26/09/2023

George Benson "The Love Songs" (1985) -Westcoast Soul / Smooth Jazz / Smooth Soul-



Label : Warner Bros. Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - Give Me The Night (Rod Temperton)
02 - Lady Love Me (One More Time) (David Paich & James Newton Howard)
03 - Love X Love (Rod Temperton)
04 - New Day (Cecil & Linda Womack)
05 - Feel Like Making Love (Eugene McDaniels)
06 - 20/20 (Randy Goodrum & Steve Kipner)

Side Two

01 - Never Give Up On A Good Thing (Tom Shapiro & Michael Garvin)
02 - Inside Love (So Personal) (Kashif)
03 - No One Emotion (Clif Magness, Tom Keane & Mark Mueller)
04 - In Your Eyes (Michael Masser & Dan Hill)
05 - Turn Your Love Around (Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather & Bill Champlin)
06 - The Greatest Love Of All (Michael Masser & Linda Creed)


Compilation


Side One

01 - Give Me The Night

From "GIVE ME THE NIGHT" (1980)
Produced by Quincy Jones
Recorded & Mixed by Bruce Swedien
George Benson : Guitar, Vocals
Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Herbie Hancock : Electric Piano
Richard Tee : Synthesizer Bass
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer
Abraham Laboriel Bass
John 'JR' Robinson Drums
Paulinho Da Costa Percussion
Background vocals by Patti Austin, Diva Gray, Jocelyn Brown, Tom Bahler, Jim Gilstrap
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Kim Hutchcroft : Saxophone, Flute
Larry Williams Saxophone, Flute
String & Horn Arrangements by Jerry Hey
Rhythm Arrangement by Rod Temperton & Quincy Jones
Vocal Arrangement by Rod Temperton

02 - Lady Love Me (One More Time)

From "IN YOUR EYES" (1983)
Produced by Arif Mardin
Recorded by Gary Skardinia
Mixed by Michael O'Reilly & Jeremy Smith
George Benson Guitar, Vocals
David Paich : Keyboards, Synthesizers
James Newton Howard : Keyboards, Synthesizers
Steve Porcaro : Synthesizer
Greg Phillinganes : Synthesizer
Nathan East : Bass
Lenny Castro Percussion
Jerry Hey : Flugelhorn
Background vocals by Zack Sanders, Babi Floyd, Hamish Stuart
Arranged by David Paich & James Newton Howard
Brass Arranged by Jerry Hey
Strings Arranged by James Newton Howard & Marty Paich

03 - Love X Love

From "GIVE ME THE NIGHT" (1980)
Produced by Quincy Jones
Recorded & Mixed by Bruce Swedien
George Benson : Guitar, Vocals
Greg Phillinganes Keyboards
Louis Johnson : Bass
Abraham Laboriel Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa Percussion
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Kim Hutchcroft : Saxophone, Flute
Larry Williams : Saxophone, Flute
Background vocals by Patti Austin, Diva Gray, Jocelyn Brown, Tom Bahler, Jim Gilstrap
Strings Arranged by David Foster & Jerry Hey
Horns Arranged by Jerry Hey
Rhythm & Vocal Arrangements by Rod Temperton

04 - New Day

From "20/20" (1984)
Guitar Solo : George Benson
Guitars : Cecil Womack
Keyboards, Drum Machine Programming : Clifford Carter
Bass : Anthony Jackson
Triangle : Ralph MacDonald
Finger Cymbal : Errol Bennett
Flute : George Young
Background vocals : Cecil Womack & Linda Womack
Strings Arranged & Conducted by Ralph Burns 

05 - Feel Like Making Love

From "IN YOUR EYES" (1983)
Drums : Stephen 'Steve' Ferrone
Electric Piano, Synthesizer & Moog Bass : Robbie Buchanan
Bass : Will Lee
Rhythm Guitar Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Sammy Figueroa
Acoustic Piano : Jorge Dalto
Solo Guitar : George Benson
Rhythm arranged by Robbie Buchanan
Horns arranged by Randy Brecker

