Donny Hathaway – Donny Hathaway
Vocals, Keyboards, - Donny Hathaway [click here to see more vinyl featuring Donny Hathaway]
Tenor Saxophone - King Curtis
Trumpet - Joe Newman
Guitar, Vocals - John Littlejohn
Guitar - Cornell Dupree
Bass - Chuck Rainey, Phil Upchurch
Drums - Al Jackson Jr.
Percussion: Jack Jennings
Arranged by Donny Hathaway
Written by Leon Russell (A1), Gene McDaniels (A2), Billy Preston (A3), Bruce Fisher (A3), John Lennon (A4), Paul McCartney (A4), Donny Hathaway (A5, B1-3), Al Kooper (B4), Donny Hathaway (B5), Nadine McKinnor (B5)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Speakers Corner
Original Label : Atco
Recorded in 1970/71 at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, and Universal Studios, Chicago
Recorded by Gene Paul, James Douglass, Murray Allen
Produced by Jerry Wexler, Donny Hathaway
Originally Released in1971
Reissued in November 2024
Tracks :
Side A:
- Giving Up
- A Song for You
- Little Girl
- He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
- Magnificent Sanctuary Band
Side B:
- She Is My Lady
- I Believe in Music
- Take a Love Song
- Put Your Hand in the Hand
Reviews :
“With just one exception, Donny Hathaway's second full-length is a covers album, featuring one of the most pop-averse artists in soul music surprisingly offering interpretations of contemporary hit material like "A Song for You," "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," "Magnificent Sanctuary Band," and (most effectively) "Put Your Hand in the Hand," a laidback yet rolling, gospel-choir version of the song he was born to sing. In striking contrast to his debut, Donny Hathaway is a very dark record, and it opens on a particularly low note, with "Giving Up" (a 1964 R&B hit for Gladys Knight & the Pips). Most of Hathaway's performances are slow, piano-led laments, powerfully delivered but with little melodic sway to convert listeners. It's no coincedence then, that the only up-tempo song, "Magnificent Sanctuary Band," is the standout. "Little Girl" is a nice piece of gospel testifying with great male harmonizing on the chorus, and "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" is a solid rendering of a song usually drenched in pathos. Still, whereas Everything Is Everything saw him leading the choir up in the front of church, Donny Hathaway sounds like the lament of a man alone in the sanctuary after services are finished.” AllMusic Review by John Bush
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 , Discogs :