Audio sample : Sunshine Over Showers (unreleased song recorded on Dec 13th, 1975)

Donny Hathaway around 1975

Written by William Peterkin, Sunshine Over Showers was recorded on December 13, 1975 at Total Experience Studios, in Los Angeles, a studio founded by Lonnie Simmons, a Funk producer/manager/label owner who is best-known for his work with The Gap Band. This 4 minutes and 38 seconds song is a beautiful ballad with soft guitar & electric piano chords divided in three parts. At two-and-a-half minutes into the song, Donny briefly changes gear and morphs into a mid-tempo funk number before resuming its original tempo. Definitely, one of Donny Hathaway best studio performance and is included in the forthcoming great 4 CD box called Never My Love : The Anthology available worldwide on November 11th, 2013 in limited edition. Thank you, once again to Warner France for this sample.

Pre-order "Never My Love : The Anthology" on Amazon Germany

Never My Love : The Anthology - 4CD box set

German fans can pre-order Never My Love : The Anthology 4 CD box set on Amazon Germany at 23.99 euros. It would be available on November 8th according to Amazon.de

Audio Sample : Latin Time (unrealised instrumental demo song from 1974/75)

Warner Music France has posted on youtube a 1:43 min other sample from the forthcoming 4CD boxset Never My Love : The Anthology. This never heard before demo song is called Latin Time. This 6 minutes & 13 seconds instrumental song was probably recorded in 1974 or 1975. If someone has more info about this song, drop me a line.

Audio sample : Let's Groove (unreleased track recorded on Jan 11th,1974, Record Plant - New-York, USA)

Never My Love - The Anthology - Warner UK 2013

Seven years before Earth Wind & Fire, Donny Hathaway recorded a song called Let's Groove at the Record Plant in New-York City on january 11, 1974 (Atlantic master tape #28337). This 6 minutes and 41 seconds song is totally different as you can hear below, jazz oriented. That day, No Other One But You, Going Down & The Essence Of Destiny were also taped (you could hear these songs on the french boxset called Someday We'll All Be Free - check the link above). Donny performed with Ron Carter on bass, Chuggy Carter on percussion, Grady Tate on drums and more great musicians. Today, Warner France has posted a 2 min sample for all the fans. Thank you guys !

Pre-order "Never My Love : The Anthology" 4CD boxset on Amazon UK for only £18 !

Donny Hathaway - Never My Love - The Anthology - 2013

Fans from United Kingdom (and from other countries for sure) can pre-order Never My Love : The Anthology 4CD boxset for only £18 (21€ or $29) on Amazon UK. 

Bargain of the year !

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway live at The Spectrum, Philadelphia (USA), July 15th 1972

Roberta Flack Donny Hathaway - rare poster - Philadelphia 1972

On Saturday July 15th, 1972 at 8pm, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway played at The Spectrum, an 18 000 seats indoor Arena in Philadelphia, PA (USA). Tickets were sold $4.50, $5.50 & $6.50. Two Months earlier, They recorded a 2 hours show at University of California (UCLA) in Los Angeles for Atlantic Records but unfortunately this show has never seen the light of the day.

Pre-order "Never My Love : The Anthology" 4CD boxset on Amazon at only 22.99€ ($30)

You can order Donny Hathaway new 4CD boxset called Never My Love : The Anthology on Amazon France at only 22.99 euros (only $31) plus shipping (it depends where you live). You could also pre-order the boxset on Amazon.com at $41. Links below.

Never My Love, The Anthology : New 4CD box set incl. 23 unreleased studio + live tracks on Nov 11th, 2013 !

Never My Love : The Anthology - 4CD Boxset

Three years after the french boxset called Someday We'll All Be Free and 10 years after the aborted project from Rhino UK, Warner is gonna release Never My Love : The Anthology a new 4 CD boxset on nov. 11th, 2013  including 13 never heard before songs and unreleased live takes recorded at the Bitter End (New-York City) in october 1971. This box contains a very long essay written by the english journalist Charles Waring plus an interview with Roberta Flack.

