Bill Withers ?– Just As I Am Sussex ?– SXBS 7006 Speakers Corner 180g Pallas
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Bill Withers ?– Just As I Am Sussex ?– SXBS 7006 Speakers Corner 180g Pallas. Condition is "New" and SEALED. Shipped domestically with Buyer's choice of USPS Media Mail or Priority Mail. Shipped Worldwide with eBay International Delivery.
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"Just As I Am" - Bill Withers (voc, g); Booker T. Jones (arr, org, g); Steven Stills (g); Donald "Duck" Dunn, Chris Ethridge (b); Al Jackson, Jim Keltner (dr); Bobbie Hall Porter (perc)
"Just As I Am" – anyone who sets off on a late career can already have earned himself quite a reputation, although in the case of Bill Withers it had had nothing to do with music at this stage. Withers served for many years with the US Navy, had a job as a milkman, and installed toilets in jets for American aeroplane construction companies; all the while he bombarded record companies with self-produced demo tapes which landed in the dustbin. In 1971 came his breakthrough when the successful producer Booker T. Jones hauled him on board and sent him into the recording studio with guitarist Stephen Stills, drummer Al Jackson and bass player Donald 'Duck' Dunn.
In his debut album Withers demonstrates his universal, mature competence as a singer, composer and performer, which was hardly surpassed in his later recordings. "Harlem", an unadorned milieu-funk number about the New York slums, "Grandma’s Hands", with its obligatory retrospect of his childhood, and the sentimental ballad "Ain’t No Sunshine" with its prayer-wheel-like »I know, I know ...«, repeated over and over again on the offbeat, are the musical credo of a experienced artist in his mid-thirties who at last is given a hearing. There’s simply no alternative to this recording by the great songwriter with the small repertoire.
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Rated 285/500!
Just As I Am served as the launching pad for one of the most prolific songwriting careers of our time.
Just As I Am catapulted Bill Withers into super-stardom in 1971. Featuring the worldwide mega-hit and Grammy Award-winning "Ain't No Sunshine", Just As I Am, Withers' debut album, established him as one of the premier singer/songwriters of the era and brought the world a fresh look at Rhythm & Blues. Equipped with an acoustic guitar and backed by three-quarters of Booker T. & the MGs and Stephen Stills on guitar, Bill Withers recorded one of the biggest albums of the '70s, producing the timeless hit "Ain't No Sunshine" along with the other Withers essentials "Harlem", "Grandma's Hands", and "I'm Her Daddy". As a testament to his talents, Bill Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.
"When the 31-year-old Withers recorded 'Sunshine,' he was still working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s. He intended to write more lyrics for the part where he repeats the phrase 'I know' 26 times, but the other musicians told him to leave it." - Rolling Stone
Musicians:
Al Jackson, drums
Jim Keitner, drums
Booker T. Jones, guitar, keyboards
Stephen Stills, guitar
Bill Withers, guitar
Bobbie Hall Porter, percussion
Donald "Duck" Dunn, bass
Chris Ethridge, bass
Recording: 1971 at Sunset Sound Recorders by Bill Lazerus and at Wally Heider Recording Studio by Bill Halverson, both Hollywood, Ca.
Production: Booker T. Jones
"It matters not where I came from in relation to the world, as long as the world and I arrive at a common point at a common time. I would like to thank Sussex records and Booker T. Jones for allowing me to present myself to the world to whoever is kind enough to listen: Just As I Am Bill Withers"
Tracklist
A1 Harlem 3:23 A2 Ain't No Sunshine 2:04 A3 Grandma's Hands 2:00 A4 Sweet Wanomi 2:30 A5 Everybody's Talkin' 3:21 A6 Do It Good 2:52 B1 Hope She'll Be Happier 3:48 B2 Let It Be 2:37 B3 I'm Her Daddy 3:19 B4 In My Heart 4:19 B5 Moanin' And Groanin' 2:57 B6 Better Off Dead 2:13 price rating
