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Bill Withers – Menagerie #Columbia 1977 🇺🇸 US Arranged By – Clarence McDonald (tracks: A1, B3) Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Clarence McDonald (tracks: B4), #PaulRiser (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B2, B5) Backing Vocals – #HodgesJamesAndSmith (tracks: B1) Bass – #JerryKnight (tracks: A1, A4, B2), #KeniBurke (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B3 to B5) Conductor – #CharlesVealJr. (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B5) Drums – #AlvinTaylor (tracks: A3, A4, B1, B2), Russell Kunkel (tracks: A1, A2, B3 to B5) Guitar – #RayParkerJr (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3) Keyboards – Clifford Coulter (tracks: B1, B4), #DeanGant (tracks: A2) Percussion – #RalphMacDonald (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B5) Producer – Bill Withers, Clifford Coulter (tracks: B4), #KeniBurke (tracks: A2, A3, B1) Producer, Keyboards – #ClarenceMcDonald (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B3, B5) Shaker – #RussKunkel (tracks: A1) Soloist, Synthesizer – #CliffordCoulter (tracks: B4) Synthesizer – #MichaelJones (tracks: B2) Written-By – B. Withers (tracks: A1 to B3, B5), C. McDonald (tracks: A4), C.Coulter (tracks: B4), L. Nash (tracks: B1), M. Jones (tracks: B2), S. Scarborough (tracks: A1, B5) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-CnL4HJLZG/?igshid=165k7wpkdr50

That’s a whole lotta funk in one shot... 👀👀👀 #PaulRiser #DennisCoffey #Motown #FBTStudios #Detroit #Music #RecordingStudio #Composer #Producer #Engineer #BocaJMusic #BassmentSounds https://www.instagram.com/p/B0lcCBwBqQc/?igshid=1vuuj8y0by9o3

Always great having a legend inside our legendary studio... This weekend was one for the books with my friend Paul Riser!!! #PaulRiser #Motown #FBTStudios #Detroit #RecordingStudio #BocaJMusic #Composer #Producer #Engineer #BassmentSounds https://www.instagram.com/mrjakebass/p/Bw1xzLFAaBc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ef35ev84o9ne

Legendary. Photo by @seanforbes #PaulRiser #Motown #BocaJMusic #Detroit #Music #RecordingStudio #Composer #Producer #Engineer #BassmentSounds https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn5E13bAer_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d5rwa984exfn

#Vinyl_HG // #VinylWednesday // One of my closest friends, Davis Eli "David" Ruffin released his debut solo album "My Whole World Ended" in 1969 on #Motown #Records. David started off singing in a family #gospel group lead by his father. Then when he moved to #Detroit, where his brother #JimmyRuffin was signed with Motown, he moved in with and worked for "Pops" Gordy, #BerryGordy father, and worked as an apprentice at #AnnaRecords ( run by #GwenGordy, Berry's sister ) together with #MarvinGaye they would pack records. He is most famous for his four year run with #TheTemptations ( Motown ) as their lead singer. But after being kicked out of the group he went solo. He still had the backing of Motown records and together with the in-house producers such as #HarveyFuqua, #JohnnyBristol, #PaulRiser and #IvyJoHinter he made this wonderful album. #TheFunkBrothers ( the band behind most Motown hits ) are amazingly good throughout, getting down just as hard as the vocalist. And what a vocalist Ruffin was!!! Marvin Gaye ones said; I heard [in his voice] a strength my own voiced lacked". The album reached #1 on the US #Billboard R&B Albums and #31 on the US #Billboard200. #Vinyl #VinylMe #Soul #Love #Music #Record #MonoRecords #LosAngeles (at Los Angeles, California)

Wishing for the days when flirting didn’t leave a paper trail.