George Benson – Give Me The Night

€39,99

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.

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Warner Bros. Records WB 56 823, K 56 823, (HS 3453) LP, Album Europe 1980

Side 1.

1. Love X Love 4:43
2. Off Broadway 5:23
3. Moody’s Mood 3:24
4. Give Me The Night 4:58

Side 2.

1. What’s On Your Mind 4:02
2. Dinorah, Dinorah 3:39
3. Love Dance 3:18
4. Star Of A Story (X) 4:40
5. Midnight Love Affair 3:31
6. Turn Out The Lamplight 4:43

Credits:

Art Direction – Richard Seireeni
Illustration [Photo] – Paul Jasmin
Lacquer Cut By – SST
Liner Notes – Quincy Jones
Management [Direction] – Dennis Turner, Ken Fritz
Mastered By – Kent Duncan
Photography By [Cover] – Norman Seeff
Photography By [Sleeve] – Peter Brill
Producer – Quincy Jones
Recorded By [Assistant] – Mark Sackett, Ralph Osborn, Sheridan Eldridge
Recorded By, Mixed By – Bruce Swedien

Media Condition: Mint- (M-)
Sleeve Condition: Mint- (M-)

Made in GermanyEmbossed Warner sign ‘W’ on sleeve backside.

 

 

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout D 31 HS-1-3453-LW1 KPI (s.th. unreadable) 4 [etched] KENDUN-C R/S Alsdorf 56823 A [printed] XX [etched]
Matrix / Runout [etched] 48 HS-1-3453-LW1 KPI (s.th. unreadable) 4 [stamped] KENDUN-C [etched] F [stamped] R/S Alsdorf 56823 A [etched] XX
Matrix / Runout 19 [etched] R/S Alsdorf 56823 B3 [printed] SST [etched]
Matrix / Runout [etched] SST F [stamped] R/S Alsdorf 56823 B3
Rights Society GEMA/Biem
Label Code LC 0392
Distribution Code WE 321
Other G

 

 

 

 

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Weight0,5 kg
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