Just The Two Of Us - Best

~ Release by Bill Withers (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Ain't No Sunshine
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden (mastering engineer)
acoustic guitar:
Stephen Stills
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
lead vocals:
Bill Withers
strings arranger:
Booker T. Jones
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1972)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 280) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 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 Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
4.452:06
2Lovely Day
producer:
Clarence McDonald and Bill Withers
bass guitar:
Jerry Knight (in 1977)
drums (drum set) and shakers:
Russell Kunkel (in 1977)
guitar:
Ray Parker (in 1977)
keyboard:
Clarence McDonald (in 1977)
percussion:
Ralph MacDonald (in 1977)
lead vocals:
Bill Withers (in 1977)
arranger:
Clarence McDonald
concertmaster:
Charles Veal (violinist, conductor and arranger) (in 1977)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977) and Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1977)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 402)
recording of:
Lovely Day (in 1977)
writer:
Skip Scarborough and Bill Withers
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Golden Withers Music, Plaid Flowers Music, Sweet Cookie Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), フジパシフィックミュージック, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4.754:17
3Lean On Me
producer:
Benorce Blackmon (guitarist, producer, writer), Melvin Dunlap, James Gadson (American drummer), Ray Jackson (trombonist, pianist and arranger) and Bill Withers
drums (drum set) and percussion:
James Gadson (American drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Melvin Dunlap
electric guitar:
Benorce Blackmon (guitarist, producer, writer)
piano and lead vocals:
Bill Withers
Wurlitzer electric piano:
Ray Jackson (trombonist, pianist and arranger)
strings arranger:
Ray Jackson (trombonist, pianist and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1972)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 205) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 236)
recording of:
Lean on Me (in 1972)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Interior Music Corp., Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
4.34:20
4Just The Two Of Us
producer:
Ralph MacDonald and Grover Washington, Jr.
drums (drum set):
Steve Gadd (drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
electric guitar:
Eric Gale
percussion:
Ralph MacDonald
Rhodes piano:
Richard Tee
saxophone:
Grover Washington, Jr.
lead vocals:
Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra/Asylum Records (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1980)
edit of:
Just the Two of Us (original studio mix) by Bill Withers & Grover Washington, Jr.
recording of:
Just the Two of Us (Bill Withers song) (from 1980-06 until 1980-07)
writer:
Ralph MacDonald, William Salter and Bill Withers
3.53:59
5Who Is He (And What Is He To You)
producer:
Benorce Blackmon (guitarist, producer, writer), Melvin Dunlap, James Gadson (American drummer), Ray Jackson (trombonist, pianist and arranger) and Bill Withers
clavinet:
Ray Jackson (trombonist, pianist and arranger)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
James Gadson (American drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Melvin Dunlap
electric guitar:
Benorce Blackmon (guitarist, producer, writer)
lead vocals:
Bill Withers
strings arranger:
Ray Jackson (trombonist, pianist and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1972)
recording of:
Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
writer:
Stanley McKenny and Bill Withers
3:14
6Use Me
engineer:
Bob Hughes (engineer) and Phil Sheer
producer:
Benorce Blackmon (guitarist, producer, writer), Melvin Dunlap, James Gadson (American drummer), Ray Jackson (trombonist, pianist and arranger) and Bill Withers
acoustic guitar:
Benorce Blackmon (guitarist, producer, writer)
clavinet and Wurlitzer electric piano:
Ray Jackson (trombonist, pianist and arranger)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
James Gadson (American drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Melvin Dunlap
lead vocals:
Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Use Me
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp. (in 1972)
4.353:47
7I 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.
4:37
8Kissing My Love
recording of:
Kissing My Love
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:52
9I Want To Spend The Night
producer:
Keni Burke and Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1977)
recording of:
I Want to Spend the Night
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Golden Withers Music and フジパシフィックミュージック
3:23
10You Try To Find A Love
recording of:
You Try To Find a Love
lyricist:
Bill Withers
writer:
Michel Colombier (French score composer) and Bill Withers
composer:
Michel Colombier (French score composer)
publisher:
Michel Colombier Music, Victor Music Arts, フジパシフィックミュージック, Bleunig Music (from 1985 to present) and Coldeye Music (from 1985 to present)
5:44
11Hello Like Before
producer:
Larry Nash (piano) and Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1975)
recording of:
Hello Like Before
writer:
John Collins (Songwriter) and Bill Withers
5:28
12Grandma's Hands
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden (mastering engineer)
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.
42:01
13The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
recording of:
The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:25
14Steppin' Right Long
engineer:
Keith Seppanen (Engineer)
producer:
Bill Withers
clavinet and synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7]:
Bill Withers
drums (drum set):
John Robinson (session drummer)
electronic drum set [Simmons], hi-hat, tambourine and tom-tom [toms]:
M.B. Gordy
guitar:
Joe Kelly (obscure disco artist)
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7, pizzicato, horns]:
Paul Smith (keyboardist/producer, worked with Bill Withers and Idris Muhammad)
synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7, strings, voices] and vibraphone [vibes]:
Don Freeman
other vocals [Hots!]:
Denise Routt
vocals:
Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (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
15Lonely Town, Lonely Street
recording of:
Lonely Town, Lonely Street
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:46
16I Don't Know
recording of:
I Don't Know
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
3:08
17Take 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
2:40
18World Keeps Going Around
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
5:17
19Better Off Dead
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
Better Off Dead
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:41
20For My Friend
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1972-10-06)
live recording of:
For My Friend (Bill Withers song) (on 1972-10-06)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp.
3:02

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