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Unfortunately, Atlantic's A Donny Hathaway Collection, one of the few career retrospectives available (and basically the only one in print), isn't quite definitive; it presents a version of Hathaway's career inordinately focused on his commercially successful duets with Roberta Flack, and his slowest, most dirge-like solo recordings. A few of his best up-tempo tracks are represented ("The Ghetto," his live cover of "What's Going On"), but not before haunted material like "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know," and "Giving Up." Admittedly, his duets with Flack are among the best recordings of his career, ranging from the depressed ("Where Is the Love") to the atmospheric ("The Closer I Get to You") to the downright driving ("Back Together Again"). But A Donny Hathaway Collection neglects far too much material from his two greatest solo albums, 1970s Everything Is Everything and 1973's Extension of a Man, to be considered the perfect first choice. It may simply be a matter of embellishing the myth of the tortured artist, but this doesn't present both sides of the Hathaway legend.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Jimmy Douglass, Engineer - Jerry Wexler, Producer - Chuck Rainey, Electric Bass - Arif Mardin, Producer - al jackson jr., Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - GENE PAUL, Engineer - Leon Russell, Writer - Donny Hathaway, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Sammy Turner, Backing Vocals - Cissy Houston, Backing Vocals - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - Judy Clay, Backing Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Howie Albert, Engineer - J.R.Bailey, Backing Vocals - Ron Albert, Engineer - Jack Jennings, Percussion - Murray Allen, Engineer - John Littlejohn, Guitar, Vocals - Myrna Summers, Backing Vocals - Ronnie Bright, Backing Vocals - Deirdre Tuck Corley, Backing Vocals
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Fred White, Drums - Arif Mardin, Producer - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Willie Weeks, Bass - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar - Donny Hathaway, Organ, Electric Piano, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - David Newman, Saxophone - Al Kooper, Writer - Al Koopr, Writer
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Arif Mardin, Producer - Donny Hathaway, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - William Peterkin, Writer
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Reggie Lucas, Guitar, Writer - Gwen Guthrie, Backing Vocals - Howard King, Drums - Yvonne Lewis, Backing Vocals - Jeff Mironov, Guitar - Luther Vandross, Backing Vocals - Hiram Bullock, Guitar - Donny Hathaway, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Roberta Flack, Producer, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Ronnie Foster, Synthesizer - Bobby Warner, AssistantEngineer - Anthony Jackson, Bass - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - Joe Lopes, AssistantEngineer - John Tropea, Guitar - Harry Whitaker, Keyboards - Eluriel Barfield, Bass - Eric Mercury, Producer - Errol "Crusher" Bennett, Percussion - Merle Miller, Backing Vocals - Ray Chew, Additional Horn, Keyboards, Additional Strings - Basil Fearrington, Bass - Brenda White, Backing Vocals - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer - Hubert Eaves, Synthesizer - Jocelyn Shaw, Backing Vocals - Ray Jones, Keyboards - Revelation, Backing Vocals - Will Lee, Bass - Paul Northfield, AssistantEngineer - James Mtume, Writer - Gary Olazabal, AssistantEngineer - Pat Martin, AssistantEngineer - Jack Adelman, MasteringEngineer - Howard Lindeman, Engineer
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1979 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
William Salter, Writer - Ralph MacDonald, Writer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Donny Hathaway, Electric Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Roberta Flack, Vocals, MainArtist - Joel Dorn, Producer
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1972 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Sam M. Lewis, Composer - Arif Mardin, Producer, String Arranger - Donny Hathaway, Vocals, MainArtist - Roberta Flack, Electric Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Joel Dorn, Producer - J. Fred Coots, Composer
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1972 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Edward Howard, Writer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Willie Weeks, Bass - Marvin Stamm, Trumpet - Donny Hathaway, Arranger, Electric Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ray Lucas, Drums - David Spinoza, Guitar
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jimmy Douglass, Engineer - Jerry Wexler, Producer - Van McCoy, Writer - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer - al jackson jr., Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - GENE PAUL, Engineer - King Curtis, Tenor Saxophone - Donny Hathaway, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Sammy Turner, Backing Vocals - Cissy Houston, Backing Vocals - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - Judy Clay, Backing Vocals - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Howie Albert, Engineer - J.R.Bailey, Backing Vocals - Ron Albert, Engineer - Jack Jennings, Percussion - Murray Allen, Engineer - John Littlejohn, Guitar, Vocals - Myrna Summers, Backing Vocals - Ronnie Bright, Backing Vocals - Deirdre Tuck Corley, Backing Vocals
