Bill"s First Columbia Album Makes Its CD Debut After the demise of Sussex Records, Bill Withers jumped ship to the behemoth that was Columbia Records. On "Making Music", the sound is a little more smoothed out, yet still retains that warm soul feeling for which he is best known. Other than the two singles, "Hello Like Before" is probably the most well known track, but there are many other gems within this ten tracker which benefits from string and horn arrangements by Motown legend Paul Riser. The album features a who s who of great musicians and singers including David Walker, Ray Parker Jr., Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, bassist James Jamerson, Ernie Watts and Ralph MacDonald.