MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Gatefold
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE georgebenson.com
Jocelyn Allen - vocals
Patti Austin - background vocals
Tom Bahler - background vocals
George Benson - guitar, scat, vocals
Michael Boddicker - synthesizer
Jocelyn Brown - background vocals
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion, wind
George Duke - keyboards
Clare Fischer - fender rhodes, keyboards, piano
David Foster - keyboards, synthesizer
Jim Gilstrap - background vocals
Diva Gray - background vocals
Herbie Hancock - fender rhodes, keyboards, electric piano, synthesizer
Jerry Hey - trumpet
Kim Hutchcroft - flute, sax, wind
Louis Johnson - bass
Abe Laboriel, Sr. - bass
David Paich - synthesizer
Greg Phillinganes - fender rhodes, keyboards, electric piano, synthesizer
Lee Ritenour - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
John "J.R." Robinson - drums
Sid Sharp - concert master
Richard Tee - keyboards, synthesizer
Carlos Vega - drums
Larry Williams - flute, sax, wind
love x love - 4:43
off broadway - 5:23
moody's mood - 3:24
give me the night - 4:58
what's on your mind - 4:02
dinorah, dinorah - 3:39
love dance - 3:18
star of a story - 4:40
midnight love affair - 3:31
turn out the lamplight - 4:43
This is the peak of George Benson's courtship of the mass market -- a superbly crafted and performed pop album with a large supporting cast -- and wouldn't you know that Quincy Jones, the master catalyst, is the producer
Q's regular team, including the prolific songwriter Rod Temperton and the brilliant engineer Bruce Swedien, is in control, and Benson's voice, caught beautifully in the rich, floating sound, had never before been put to such versatile use
On "Moody's Mood", Benson really exercises his vocalese chops and proves that he is technically as fluid as just about any jazz vocalist, and he become a credible rival to Al Jarreau on the joyous title track
Benson's guitar now plays a subsidiary role -- only two of the ten tracks are instrumentals -- but Q has him play terrific fills behind the vocals and in the gaps, and the engineering gives his tone a variety of striking, new, full-sounding timbres
The instrumentals themselves are marvelous: "Off Broadway" is driving and danceable, and Ivan Lins' "Dinorah, Dinorah" grows increasingly seductive with each play
Benson should have worked with Jones from this point on, but this would be their only album together
RECORDING 1979
ENGINEERING Bruce Swedien
LABEL Warner Bros.
RE MASTERING Ray Staff
RE RELEASED January 2015
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas Germany
MADE IN England / Germany
STYLE Pop / Soul / Funk
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
