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BILL WITHERS - NAKED & WARM [LP] (LIMITED TRANSLUCENT BLUE 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL, 4 PAGE BOOKLET FEATURING LYRICS & NEW LINER NOTES WRITTEN BY MARCIA WITHERS, NUMBERED TO 1500, IMPORT)
Artist: Bill Withers
Title: Naked & Warm
Product Tagline: LIMITED TRANSLUCENT BLUE 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl, 4 page booklet featuring lyrics & new liner notes written by Marcia Withers, numbered to 1500, import
Format: LP
Vinyl Color: Translucent Blue
Label: Music On Vinyl
Barcode: 8719262041653
Catalog #: MOVLP1870
Genre: Soul, R&B
Release Date: 11/27/2026
Preorder Due Date: 10/2/2026
Weight (lbs): 0.75
Description

Bill Withers was a modest, gentle, and yet towering musical figure responsible for some of the most important, universally known soul hits ever written. It’s no wonder that “Just the Two of Us” and “Ain’t No Sunshine” won him two Grammy awards and undoubtedly played a huge role in getting him inducted into both the Songwriters and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Naked & Warm is Withers' fifth studio album, released in 1976. A year earlier, the Sussex label—home to Bill's first four landmark albums—ceased operations. Withers then signed with the mighty Columbia Records, which would remain his home until the end of his recording career. While Naked & Warm retains Bill's unique, earthy approach to soul that made him Sussex's biggest star, it's clear that musically too, he was in transition; the first half of the album is full of synthesized jazz-funk vamps, while "City Of The Angels" is an almost 11 minutes long cosmic funk excursion combining biting Rhodes chords with swirling synth pads and Dorothy Ashby's spiritual harp work. All in all, Naked & Warm might be one of Bill's most underrated records, simply because his previous work for Sussex was just that impactful.

Naked & Warm is available as a 50th anniversary edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on translucent blue colored vinyl and includes a 4-page booklet featuring lyrics and new liner notes written by Marcia Withers.


*180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
*DELUXE SLEEVE WITH LINEN LAMINATE FINISH
*INCLUDES 4-PAGE BOOKLET FEATURING LYRICS AND NEW LINER NOTES WRITTEN BY MARCIA WITHERS
**BILL WITHERS' FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM FEATURING THE SINGLES "IF I DIDN'T MEAN YOU WELL" AND "CLOSE TO ME", AS WELL AS "CITY OF THE ANGELS"
*WITH SOUL-JAZZ ICON DOROTHY ASHBY ON HARP
*50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF 1500 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON TRANSLUCENT BLUE COLORED VINYL

Tracklist

Side A
1. Close to Me
2. Naked & Warm
3. Where Are You?
4. Dreams

Side B
1. If I Didn't Mean You Well
2. I'll Be with You
3. City of the Angels
4. My Imagination

• Condition: NEW
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: FUNK/R&B
• Label: Music On Vinyl
• Catalog Number: MOVLP1870
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 11/27/2026