Bill Withers-Still Bill-24-96-WEB-FLAC-REMASTERED-2015-OBZEN

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Bill Withers-Still Bill-24-96-WEB-FLAC-REMASTERED-2015-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:36:42 minutes | 749 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Bill Withers-Just As I Am-24-96-WEB-FLAC-REMASTERED-2015-OBZEN

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Bill Withers-Just As I Am-24-96-WEB-FLAC-REMASTERED-2015-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:35:57 minutes | 749 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Bill Withers-Menagerie-24-96-WEB-FLAC-REMASTERED-2015-OBZEN

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Bill Withers-Menagerie-24-96-WEB-FLAC-REMASTERED-2015-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:38:43 minutes | 765 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Bill Withers – Still Bill (2023 MFSL UltraDisc UHR SACD) (1972/2023) SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Bill Withers – Still Bill (2023 MFSL UltraDisc UHR SACD) (1972/2023)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 36:29 minutes | Full Scans included | 1,53 GB
Genre: Funk, Soul, R&B | Publisher (label): Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – UDSACD 2268

More than 50 years after its original release, Bill Withers’ Still Bill remains true to its title – and stands as the greatest male-fronted soul album not made by a singer named Marvin, Al, Sam, James, or Ray. Though the saying “keeping it real” did not exist in popular parlance when Withers released his sophomore effort on Sussex Records, no words better capture the music’s approach, mindset, and value. Every facet of Still Bill radiates honesty, truth, and emotion. These characteristics – along with Withers’ strong singing, hybrid arrangements, and deceptively simple songwriting – have allowed the album to endure to the point where it sounds as fresh today as in 1972.

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Bill Withers – Live At Carnegie Hall (1973) [MFSL 2014] SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Bill Withers – Live At Carnegie Hall (1973) [MFSL 2014]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 79:14 minutes | Scans included | 3,2 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,52 GB
or DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Source: SACD ISO | 3.14 GB

A wonderful live album that capitalizes on Withers’ trademark melancholy soul sound while expanding the music to fit the room granted by a live show. Lovely versions of “Grandma’s Hands” and “Lean on Me” are balanced by heartfelt downbeat numbers like “Better Off Dead” and “I Can’t Write Left-Handed,” the latter being an anti-war song with a chilling message. The set finishes off with the lengthy “Harlem/Cold Baloney,” with lots of audience-pleased call-and-response going on. One of the best live releases from the ’70s.

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Bill Withers – Bill Withers’ Greatest Hits (1981) [MFSL 2016] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Bill Withers – Bill Withers’ Greatest Hits (1981) [MFSL 2016]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 36:27 minutes | Scans included | 1,48 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 711 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2155

At only ten tracks, Greatest Hits is a little brief and doesn’t contain much of his earliest material, but it remains a first-rate compilation of Bill Withers’ prime hits, featuring “Use Me,” “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lean on Me,” “Who Is He (And What Is He to You),” and “Just the Two of Us.” The latter-day Legacy compilation is a bit more thorough, but this remains a good basic overview.

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Bill Withers – Watching You Watching Me (1985/2008) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bill Withers – Watching You Watching Me (1985/2008)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:37 minutes | 929 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

Watching You, Watching Me, his first solo project for almost five years’ radiating a special kind of warmth and simplicity, nice ‘n’ mellow, getting straight to the heart of the matter. A quick listen to the title track or the albums first hit, Oh Yeah and you realize that you’ve been missing that special Withers magic, the honesty that’s always been a trademark of Bill’s music.
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Bill Withers – ‘Bout Love (1978/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bill Withers – ‘Bout Love (1978/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:04 minutes | 738 MB | Genre: Funk, Soul, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Bill Withers collaborated with keyboardist/arranger/songwriter Paul Smith on this engaging set issued. Still Bill offers his usual mellowness and down-home sincerity on such cuts as “All Because of You,” “Dedicated to You My Love,” and the brotherly love-themed “Look to Each Other for Love.” There are surprising up-tempo tracks like the horn-punctuated Top 30 R&B lead single “Don’t Make It Better,” and the back-alley funk of its follow-up, “You Got the Stuff,” with its squishy, cartoonish vocoder-generated background vocals. “Love Is” and “All Because of You” are on Ain’t No Sunshine issued by BMG International on February 29, 2000. “Love Is” was covered by dance artist Gino Soccio on his S Beat LP. ~ Ed Hogan
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Bill Withers – Menagerie (1977/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bill Withers – Menagerie (1977/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:43 minutes | 769 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

Menagerie is R&B soul singer Bill Withers’ sixth studio album. The record, originally released in 1977, is more fast paced than his previous records and features popular single “Lovely Day”. In 1978 the album made it to the number 16 spot on Billboard’s Top Soul Albums chart and number 39 on the Pop Albums chart.
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Bill Withers – Naked & Warm (1976/2009) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bill Withers – Naked & Warm (1976/2009)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:05 minutes | 749 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

Menagerie (1977) takes a step backwards, although it does contain his sunny “Lovely Day”, famous for Withers holding a note for 18 seconds. Despite titles such as “She Wants to (Get on Down)” (which also found its way in the movie Looking for Mr. Goodbar), the bulk of material is soft and gentle, as indicated by other titles such as “Tender Things” and “Lovely Night for Dancing”. These songs border on the sopoforic more than seductive.
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Bill Withers – Making Music (1975/2009) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bill Withers – Making Music (1975/2009)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:55 minutes | 823 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Released in 1975, Making Music is the fourth studio album by Bill Withers.  It peaked at #81 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.
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Bill Withers – +’Justments (1974/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bill Withers – +’Justments (1974/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:57 minutes | 706 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Bill Withers’ 1974 album Justments reached the number 7 spot on Billboard’s Top Souls Album chart after its release. The record featured great tracks including: “The Same Love That Made Me Laugh”, “Railroad Man”, “Heartbreak Road”, “You”, and “Ruby Lee” demonstrating Bill’s musical capabilities, the songs are tenacious as well as extremely creative.
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Bill Withers – Still Bill (1972/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bill Withers – Still Bill (1972/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:42 minutes | 753 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

Still Bill is American soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers’ second studio album originally released in 1972. The album features hit singles “Lean on Me” which made it to the number one spot on Billboard’s Pop and R&B charts, and “Use Me” which was number two on the Pop and R&B charts. Still Bill was number one on the U.S. Billboard Soul Albums chart in 1972 and the same year made it to number 4 on the Pop Albums chart.
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Bill Withers – Just As I Am (1971/2005) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bill Withers – Just As I Am (1971/2005)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:57 minutes | 753 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

Just As I Am is the debut studio album by Bill Withers and was first released in 1971. It was recorded at Sunset Sound and Wally Heider Studios in Hollywood, California and produced by Booker T. Jones. The album features the classic hit single “Ain’t No Sunshine”, which has been ranked #280 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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