Bill Withers - Just As I Am Kevin Ayers Rather than thinking about writing

Rather than thinking about writing songs for crowds

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Originally released in 1973

it's tempting to want all of The Hawk Is Howling to be as obviously powerful as its biggest tracks

and is a good starting block to lead on to the earlier

Bill Withers - Just As I Am Kevin Ayers Rather than thinking about writingIn a career laden with highlights and hallmarks in the annals of soul history, Just As I Am is rather overlooked as one of the best soul debuts ever issued. Beautifully remastered, Just As I Am is presented to a new generation of listeners who may have missed out the first time. With this remastering comes an intimacy, warmth, and immediacy to the recordings that was only hinted at with previous versions; it's almost as if Withers is in a living room