George Benson - The Best Of Benson (1989)@flac

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. (AMG)





01. California Dreamin' [7:22]
02. Gentle Rain [9:09]
03. Theme From Good King Bad [6:04]
04. Take Five [7:46]
05. Body Talk [8:22]
06. Summer Of '42 (The Summer Knows) [4:39]
07. One Rock Don't Make No Boulder [6:50]
08. My Latin Brother [6:53]
09. Ode To A Kudu [3:46]
10. I Remember Wes [4:09]
11. Summertime [6:05]
12. From Now On [2:21]



Producer: Creed Taylor

Song 1 recorded at Carnegie Hall
Songs 2-12 recorded at Van Gelder Studio.


New digital mix: Tracks 1,3,6,7
Previously unreleased: Track 12


Label: CBS / Epic
Released: 1989
Catalogue: 465405 2




Codec: Flac
Compression Level: 8
Quality: High


CD-rip by alekow (EAC and Flac)
Covers Included (600dpi)