George Benson - The Other Side Of Abbey Road
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George Benson – guitar, vocals [click here to see more vinyl featuring George Benson]
Bob James – acoustic piano, organ, harpsichord [click here to see more vinyl featuring Bob James]
Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano, organ, harpsichord [click here to see more vinyl featuring Herbie Hancock]
Ernie Hayes – acoustic piano, organ, harpsichord
Ron Carter – bass [click here to see more vinyl featuring Ron Carter]
Jerry Jemmott – bass
Idris Muhammad – drums [click here to see more vinyl featuring Idris Muhammad]
Ed Shaughnessy – drums
Ray Barretto – percussion
Andy Gonzalez – percussion
Phil Bodner – flute, oboe
Hubert Laws – flute
Don Ashworth – baritone saxophone
Sonny Fortune – alto saxophone
Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
Wayne Andre – trombone, euphonium
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet [click here to see more vinyl featuring Freddie Hubbard]
Mel Davis – trumpet, flugelhorn
Bernie Glow – trumpet, flugelhorn
Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Don Sebesky – arrangements
Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney (pistes : A1-4, B2, B4), George Harrison (B1, B3), Richard Starkey (B3)
1 LP, Gatefold Cover
Original analog Master tape : YES
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : AM Records
Recorded October 22–23 & November 4–5, 1969 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey by Rudy Van Gelder
Produced by Creed Taylor
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1969
Reissued in 2019
Tracks:
Side A :
- Golden Slumbers
- You Never Give Me Your Money
- Because / Come Together
- Oh! Darling
Side B:
- Here Comes The Sun
- I Want You (She's So Heavy)
- Something / Octopus's Garden
- The End
Reviews :
"Just three weeks after the U.S. release of the Beatles' swan song, Abbey Road, Creed Taylor ushered George Benson into the studio to begin a remarkably successful pop-jazz translation of the record (complete with a parody of the famous cover, showing Benson with guitar crossing an Eastern urban street). It is a lyrical album, with a hint of the mystery and a lot of the cohesive concept of the Beatles' original despite the scrambled order of the tunes. Benson is given some room to stretch out on guitar, sometimes in a bluesy groove, and there are more samples of his honeyed vocals than ever before (oddly, his voice would not be heard again by record-buyers until he signed with Warner Bros.). Don Sebesky's arrangements roam freely from baroque strings to a full-throated big band, and Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Fortune, and Hubert Laws get some worthy solo space. Yet for all its diversity, the record fits together as a whole more tightly than any other George Benson project, thanks to his versatile talents and the miraculous overarching unity of the Beatles' songs. One wonders if the Fab Four liked it, too." AllMusic Review by Richard S. Ginell
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,2 / 5