Bill Withers - Justments

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Review by Zsolt Halasi

Justments by Bill Withers is a soulful and introspective album that showcases the singer-songwriter's talent for crafting deeply personal and emotionally resonant songs. Released in 1974, the album features a mix of soul, funk, and blues influences, with Withers' distinctive voice and acoustic guitar at the forefront.

The opening track, "You," sets the tone for the album with its plaintive melody and heartfelt lyrics about the challenges of love and relationships. Other standout tracks include "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh," a soulful ballad with a catchy chorus, and "Can We Pretend," a bluesy number with a driving beat and searing guitar solo.

Throughout the album, Withers' lyrics explore themes of love, loss, and personal growth, with a raw honesty and vulnerability that is both refreshing and relatable. His voice is soulful and expressive, conveying a range of emotions from heartache to joy with ease.

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Tracks

TrackDurationPreview
Green Grass3:11
Same Love That Made Me Laugh03:27
Stories2:47
Railroad Man6:29
Make A Smile For Me3:14
Made Me Laugh
The Same Love That Made Me Laugh3:26
Can We Pretend3:49
You5:23
Liza3:4
Make a Smile for Me3:16
Heartbreak Road3:9
The Same Love That
Ruby Lee3:18

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Catalog Numbers

  • SRA 8032
  • 67.601
  • MOVLP883, SRA 8032
  • SXLP 11968
  • MLP 15.906
  • SICP 2696
  • 66748-78022-2, A 760953
  • SUF 58032
  • 875 019
  • AMLH 68230
  • L 35123
  • L-35, 125
  • SUS F 58032
  • LPSX 2
  • 397309
  • 0040.080
  • 87 744 IT
  • SUS F 88032

Labels

  • Sussex
  • Sussex, Carrere
  • Not On Label
  • Music On Vinyl, Sussex
  • Sony Records Int'l
  • Reel Music, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group
  • A&M Records, Sussex
  • A & M Records (UK)
  • A&M Records, Sussex Records, Inc.
  • A&M Records/ https://www.discogs.com/label/31221-Sussex
  • A&M Records
  • Elemental Music, Sussex
  • Metronome

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Formats

  • Vinyl
  • LP
  • Album
  • Stereo
  • Monarch Press
  • CD
  • Special Edition
  • Unofficial Release
  • Remastered
  • 180 Gr
  • Limited Edition
  • Reissue
  • Paper Sleeve
  • Sonic Press
  • Cassette
  • Club Edition
  • Yellow Label
  • Sonic Pressing
  • Promo
  • Slipcase
  • Mini LP Replica
  • 8-Track Cartridge

Companies

RoleCompany
Pressed ByMonarch Record Mfg. Co.
Mastered AtArtisan Sound Recorders
Recorded AtRecord Plant, Los Angeles
Mixed AtRecord Plant, Los Angeles
Phonographic Copyright (p)Sussex Records, Inc.
Copyright (c)Sussex Records, Inc.
Manufactured BySussex Records, Inc.
Distributed ByAmpex Music Of Canada
Licensed ToMusic On Vinyl B.V.
Record CompanySony Music Japan International Inc.
Licensed FromSony Music Entertainment Spain, S.L.
Printed ByMohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG

Credits

RoleCredit
Arranged ByJohn Myles
Art DirectionCarl Overr
BassMelvin Dunlap (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B1, B2,, B4, B5)
ProducerMelvin Dunlap (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B1, B2,, B4, B5)
DesignJohn Van Hamersveld
DrumsJames Gadson (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B1, B2, B5)
EngineerBobby Thomas, Phil Schier
GuitarBenorce Blackman (tracks: A1), Bill Withers (tracks: A2, B4), Jose Feliciano (tracks: B2)
HarpDorothy Ashby (tracks: A2, A3, A4, B2,)
PercussionChip Steen (tracks: A5, B5), Jose Feliciano (tracks: B5)
Photography ByNorman Seeff
PianoBill Withers (tracks: A4, A5, B1, , B4, B5), John Barnes (tracks: A1, A3, A4,), John Myles (tracks: B2, B3, B5), Ray Jackson (tracks: A1, A2)
VocalsBill Withers (tracks: All)
ClavinetJohn Myles
Congas"Chip" Steen
Electric PianoRay Jackson
Written-ByB. Withers (tracks: A1 to B1,B3 to B5), Denise Nicholas (tracks: B2), M. Dunlap (tracks: A5, B5)
Liner Notes金澤寿和
Mastered ByVic Anesini
Remastered ByBill Lacey
Supervised ByPaul Williams
Mixed ByPhil Schier
Co-producerJames Gadson, Melvin Dunlap

