George Benson - Original Album Series (2009)

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Artist: George Benson
Title: Original Album Series
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Rhino Records
Genre: Contemporary Jazz
Quality: WavPack (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 3:51:41
Total Size: 1.43 GB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

Disc 1 - Breezin'
01. Breezin' (05:42)
02. This Masquerade (08:04)
03. Six to Four (05:11)
04. Affirmation (06:59)
05. So This Is Love? (07:04)
06. Lady (05:56)

Disc 2 - Weekend In L.A.
01. Weekend in L.A. (07:29)
02. On Broadway (10:07)
03. Down Here on the Ground (04:54)
04. California P.M. (07:04)
05. The Greatest Love of All (05:43)
06. It's All in the Game (03:54)
07. Windsong (06:13)
08. Ode to a Kudu (07:26)
09. Lady Blue (03:39)
10. We All Remember Wes (05:47)
11. We as Love (07:04)

Disc 3 - Give Me The Night
01. Love X Love (04:46)
02. Off Broadway (05:26)
03. Moody's Mood (03:27)
04. Give Me the Night (05:03)
05. What's on Your Mind (04:05)
06. Dinorah, Dinorah (03:42)
07. Love Dance (03:18)
08. Star of a Story (X) (04:43)
09. Midnight Love Affair (03:35)
10. Turn Out the Lamplight (04:44)

Disc 4 - Tenderly
01. You Don't Know What Love Is (04:41)
02. Stella by Startlight (05:16)
03. Stardust (06:04)
04. At the Mambo Inn (04:55)
05. Here, There and Everywhere (05:07)
06. This Is All I Ask (05:37)
07. Tenderly (03:07)
08. I Could Write a Book (04:01)

Disc 5 - Big Boss Band
01. Without a Song (04:13)
02. Ready Now That You Are (05:50)
03. How Do You Keep the Music Playing (05:04)
04. On Green Dolphin Street (04:08)
05. Baby Workout (03:52)
06. I Only Have Eyes for You (02:58)
07. Portrait of Jennie (04:29)
08. Walkin' My Baby Back Home (03:04)
09. Skylark (05:09)
10. Basie's Bag (03:00)

This particular Original Album Classics release contains five albums issued by George Benson through the Warner Bros. label: Breezin' (1976), Weekend in L.A. (1977), Give Me the Night (1980), Tenderly (1989), and Big Boss Band (1990). This is a rather arbitrary assortment; Benson made several other significant albums during the span covered here, and the stylistic differences between the earliest and latest sets are stark. The package is compact. Each disc is inside a cardboard sleeve that replicates the front and back of the original release, and the outer sleeve is simple and functional. Typically sold at roughly the same cost as two or three full-price discs, it's a quick and thrifty way to snap up a sizeable portion of Benson's post-CTI catalog. ~ Andy Kellman

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