The Essential Bill Withers

Compilation by Bill Withers

Released 20 August 2013

Tracklist

Digital Media 1
1
Theme From Man and Boy (Better Days)
3:27
2
Ain’t No Sunshine
2:05
4.5 ★
3
Harlem
3:23
4.0 ★
4
Grandma’s Hands
2:00
4.2 ★
5
Hope She’ll Be Happier
3:49
3.0 ★
6
Better Off Dead
2:15
3.4 ★
7
Lonely Town, Lonely Street
3:40
2.0 ★
8
Let Me in Your Life
2:41
2.0 ★
9
Who Is He (and What Is He to You)?
3:12
3.0 ★
10
Use Me
3:42
4.3 ★
11
Friend of Mine (live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1972)
4:29
12
I Can’t Write Left‐Handed (live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1972)
6:45
4.0 ★
13
Lean on Me
4:17
4.3 ★
14
Make a Smile for Me
3:15
2.0 ★
15
The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
3:24
1.0 ★
16
Heartbreak Road
3:09
2.0 ★
17
Railroad Man
6:28
1.0 ★
Digital Media 2
1
Family Table
3:12
1.0 ★
2
The Best You Can
2:22
1.0 ★
3
Hello Like Before
5:29
1.0 ★
4
I Wish You Well
3:57
1.0 ★
5
Don’t You Want to Stay?
4:04
1.0 ★
6
I’ll Be With You
3:10
1.0 ★
7
My Imagination
4:52
1.0 ★
8
Lovely Day
4:14
4.5 ★
9
I Want to Spend the Night
3:41
2.0 ★
10
Tender Things
5:00
2.0 ★
11
Let Me Be the One You Need
4:44
1.0 ★
12
Memories Are That Way
5:03
1.0 ★
13
Soul Shadows (edit)
The Crusaders feat. Bill Withers
6:23
14
Just the Two of Us
Grover Washington, Jr. feat. Bill Withers
3:57
3.0 ★
15
In the Name of Love
Bill Withers & Ralph McDonald
5:00
16
We Could Be Sweet Lovers
3:27
1.0 ★
17
Something That Turns You On
4:26
2.0 ★

More by Bill Withers

Just As I Am

Just As I Am 1971

Watching You Watching Me

Watching You Watching Me 1985

Release credits

Al Jackson, Jr.
drums (drum set) [2]
Alex Brown
background vocals [17], other vocals [16]
Ben Liebrand
mix-DJ [8]
Benorce Blackmon
acoustic guitar [10], electric guitar [9, 13], producer [9-10, 13]
Bill Halverson
recording [2-6]
Bill Lazarus
recording [2-6]
Bill Withers
Rhodes piano [17], bass guitar [17], flute [16], guitar [9], lead vocals [2.8, 2.14, 1.2, 1.4, 1.9-10, 1.13], piano [13], producer [1.9-10, 1.13, 2.3, 2.8-11, 2.16-17], strings [17], synthesizer [16-17], vocal [2.9-11, 2.13, 2.16-17, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6]
Bob Hughes
engineer [10]
Booker T. Jones
arranger [3-6], producer [2-6], strings [2]
Charles Veal Jr.
concertmaster [8-11]
Clarence McDonald
arranger [8, 10], keyboard [8, 10-11], producer [8, 10-11]
Dean Gant
keyboard [9]
Denise Routt
background vocals [17]
Don Freeman
glockenspiel [16], steelpan [16], synthesizer [16]
Donald “Duck” Dunn
electric bass guitar [2]
Edie Lehmann
background vocals [16-17]
Eric Gale
electric guitar [14]
Grover Washington, Jr.
producer [14], saxophone [14]
James Gadson
drums (drum set) [9-10, 13], percussion [9-10, 13], producer [9-10, 13]
Jerry Knight
bass guitar [8]
John Golden
mix [2-6]
John “JR” Robinson
drums (drum set) [16]
Kate Markowitz
background vocals [16-17]
Keith Seppanen
drum machine [17], engineer [16-17]
Keni Burke
bass guitar [9-11], producer [9, 11]
Larry Nash
producer [3]
M.B. Gordy
cymbal [17], electronic drum set [17]
Marcus Miller
electric bass guitar [14]
Melvin Dunlap
electric bass guitar [9-10, 13], producer [9-10, 13]
Paul Riser
brass [9, 11], strings [9, 11]
Paul Smith
clavinet [17], flute [16], strings [17], synthesizer [16-17]
Paulinho da Costa
percussion [16]
Phil Perry
background vocals [16-17, 17], other vocals [17]
Phil Schier
engineer [1, 10]
Ralph MacDonald
percussion [8-11, 14], producer [14]
Ray Parker Jr.
guitar [8, 10]
Raymond Jackson
Wurlitzer electric piano [10, 13], clavinet [9-10], producer [9-10, 13], strings [9, 13]
Richard Tee
Rhodes piano [14]
Russ Kunkel
congas [11], drums (drum set) [8-11], shakers [8]
Stephen Stills
acoustic guitar [2], electric guitar [4]
Steve Gadd
drums (drum set) [14]

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The Essential Bill Withers
2x CD
20 August 2013
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The Essential Bill Withers
2x Digital Media
20 August 2013
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The Essential Bill Withers
2x CD
2013