Anthology

Performer: Bobby Womack
Artist: Percy Mayfield; Bill Withers; Herbie Hancock
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Personnel includes: Bobby Womack (vocals, guitar); Berry Beckett, Sonny Burke, Roger Dollarhide, Bobby Emmons, David Foster, Herbie Hancock, Clayton Ivey, Truman Thomas, William Smith, Leon Ware, Bobby Woods (keyboards); Tommy Cogbill, David Hood, Louis Johnson, Mike Leech, Chuck Rainey, Paul Stallworth, Willie Weeks (bass); Hayward Bishop, Bill Braun, Gene Chrisman, James Gadson, Roger Hawkins, Jim Keltner, Bill Lordan, Soko Richardson, Robert Robertie, Ron Selico, Larry Zack (drums); Hayword Bishop, Bill Braun, Cosme Daeguero, Roger Hawkins, Joe Lala, Bill Summers (percussion); Percy Mayfield, Bill Withers, Friendly Womack Sr. Producers: Chips Moman, Bobby Womack, David Rubinson & Friends, Compilation producer: Leo Sacks. Includes liner notes by Robert Palmer. A repackaging of 1993's Midnight Mover: The Bobby Womack Collection, Anthology -- released by Capitol's The Right Stuff subsidiary in 2003 -- is an excellent overview (cheapo identikit design aside) that features just about every significant moment of Womack's most productive years. All his biggest hits, including "Lookin' for a Love," "Woman's Gotta Have It," "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out," "Daylight," and "Across 110th Street" are featured here, along with some album cuts that most casual fans will have no trouble appreciating. Short of picking up all the albums released during this era, you could not do any better. ~ Andy Kellman

One of the principal architects of 1960s R&B and soul, Bobby Womack combined songwriting genius--his material has been covered by countless artists in a myriad of genres--with a sinuous blues-derived guitar style that was equally influential. He played guitar on Sly Stone's THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON, sang with the Stones, toured with Sam Cooke, wrote for Wilson Pickett, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

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