The first CD compiled some classic tracks (incl some edit versions published only on 45 rpm) recorded by Donny Hathaway including the duets with June Conquest he recorded in the late sixties for Curtom Records, Curtis Mayfield label based in Chicago.

The second CD compiled 13 never heard before demos; mostly "work in progress" tracks including a 20 minutes long amazing classical concerto (previously calley Life Pt. 1-4) recorded in october 1973 after the Newport Jazz festival tour, Donny did during the summer 1973.

The third CD compiled some unreleased takes recorded at The Bitter End in NYC. Donny played 9 sets, between October 27 & 29 1971. You could hear for the first time a 15 min funky version of The Ghetto and an alternative take of Everything Is Everything incl. an other Willie Weeks amazing bass solo and a great bluesy solo played Cornell Dupree, Donny's guitarist.

Last CD compiled all studio tracks with Roberta Flack officially already released between 1972 to 1977.



Disc 1 : The Life and Music of Donny Hathaway

1. I Thank You Baby – June & Donnie
2. Just Another Reason – Donny Hathaway & June Conquest
3. The Ghetto – Part 1
4. The Ghetto – Part 2
5. Thank You Master (For My Soul) (Promo Edit)
6. Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)
7. Tryin’ Times
8. To Be Young, Gifted and Black
9. I Believe To My Soul
10. This Christmas
11. A Song For You
12. Magnificent Sanctuary Band
13. Giving Up
14. Come Back Charleston Blue – Donny Hathaway with Margie Joseph
15. Little Ghetto Boy (Studio Version)
16. Valdez In The Country
17. I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
18. Lord Help Me
19. Come Little Children
20. Love, Love, Love
21. Someday We’ll All Be Free
22. You Were Meant For Me



Disc 2 : Unreleased Studio Recordings

1. Never My Love
2. A Lot Of Soul
3. Let’s Groove
4. Latin Time
5. Tally Rand
6. Memory Of Our love
7. Sunshine And Showers
8. After The Dance Is Done
9. Don’t Turn Away
10. Always The Same
11. Brown Eyed Lady (Instrumental)
12. The Sands Of Time
13. ZYXYGY Concerto

Disc 3 : Live at The Bitter End 1971 (All Previously Unreleased Performances)

1. What’s Going On
2. Sack Full Of Dreams
3. Little Ghetto Boy
4. You’ve Got A Friend
5. Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)
6. He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
7. Jealous Guy
8. I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
9. Hey Girl
10. The Ghetto

Disc 4 : Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway Duets

1. I (Who Have Nothing)
2. You’ve Got A Friend
3. Baby I Love You
4. Be Real Black For Me
5. You’ve lost That Loving Feeling
6. For All We Know
7. Where Is The Love
8. When Love Has Grown
9. Come Ye Disconsolate
10. Mood
11. The Closer I Get To You
12. You Are My Heaven
13. Back Together Again



French customers can already pre-order Never My Love, The Anthology on Amazon France & Amazon USA

Where Is The Love - BBC 2 radio doc. (2011)

Where Is The Love - BBC2 radio show dedicated to Donny Hathaway - CD 

On August 16th, 2011 BBC 2 english radio broadcasted a 57 minutes documentary called Where Is The Love on Donny Hathaway. Roberta Flack paid a tribute to him with help of friends, family and colleagues who knew him well. Contributors included Hatahway's daughter's Lalah & Donnita, musical director and friend Harold Wheeler, co-writer, friend and fellow Howard University graduate Leroy Hutson and American Music radio broadcaster, Dyana Williams.

Where Is The Love - BBC2 radio show dedicated to Donny Hathaway - CD sleeve

Where Is The Love - BBC2 radio show dedicated to Donny Hathaway - promo sheet

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Cardboard Sleeve JAP reissue SHM-CD 2013)

Twelve albums of Roberta Flack are gonna be reissued in Japan on July 31th 2013. This special & limited edition (WPCR-15125) is a cardboard sleeve one on SHM-CD. No details yet about this release of "Roberta Flack  Featuring Donny Hathaway". You could pre-order this album on CDJapan, a very safe online shop. Click on the link below.

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] [SHM-CD] [Limited Release] / Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway