Bill Withers - Live At Carnegie Hall ( 180g vinyl 2LP )

Release date 18062012(originally released in 1973)

2012 EU repress ( 180g vinyl 2LP )

With hits like " Ain't No Sunshine", " Lean On Me" .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.

Tracks:
LP1:
A1 Use One
A2 Friend Of Mine
A3 Ain't No Sunshine
A4 Grandma's Hands (With Rap)

B1 World Keeps Going Around
B2 Let Me In Your Life (With Rap)
B3 Better Off Dead
B4 For My Friend

LP2:
C1 I Can't Write Left Handed
C2 Lean On Me
C3 Lonely Town Lonely Street
C4 Hope She'll Be Happier

D1 Let Us Love
D2 Harlem/Cold Baloney