Notes

  • Monarch Record Mfg. Co. pressing denoted by (MR) stamp in runouts.
  • Issued with color inner sleeve with information and photo.
  • Recorded at The Record Plant, L.A.
  • (p) and (c) Sony Music Entertainment 1974
  • Label text on side A under Sussex logo and in to the outer rib
  • 2009 remaster.
  • Sonic Recording Products, Inc. pressing denoted by SON etch in runouts.
  • Artisan Sound Recorders stamp in runouts resembles a record with two legs coming from the middle, in the shape of the letter "A".
  • Special thanks to Jose Feliciano who appears courtesy of RCA Records.
  • Compact disc reissue of album originally released by Sussex SRA 8032) in 1974. Digitally remastered at Digital Sound & Picture, New York. Transfers at Battery Studios. Redesign by FourEyes Studio.
  • Printed in the USA.
  • The J-card folds out to showcase a sliver of cover art left, which is mostly taken up by the spine of the fold.
  • "50032" is stamped on the top of the cassette itself.
  • Cassette features sponge attached to the back metal plate, instead of using the normal suspended sponge system.
  • Texture on the cassette shell is "gravel" type.
  • SMX44031 etched in both sides runout but scratched out and replaced with SMX44041
  • Packaging include color inner sleeve with information and photo.
  • The album cover shows Withers writing the following explanation of the title:
  • "Life like most precious gifts gives us the responsibility of upkeep. We are given the responsibility of arranging our own spaces to best benefit our survival. We have the choice of believing or not believing in things like God, friendship, marriage, love, lust or any number of simple but complicated things. We will make some mistakes both in judgement and in fact. We will help some situations and hurt some situations. We will help some people and hurt some people and be left to live with it either way. We must then make some adjustments, or as the old people back home would call them, 'JUSTMENTS."
  • Packaged in a "mini LP" style card gatefold sleeve and inner sleeve with some amendments to the artwork and text (see pictured and described below) to differentiate from the original release.
  • The spine (not pictured) features the catalogue number, artist, album title and label name "SUSSEX RECORDS".
  • The inside gatefold (not pictured) replicates the yellow/black artwork and artist bio featured on some versions of the original release.
  • The inner sleeve (not pictured) transposes the remainder of the text from the original.
  • The disc itself (not pictured) features the Sussex label branding alongside the new catalogue number and the Elemental Music logo, and has the tracklisting and copyright information taken verbatim from elsewhere on this release.
  • The Gatefold sleeve uses Side A/Side B tracklisting whereas inner sleeve and CD use numbers 1-10 and track times.
  • There are no SID codes featured.
  • On sleeve:
  • © & ℗ 1974 Sussex Records, Inc.
  • Im Ariola Vertrieb
  • Printed in Western Germany by Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG, Gütersloh.
  • On labels:
  • ℗ 1974 A&M/Sussex Records, Inc.
  • Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH., München (on ring print)

Barcodes

  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): SRA-8032-A
  • Matrix / Runout (B SIde Label): SRA-8032-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched; (MR) stamped): SRA-8032-A (MR) △18660
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched; (MR) stamped): SRA-8032-B (MR) △18660-x
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): SRA-8032A
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): SRA-8032B
  • Matrix / Runout (variant): SRA-8032-S1
  • Matrix / Runout (variant): SRA-8032-S2
  • Barcode: 8 718469 533756
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): SXLP-11968/1
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): SXLP-11968/2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched): SXLP 11968 A G
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched): SXLP 11968 B G
  • Barcode (Obi, Text): 4547366053753
  • Rights Society: JASRAC
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched): SRA 8032-A SON
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched): SRA 8032-B SON
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamped, both runouts): [Artisan Sound Recorders logo]
  • Barcode (Printed): 6 67487-80222 2
  • Barcode (Scanned): 667487802222
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): XBLY 875-019 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): XBLY 875-019 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, stamped): AEM XXX 875 019 A CIDIS
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, stamped): AEM XXX 875 019 B CIDIS
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): SMX44041 (SRA-8032)
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): SMX44042 (SRA8032)
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched): SMX44041 2A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched): SMX44042 2A
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): SRA-8032-B
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Etched): (SON)
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Etched): (SON)
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched): SMA 44031
  • Barcode: 8 435395 502259
  • Matrix / Runout: 397309
  • Rights Society: GEMA
  • Label Code: LC 0270
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): C 87 744 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): C 87 744 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, stamped): S 87744 A-2 Made in Germany
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, stamped): S 87744 B-2 Made in Germany

About Bill Withers

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Born: July 4, 1938 in Slab Fork, West Virginia, USA Died: March 30, 2020 In Los Angeles, CA. Soulful singer and songwriter. A late starter musically, he cut his first demos while working as a mechanic for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and released his debut album "Just As I Am" in 1971 at the age of 33. Father of

Real Name

    • William Harrison Withers
    • Jr.
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Summary by Zsolt Halasi

Justments is a must-listen for fans of classic soul and blues music, and a testament to Bill Withers' enduring talent as a singer-songwriter. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to his music, this album is sure to leave a lasting impression.