Cherry Red Records Why Can’t We Live Together: Expanded Version

Timmy Thomas is a keyboardist,
R&B singer, songwriter and producer who hails from Evansville, Indiana
where he was born on the 13th of November 1944. As a keyboardist
Thomas came to prominence as an accompanist with Jazz legends Donald Byrd and
Cannonball Adderley in the early 60’s before joining the group Phillip &
The Faithfuls, releasing several singles on the Goldwax record label in 1964,
before settling in Memphis as a session musician while still releasing solo
sides for Goldwax with modest success. After a brief stint on the Climax label
in 1970 Thomas found a new home on Glades Records, a subsidiary of T.K.
Records, in Miami in 1972.
 
WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER was the
first of four albums Thomas recorded on Glades Records and with the title track
released as the first single in late 1972 Thomas had his first and biggest hit
with ‘Why Can’t We Live Together’ which peaked at #1 R&B and #3 Pop in the
U.S., and #12 in the U.K. The success of the title track propelled the album to
#10 R&B and #53 Pop in 1973.
 
“Why Can’t We Live Together” has a
very stripped down production, a sound echoed throughout the album, with
Thomas’s soulful organ played in an improvisational style over the
rhythm sections, giving room for his impassioned vocals. Other notable cuts on
the album are the standard ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ and a cover of
The Chi-lites ‘The Coldest Days Of My Life.’
 

BBR is very proud to bring you WHY
CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER, completely remastered and repackaged complete with
extensive liner notes and extended bonus content and a brand new interview with
Timmy Thomas.
 
WHY
CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER is a must have for all R&B, Soul, Jazz and Funk fans
out there!
Available 30/09/2013