles - String Arrangements
Larry Nash - Keyboards, Producer, Rhythm Arrangements
Joseph M. Palmaccio - Mastering
Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin - Guitar (Electric)
Paul Riser - Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
Phil (Boogie) Schier - Engineer
Keith Seppanen - Engineer
John Snyder - Compilation Producer
Grover Washington, Jr. - Saxophone, Producer
Ernie Watts - Sax (Soprano), Soloist
David Ritz - Liner Notes
Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums
David Nathan - Liner Notes
Leo Sacks - Compilation Producer
Tony Sellari - Art Direction
Michael Ochs - Photography
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Vic Anesini - Digital Mastering
Joy Gilbert - Project Director
Patti Matheny - A&R
Bill Eaton - Arranger, Conductor
Raymond Jackson - Clarinet, Piano, Piano (Electric), Producer, String Arrangements

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Songwriter/singer/guitarist Bill Withers is best remembered for the classic "Lean on Me" and his other million-selling singles "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Use Me," but he has a sizable cache of great songs to his credit. Al Jarreau recorded an entire CD of Withers' songs on Tribute to Bill Withers (Culture Press 1998). His popular radio-aired LP track from Still Bill, "Who Is He? (And What Is He to You?)," was a 1974 R&B hit for Creative Source.
Born July 4, 1938, in Slab Folk, WV, Withers was the youngest of six children. His father died when he was a child and he was raised by his mother and grandmother. After a nine-year stint in the Navy, Withers moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music career in 1967. He recorded demos at night while working at the Boeing aircraft company where he made toilet seats. His recording career began after being introduced to Clarence Avant, president of Sussex Records.

Stax Records stalwart Booker T. Jones produced his debut album, Just As I Am (with some co-production by Al Jackson Jr.), which included his first charting single, "Ain't No Sunshine" that went gold and made it to number six R&B and number three pop in summer 1971 and won a Grammy as Best R&B Song. Its follow-up, "Grandma Hands," peaked at number 18 R&B in fall 1971. The song was later covered by the Staple Singers and received airplay as a track from their 1973 Stax LP Be What You Are. "Just As I Am" featured lead guitar by Stephen Stills and hit number five R&B in summer 1971.

Withers wrote "Lean on Me" based on his experiences growing up in a West Virginia coal mining town. Times were hard and when a neighbor needed something beyond their means, the rest of the community would chip in and help. He came up with the chord progression while noodling around on his new Wurlitzer electric piano. The sound of the chords reminded Withers of the hymns that he heard at church while he was growing up. On the session for "Lean on Me," members of the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band ("Express Yourself," "Loveland") were used: drummer James Gadson, keyboardist Ray Jackson, guitarist Benorce Blackman (co-wrote with Withers "The Best You Can" from Making Music), and bassist Melvin Dunlop. His second gold single, "Lean on Me," landed at number one R&B and number one pop for three weeks on Billboard's charts in summer 1972. It was included on his Still Bill album which went gold, holding the number one R&B spot for six weeks and hitting number four pop in spring 1972. "Lean on Me" has became a standard with hit covers by U.K. rock band Mud and Club Nouveau. "Lean on Me" was also the title theme of a 1989 movie starring Morgan Freeman. Still Bill also included "Use Me" (gold, number two R&B for two weeks and number two pop for two weeks in fall 1972) .

Withers' Sussex catalog also included Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall, 'Justments, and The Best of Bill Withers. Withers contributed "Better Days" to the soundtrack of the Bill Cosby 1971 western Man And Boy, released on Sussex. There was a duet single with Bobby Womack on United Artists, "It's All Over Now," from summer 1975.

After a legal battle with Sussex, Withers signed with Columbia Records. Columbia later bought his Sussex masters when the label went out of business. Withers was briefly married actress Denise Nicholas (ABC-TV's Room 222 and the 1972 horror film Blacula) in the early '70s. His releases on Columbia were Making Music ("Make Love to Your Mind," number ten R&B), which hit number seven R&B in late 1975; Naked and Warm; Menagerie ("Lovely Day," a number six R&B hit), which went gold in 1977; and 'Bout Love from spring 1979.

Teaming with Elektra Records artist Grover Washington Jr., Withers sang the crystalline ballad "Just the Two of Us," written by Withers, Ralph MacDonald, and William Salter. It went to number three R&B and held the number two pop spot for three weeks in early 1981. "Just the Two of Us" was redone with hilarious effect in the Mike Myers movie Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, released in summer 1999. Withers teamed with MacDonald for MacDonald's Polydor single "In the Name of Love" in summer 1984.

Withers' last charting LP was Watching You, Watching Me in spring 1985. He occasionally did dates with Grover Washington Jr. during the '90s. His songs and recordings have been used as both the source of numerous covers (Aaron Neville's "Use Me") and sampled by a multitude of hip-hop/rap groups.

Worked With: Jerry Knight The Crusaders Richard Tee Phil (Boogie) Schier Marcus Miller Russ Kunkel Louis Johnson Eric Gale Melvin Dunlap Raymond Jackson Clarence McDonald Hilda Harris Steve Gadd Paulinho Da Costa Keni Burke Jim Keltner Clifford Coulter Leon Ware Wah Wah Watson