What type of media does Givin' It Back and Neil Young have in common?
Givin' It Back Givin' It Back is the ninth album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint on September 25, 1971. After years of having white rock acts covering their most famed material, particularly, "Shout" and "Twist and Shout", the Isleys decided to do the same to music made famous by white artists such as Stephen Stills, Eric Burdon and Neil Young. Among the songs they covered were "Spill the Wine", "Love the One You're With", the social commentary medley of "Ohio" and "Machine Gun" (from Jimi Hendrix), "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor and Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay". The Isleys' perseverance paid off when their covers of "Love the One You're With", "Lay Lady Lay" and "Spill the Wine" became charted hits. Bill Withers plays guitar on the Isleys' version of his "Cold Bologna".
Nick Sansano Nick Sansano (born 1963 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American record producer, engineer, and musician. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, he began his career at Greene Street Recording, where he recorded and mixed for a variety of ground-breaking hip hop artists including Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Rob Base and Run DMC. From there, he went on to co-produce Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation and Goo, two critically acclaimed and historical alternative music recordings that changed the landscape of popular music. He also engineered and mixed selections from Public Enemy's albums "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back", "Fear of a Black Planet" and "Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age". Additional hip hop credits include Ice Cube's "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" and mixing the rap classic It Takes Two by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock. He also worked with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ("ACME"), BUBBLIES ("NO Brain No Headache"), Stuck In The Sound ("Shoegazing Kids"), Le Tigre ("This Island"), Galactic ("Late For The Future", "Love 'Em Tonight: Live at Tipitina's"), Stanton Moore ("Flyin' The Koop"), and The Grassy Knoll ("III").'