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The Best Of Benson

George Benson

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Released in 1989, this anthology is a generous cross-section of tracks from Benson's CTI period, where he consolidated his jazz/soul guitar credentials just before striking gold with Warner Bros. All of the albums except Benson & Farrell are touched upon with one or two tracks, and CBS is enterprising enough to reach a bit further for "I Remember Wes" (from the anthology CTI Masters Of The Guitar) - an octave-laden theme that soon enough turns into pure Benson - and a gentle solo outtake from Bad Benson, "From Now On." The only "unrepresentative" track per se is the vocal on "Summertime," in the sense that there were hardly any vocal tracks to pick from in the CTI catalogue.

© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo

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1
California Dreamin' (Album Version)
00:07:19

Jeffrey Phillips, Composer - Jeffrey Phillips, Lyricist - George Benson, Performer - M. Phillips, Composer - M. Phillips, Lyricist - C. Taylor, Producer - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

(P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

2
The Gentle Rain (Album Version)
00:09:06

George Benson, Performer - C. Taylor, Producer - Matt Dubey, Composer - Matt Dubey, Lyricist - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - L. Bonfa, Composer - L. Bonfa, Lyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

Originally Released 1971 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

3
Theme From Good King Bad (Album Version)
00:06:02

George Benson, Performer - D. Matthews, Composer - D. Matthews, Lyricist - C. Taylor, Producer - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

(P) 1976 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

4
Take Five (Album Version)
00:07:43

George Benson, Performer - C. Taylor, Producer - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer - P. Desmond, Composer - P. Desmond, Lyricist

(P) 1974 Sony BMG Music Entertainment

5
Body Talk (Album Version)
00:08:20

George Benson, Performer - C. Taylor, Producer - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - G. Benson, Composer - G. Benson, Lyricist - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

(P) 1973 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

6
Theme From Summer Of '42 (Album Version)
00:04:36

M. Legrand, Composer - M. Legrand, Lyricist - George Benson, Performer - C. Taylor, Producer - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - M. Bergman, Composer - M. Bergman, Lyricist - A. Bergman, Composer - A. Bergman, Lyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

(P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

7
One Rock Don't Make No Boulder (Album Version)
00:06:48

George Benson, Performer - D. Matthews, Composer - D. Matthews, Lyricist - C. Taylor, Producer - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

(P) 1976 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

8
My Latin Brothers (Album Version)
00:06:51

George Benson, Performer - C. Taylor, Producer - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - G. Benson, Composer - G. Benson, Lyricist - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

9
Ode To A Kudu (Album Version)
00:03:44

George Benson, Performer - C. Taylor, Producer - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - G. Benson, Composer - G. Benson, Lyricist - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

1989 Sony Music Entertainment.

10
I Remember Wes (Album Version)
00:04:07

George Benson, Performer - C. Taylor, Producer - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Don Sebesky, Composer - Don Sebesky, Lyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

1989 Sony Music Entertainment.

11
Summertime (Album Version)
00:06:03

I. Gershwin, Composer - I. Gershwin, Lyricist - John Venable, Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - G. Gershwin, Composer - G. Gershwin, Lyricist - D. Heyward, Composer - D. Heyward, Lyricist - George Benson, Performer - C. Taylor, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

(P) 1989 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

12
From Now On
00:02:21

Album review

Released in 1989, this anthology is a generous cross-section of tracks from Benson's CTI period, where he consolidated his jazz/soul guitar credentials just before striking gold with Warner Bros. All of the albums except Benson & Farrell are touched upon with one or two tracks, and CBS is enterprising enough to reach a bit further for "I Remember Wes" (from the anthology CTI Masters Of The Guitar) - an octave-laden theme that soon enough turns into pure Benson - and a gentle solo outtake from Bad Benson, "From Now On." The only "unrepresentative" track per se is the vocal on "Summertime," in the sense that there were hardly any vocal tracks to pick from in the CTI catalogue.

© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo

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