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Reggie Lucas, Writer - AHMET ERTEGUN, ExecutiveProducer - Donny Hathaway, Vocals, MainArtist - Roberta Flack, Vocals, MainArtist - EUGENE MCDANIELS, Producer - Rubina Flake, Producer - JOE FERLA, Producer - James Mtume, Writer
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Reggie Lucas, Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Arranger, Vocal Production - Howard King, Drums - Jeff Mironov, Guitar - Hiram Bullock, Guitar - Donny Hathaway, FeaturedArtist - Roberta Flack, Producer, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, Vocal Production, MainArtist - Ronnie Foster, Synthesizer - Stevie Wonder, Writer - Anthony Jackson, Bass - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - John Tropea, Guitar - Harry Whitaker, Keyboards - Eleanore Mills, Backing Vocals - Eluriel Barfield, Bass - Eric Mercury, Writer - Errol "Crusher" Bennett, Percussion - Ray Chew, Keyboards - Basil Fearrington, Bass - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer - Hubert Eaves, Synthesizer - Ray Jones, Keyboards - Will Lee, Bass - Jack Adelman, MasteringEngineer
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1979 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Renaldo Benson, Writer - Fred White, Drums - Alfred Cleveland, Writer - Arif Mardin, Producer, MixingEngineer - Willie Weeks, Bass Guitar - Marvin Gaye, Writer - Donny Hathaway, Arranger, Additional Piano, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Ray Thompson, RecordingEngineer - Phil Upchurch, Guitar - Earl Derouen, Congas Drums - Mike Howard, Guitar
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Willie Weeks, Bass - Donny Hathaway, Producer, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Morris Jennings, Drums - Philip Upchurch, Guitar - Aaron Dodd, Tuba - Clifford Davis, Alto Saxophone - Cyril Touff, Additional Trumpet - Donald Myrick, Alto Saxophone - Gary Slavo, Trumpet - Henry Gibson, Congas Drums - John Avant, Trombone - John E. Howell, Trumpet - John Lounsberry, French Horn - Johnny Board, Tenor Saxophone - Lenard S. Druss, Tenor Saxophone - Leroy Hutson, Writer - Marshall Hawkins, Solo Guitar - Morris Ellis, Trombone - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet - Ric Powell, Producer, Percussion - Robert A. Lewis, Trumpet - Willie Henderson, Additional Saxophone
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1970 Atco Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside.
Weldon Irvine, Writer - Donny Hathaway, Producer, Organ, Additional Piano, Electric Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Aaron Dodd, Tuba - Clifford Davis, Alto Saxophone - Cyril Touff, Additional Trumpet - Donald Myrick, Alto Saxophone - Gary Slavo, Trumpet - John Avant, Trombone - John E. Howell, Trumpet - John Lounsberry, French Horn - Johnny Board, Tenor Saxophone - Lenard S. Druss, Tenor Saxophone - Morris Ellis, Trombone - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet - Ric Powell, Producer, Drums - Robert A. Lewis, Trumpet - Willie Henderson, Additional Saxophone - Nina Simone, Writer
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Arif Mardin, Producer - Carole King, Writer - Donny Hathaway, Electric Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Roberta Flack, Vocals, MainArtist - Joel Dorn, Producer
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1972 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, Engineer - Jerry Wexler, Producer - Arif Mardin, Producer - GENE PAUL, Engineer - Donny Hathaway, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nadine McKinnor, Writer - Howie Albert, Engineer - Ron Albert, Engineer - Jack Jennings, Percussion - Murray Allen, Engineer - John Littlejohn, Guitar, Vocals
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1968 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Album review
Unfortunately, Atlantic's A Donny Hathaway Collection, one of the few career retrospectives available (and basically the only one in print), isn't quite definitive; it presents a version of Hathaway's career inordinately focused on his commercially successful duets with Roberta Flack, and his slowest, most dirge-like solo recordings. A few of his best up-tempo tracks are represented ("The Ghetto," his live cover of "What's Going On"), but not before haunted material like "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know," and "Giving Up." Admittedly, his duets with Flack are among the best recordings of his career, ranging from the depressed ("Where Is the Love") to the atmospheric ("The Closer I Get to You") to the downright driving ("Back Together Again"). But A Donny Hathaway Collection neglects far too much material from his two greatest solo albums, 1970s Everything Is Everything and 1973's Extension of a Man, to be considered the perfect first choice. It may simply be a matter of embellishing the myth of the tortured artist, but this doesn't present both sides of the Hathaway legend.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:28
- Main artists: Donny Hathaway
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Atlantic Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States
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