Where Is The Love, The Story Of Donny Hathaway (BBC 2, UK radio show)

BBC Radio 2 broadcasted a 1 hour radio show on Donny Hathaway last night, on August 15th 2011 at 10pm. Contributors include Roberta Flack, Hathaway's daughters, Lalah and Donnita, musical director and friend Harold Wheeler; co-writer, friend and fellow Howard University graduate Leroy Hutson and American music radio broadcaster, Dyana Williams.

Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack, japanese CD (1994)

This japanese CD (#AMCY-4056) of Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack first album was published on Atlantic/East West Japan in 1998. Not easy to find now & remastered like the US version. A classic.

Interview : Sounds (UK), July, 31th 1971

A very rare interview by Ray Telford published in Sounds, a british weekly newspaper on July, 31th 1971.

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Someday We'll All Be Free 4 SHM-CD box set, Japanese version (UPDATE)

Someday We'll All Be Free - japanese SHM-CD version - July 2011 - front cover

The japanese version of Someday We'll All Be Free box set was released on July, 9th 2011, 18 months after the french original limited edition. This new 4 cds box (WQCP-1075/8) has the same musical content but the packaging is a little bit different even if the cover looks like the french one. The japanese set is bigger and contains 2 booklets. The first one contains some different stories than the french one. The second booklet, printed in B&W, contains lyrics from all songs even the unrealised stuff. That's a great addition for fans. There are also some black & white pictures but sadly the printing quality is not excellent which is very surprising for a japanese release. The sound of SHM-CD is quite similar to the french CD. 

Japanese SHM-CD boxset

Click on the red link below to order it

Someday We'll All Be Free - Donny Hathaway Anthology - [SHM-CD]

Donny Hathaway

Where Is The Love, music sheet (1972)

This famous song written by Ralph McDonald and William Salter was released in 1972. It was a huge hit and the single (taken from the album Donny Hathaway and Roberta flack) reached number 1 in R&B US charts in August 1972. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 the same summer. The song was certified gold (First one for Donny) won a Grammy award for Best Pop Performance by a duo or a group with vocal.

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Magnificent Sanctuary Band, US promo 7"

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This US promo single was released on May 14th, 1971.

Side 1 : Magnificent Santuary Band (Mono version) 3:11
Side 2 : Magnificent Santuary Band

This song written by Dorsey Burnett is taken from Donny Hathaway's second album.

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Live at Nassau Coliseum 1973, online for free !

A new gift from Wolfgang's Vault has just arrived today. A never heard before show recorded at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale (NY, USA) on July 8th, 1973. You can listen to it for free or yo can buy a flac version for $12.98 or mp3s for $9.98. The show is fantastic. Donny Hathaway seems to be in a really great mood. The 11 minutes version of The Ghetto is truly amazing.

Setlist :

1. What’s Going On 6:16 (unusual version, very slow)

2. You’ve Got A Friend 4:01

3. Little Ghetto Boy  5:56 (fast version)

4. Valdez In The Country 4:04 (soooo funky)

5. Love, Love, Love  4:21 (very different one)

6. The Ghetto  11:02  (listen to it !)

The "cool" funky cats are :

Donny Hathaway - vocals, piano, electric piano
Gil Silva, from NYC - guitar
Leslie "Chuggy" Carter, from NYC - congas
Bassie Saunders, from Richmond - bass
John "Suss" Sussewell, from NYC - drums

A Donny Hathaway t-shirt for sale !

My very talented friend Daniel aka Dan23 (who did this site's banner) has created a Donny Hathaway t-shirt. This one is produced in a very limited edition. Less than 10 were made (size M, L, XL. European ones are sometimes smaller than US ones. Euro XL is like L in USA). If you want to order it, check his website HERE. If you need some help because you do not understand french, send me an email.  The T-Shirt is sold 30 € incl. free shipping worldwide. It will be shipped very carefully packed.

A total Experience Christmas, US LP (1984)

This Christmas is included on this US LP compilation called A Total Experience Christmas (# TEL 8.5707) published in 1984 on Total Experience Records (a label based in Los Angeles, CA) & distributed on RCA Records.

An unreleased album cover (2010)

When I started to work on the Donny Hathaway's boxset last year, Warner France asked to a french young designer called Kart to imagine a cover. This is one of them never released...