His masterpiece.

CD from Big Break Records.

1974 soul masterwork. His inimitable, melancholic, laidback, funky blend of spiritual and interpersonal insight, with angst, tenderness, fury and hurt, and political nous to spare. Great voice, too. With Dorothy Ashby. A must.

Leaving Sussex for Columbia, this 1976 classic presents a mellower Withers, notwithstanding the rough rare groove killer Make Love To Your Mind. Hello Like Before and I Wish You Well are both here, too.

All nine in the box, properly remastered, packaged in replica mini-LP sleeves, with original documentation, and new notes from scholar Michael Eric Dyson and BW himself.

Pure soul from Muscle Shoals in 1973. Heart-stopping interpretations of Carole King, Burt Bacharach, George Soule, Bob Dylan, George Jackson… he even makes an Aretha his own. Wonderful record.

Excellent 1978 solo debut of the P-Funk keyboardist — with Bootsy, George Clinton, the Brides Of Funkenstein, Eddie Hazel, Fred Wesley, Maceo, the lot.