Bill Withers - Live At Carnegie Hall - Limited Gatefold 180-Gram Translucent Magenta Colored Vinyl - VINYL LP
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Bill Withers was a modest, gentle, and yet towering musical figure responsible for some of the most important, universally known soul hits ever written. It's no wonder that Just the Two of Us and Ain't No Sunshine won him two Grammy Awards and undoubtedly played a huge role in getting him inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Live at Carnegie Hall is Withers' only live album, recorded on October 6, 1972, but not released until April 21, 1973. The fact that Bill got to play his heartfelt and honest soul at one of the most prestigious venues for both classical and pop music speaks volumes his first two records, Just As I Am and Still Bill, were really that influential. Withers here appears on stage with an ensemble of only the best session musicians the 1970s had to offer Melvin Dunlap, Ray Jackson, James Gadson, Benorce Blackmon, and Bobbye Hall, at the time one of the few female session percussionists. They all had worked together on Still Bill and had the knack for expanding Bill's intimate songs to fit a hall of that size and stature. And as far as the recording goes, no corners were cut; it really feels like you're up there with them. The set features evergreens such as Ain't No Sunshine, Lean On Me, and Grandma's Hands, but also tunes that are only available as part of this live set, such as World Keeps Going Around and I Can't Write Left-Handed. Live At Carnegie Hall was recorded over 50 years ago on a rainy Friday evening, but it is still regarded as one of the best live performances in the history of soul. Album Tracks 1. Use Me (8 30) 2. Friend of Mine (4 26) 3. Ain't No Sunshine (2 25) 4. Grandma's Hands (With Rap) (5 08) 5. World Keeps Going Around (5 08) 6. Let Me in Your Life (With Rap) (4 35) 7. Better Off Dead (3 36) 8. For My Friend (2 58) [1, 2, 3] 1. I Can't Write Left-Handed (6 52)
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- GenreRhythm & BluesDescriptionBill Withers was a modest, gentle, and yet towering musical figure responsible for some of the most important, universally known soul hits ever written. It's no wonder that Just the Two of Us and Ain't No Sunshine won him two Grammy Awards and undoubtedly played a huge role in getting him inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Live at Carnegie Hall is Withers' only live album, recorded on October 6, 1972, but not released until April 21, 1973. The fact that Bill got to play his heartfelt and honest soul at one of the most prestigious venues for both classical and pop music speaks volumes his first two records, Just As I Am and Still Bill, were really that influential. Withers here appears on stage with an ensemble of only the best session musicians the 1970s had to offer Melvin Dunlap, Ray Jackson, James Gadson, Benorce Blackmon, and Bobbye Hall, at the time one of the few female session percussionists. They all had worked together on Still Bill and had the knack for expanding Bill's intimate songs to fit a hall of that size and stature. And as far as the recording goes, no corners were cut; it really feels like you're up there with them. The set features evergreens such as Ain't No Sunshine, Lean On Me, and Grandma's Hands, but also tunes that are only available as part of this live set, such as World Keeps Going Around and I Can't Write Left-Handed. Live At Carnegie Hall was recorded over 50 years ago on a rainy Friday evening, but it is still regarded as one of the best live performances in the history of soul. Album Tracks 1. Use Me (8 30) 2. Friend of Mine (4 26) 3. Ain't No Sunshine (2 25) 4. Grandma's Hands (With Rap) (5 08) 5. World Keeps Going Around (5 08) 6. Let Me in Your Life (With Rap) (4 35) 7. Better Off Dead (3 36) 8. For My Friend (2 58) [1, 2, 3] 1. I Can't Write Left-Handed (6 52)ArtistBill WithersTitleLive At Carnegie Hall - Limited Gatefold 180-Gram Translucent Magenta Colored VinylFormatVINYLLabelMusic on Vinyl
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Bill Withers was a modest, gentle, and yet towering musical figure responsible for some of the most important, universally known soul hits ever written. It's no wonder that Just the Two of Us and Ain't No Sunshine won him two Grammy Awards and undoubtedly played a huge role in getting him inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Live at Carnegie Hall is Withers' only live album, recorded on October 6, 1972, but not released until April 21, 1973. The fact that Bill got to play his heartfelt and honest soul at one of the most prestigious venues for both classical and pop music speaks volumes his first two records, Just As I Am and Still Bill, were really that influential. Withers here appears on stage with an ensemble of only the best session musicians the 1970s had to offer Melvin Dunlap, Ray Jackson, James Gadson, Benorce Blackmon, and Bobbye Hall, at the time one of the few female session percussionists. They all had worked together on Still Bill and had the knack for expanding Bill's intimate songs to fit a hall of that size and stature. And as far as the recording goes, no corners were cut; it really feels like you're up there with them. The set features evergreens such as Ain't No Sunshine, Lean On Me, and Grandma's Hands, but also tunes that are only available as part of this live set, such as World Keeps Going Around and I Can't Write Left-Handed. Live At Carnegie Hall was recorded over 50 years ago on a rainy Friday evening, but it is still regarded as one of the best live performances in the history of soul. Album Tracks 1. Use Me (8 30) 2. Friend of Mine (4 26) 3. Ain't No Sunshine (2 25) 4. Grandma's Hands (With Rap) (5 08) 5. World Keeps Going Around (5 08) 6. Let Me in Your Life (With Rap) (4 35) 7. Better Off Dead (3 36) 8. For My Friend (2 58) [1, 2, 3] 1. I Can't Write Left-Handed (6 52)
