Bill Withers - Naked & Warm (2015) [Hi-Res]

First Time On HighResAudio For This 1976 Classic Bill‘s second album for Columbia was a somewhat funkier affair than his debut. "Here Withers returns to the simple ways of his past, working five or six musicians for the kind of hard groove that doesn't have many parallels in black music these days." (Robert Christgau). Musicians include Larry "Fatback" Tolbert on drums, Dorothy Ashby (harp), Melvin Dunlap (bass) Benorce Blackmon (guitar) and Jerry Knight (bass). Remastered in 24-bit audio from the original Columbia Masters, and in special Japanese style packaging.

„Warm wonderful soul from Bill -- recorded with a bit less of the acoustic folksy sound that graced his Sussex recordings, but still with loads of excellent song writing, and a whole bunch of great piano work in place of the missing guitar.“

Bill Withers, lead vocals and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Geoffrey Leib, guitar, piano, electric piano
Benorce Blackmon, guitar, electric guitar
Don Freeman, piano, electric piano, synthesizer
Clifford Coulter, Moog Synthesizer
Larry Nash, electric piano
Youseff Rahman, electric piano
Jerry Knight, bass, backing vocals
Melvin Dunlap, bass
Larry Tolbert, drums
Kwasi "Rocki" Dzidzomu, conga
Dorothy Ashby, harp
Earl "Crusher" Bennett, conga, cowbell, slapstick, tambourine, vibraslap
Marsha Johnson, backing vocals
Helen Gonder, backing vocals
Lenny Booker, backing vocals
Lois Booker, backing vocals

Recorded 1976 at Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA
Produced by Bill Withers

Digitally remastered