06 - 20/20

From "THE GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION" (1981)
Produced by Jay Graydon
Recorded by Gary Ladinsky & Elliot Scheiner
Mixed by Russ Titelman & Ed Rak
George Benson : Vocals
Jaï Winding : Piano, Fender Rhodes
Jay Graydon Guitar, Synthesizer
David Foster Synthesizer
David Paich : Bass Synthesizer
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Mike Baird : Cymbals (Payette)
Jerry Hey : Trumpet, Horn Arrangement
Chuck Findley : Trumpet
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Gary Herbig : Saxophone, Flute
Background vocals by Bill Champlin, Venette Gloud, Carmen Twillie
Arranged by Jay Graydon

Side Two

01 - Never Give Up On A Good Thing

From "THE GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION" (1981)
Produced by Jay Graydon
Guitar & Vocals : George Benson
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Bass : Neil Stubenhaus
Fender Rhodes : Greg Phillinganes
Acoustic Piano & Synthesizer : Michael Omartian
Guitars Steve Lukather
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Arranger : Jay Graydon
Horn Arrangements & Trumpet : Jerry Hey
Trumpet : Chuck Findley
Trombone : Bill Reichenbach
Saxophone & Flutes : Gary Herbig 

02 - Inside Love (So Personal)

From "IN YOUR EYES" (1983)
Produced by Arif Mardin & Kashif
Recorded & Mixed by Michael O'Reilly
George Benson : Guitar, Vocals
Kashif Synthesizers, Synclavier II, Moog Bass, Drums, Background vocals, Percussion
Ira Siegel Guitar
Leslie Ming : Drums
Bashiri Johnson : Percussion
Stephen Benben : Percussion
Background vocals by Lillo Thomas, B.J. Nelson, Brenda White
Rhythm Arrangement by Kashif
Vocal Arrangement by Kashif & Paul Lawrence Jones III

03 - No One Emotion

From "20/20" (1984)
Rhythm Guitar, Solo Guitar : Michael Sembello
Keyboards : Randy Waldman
Drum Machine Programming : Clif Magness & Russ Titelman
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Additional Drums : Dave Weckl, Stephen "Steve" Ferrone
Horn Section : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, Kim Hutchcroft & Gary Herbig
Background vocals : Patti Austin, Lani Groves & Gordon Grody
Horn Arrangement : Jerry Hey
Track Arrangement : Russ Titelman, Randy Waldman & Clif Magness

04 - In Your Eyes

From "IN YOUR EYES" (1983)
Drums : Steve Gadd
Bass : Will Lee
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Electric Piano Richard Tee
Acoustic Piano & Synthesizers : Robbie Buchanan
Strings arranged by Lee Holdridge
Rhythm arranged by Robbie Buchanan

05 - Turn Your Love Around

From "THE GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION" (1981)
Produced by Jay Graydon
Recorded by Gary Ladinsky & Elliot Scheiner
Mixed by Russ Titelman & Ed Rak
George Benson : Vocals
Jaï Winding : Piano, Fender Rhodes
Jay Graydon Guitar, Synthesizer
David Foster Synthesizer
David Paich : Bass Synthesizer
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Mike Baird : Cymbals (Payette)
Jerry Hey : Trumpet, Horn Arrangement
Chuck Findley : Trumpet
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Gary Herbig : Saxophone, Flute
Background vocals by Bill Champlin, Venette Gloud, Carmen Twillie
Arranged by Jay Graydon

06 - The Greatest Love Of All

From "THE GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION" (1981)
Produced by Michael Masser
Vocals : George Benson
Piano : Michael Masser
Guitar : Lee Ritenour
Drums : Harvey Mason
Bass : Stanley Banks
Rhythm Arrangements by Michael Masser
Orchestrated & Conducted by Lee Holdridge