Reissued for the First Time Since 1975 on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl. Bill Withers Live At Carnegie Hall' was recorded almost 40 years ago on a rainy Friday evening, but it is still regarded as one of the best live performances in the history of Soul music. With beautiful renditions of his classics 'Ain't No Sunshine', 'Use Me', 'Grandma's Hands' and of course his biggest hit 'Lean On Me', this shouldn't come as a surprise. Withers' brand of melancholy Soul plucks at your heartstrings and creates a wistful yearning, but it is still one of the most uplifting pieces of music you will ever find. Album Tracks DISC 1 1. Use Me 2. Friend of Mine 3. Ain't No Sunshine 4. Grandma's Hands 5. World Keep's Going Around 6. Let Me in Your Life 7. Better Off Dead 8. For My Friend DISC 2 1. I Can't Write Left Handed 2. Lean on Me 3. Lonely Town Lonely Street 4. Hope She'll Be Happier 5. Let Us Love 6. Harlem - Cold Baloney
Bill Withers was a modest, gentle, and yet towering musical figure responsible for some of the most important, universally known soul hits ever written. It's no wonder that InchJust the Two of UsInch and InchAin't No SunshineInch won him two Grammy awards and undoubtedly played a huge role in getting him inducted into both the Songwriters and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Still Bill is Withers' third studio album and continues to showcase his remarkable versatility, touching upon smooth Philly soul, funk, blues and 70s folk slash singer/songwriter. Upon the record was both a commercial and critical success and is considered a landmark 1970s R&B record. It features the hit singles InchLean on MeInch and InchUse MeInch, as well as InchWho Is He (And What Is He to You)?Inch appearing on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown. Unsurprisingly, next to Just As I Am, this record also made it into Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, coming in at #333. This edition includes booklet featuring a reflective essay on Bill Withers written by Grammy-nominated poet, journalist and humanitarian Kevin Powell. Still Bill is available as a limited edition of 7500 individually numbered copies on translucent green coloured vinyl. Album Tracks 1. Lonely Town, Lonely Street 2. Let Me in Your Life 3. Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? 4. Use Me 5. Lean on Me 6. Kissing My Love 7. I Don't Know 8. Another Day to Run 9. I Don't Want You on My Mind 10. Take It All in and Check It All Out
'Stupendous 1973 Concert Set Ranks Alongside James Brown's Live at the Apollo and B.B. King's Live at the Regal Easygoing Portrait of Down-Home Soul Singer Coming Into His Own and Establishing an Indelible Bond Between Performer and Audience Mastered from the Original Master Tapes Mobile Fidelity Takes You Inside the Famed Venue and Let's You Be a Part of the Event on par with the most treasured concert albums of the 60s and 70s, Bill Withers' transformative Live at Carnegie Hall is a forgotten classic - an easygoing portrait of an a down-home soul artist coming into his own in front of an audience eager to share every moment of his brilliance. Soothing with subtlety, charming with calmness, and healing with a vocal timbre as relaxing as his grooves, Withers uses the stage to expand the range of favorites and engage in dialog with the crowd. Distinguished with sonics that restore the performances' balance and improve the soundstaging, this reissue takes you inside the venue. Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g 2 LP at RTI, Mobile Fidelity's 180g 2 LP set of this extraordinary 1973 record provides a transparent view of Withers' relaxing timbre and the subtle grooves underlining his arrangements. Characteristics ranging from the tension of the guitars, funky bends of the bass, whisper-soft coo of the formal strings, airiness of the backing harmonies, and sharpness of the snare drum emerge with utmost clarity and lifelike presence. Moreover, aspects that really make this concert document unique - the energetic crowd, Withers and his band's willingness to extend arrangements, and the undeniable communicative bond between the performer and his fans - are brought into fuller relief. While most live albums give you the sense of what transpired, Mobile Fidelity's reissue allows it to seem that what you're hearing and sensing is happening right now, in
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