George Benson - The George Benson Collection (SHM-CD) - COMPACT DISCS

2015 two CD collection. George Benson is one of the best know and best loved Soul/Jazz artists of the last 30 years. George pretty much ruled the late 70'and 80's. With massive hits such as 'Give Me The Night' and 'Never Give Up On A Good Thing', George was the soundtrack to many a soul club, car stereo and wine bar. The tracks sound as fresh today as they did then. This set contains all the massive hits including 'The Greatest Love Of All', '20/20', 'Love X Love', 'Lady Love Me (One More Time)' and the previously mentioned 'Give Me The Night' and 'Never Give Up On A Good Thing'. This double disc set also contains many of his finest duets. Album Tracks 1. Give Me the Night (Long Version) (5.02) 2. Lady Love Me (One More Time) (3.59) 3. Never Give Up on a Good Thing (4.06) 4. Love X Love (4.45) 5. Love Ballad (5.15) 6. Nature Boy (International Single Version) (4.10) 7. This Masquerade (Single Version) (3.17) 8. On Broadway (Single Version) (5.13) 9. White Rabbit (6.56) 10. Breezin' (5.40) 11. Welcome to My World (4.09 12. What's on Your Mind (4.02) 13. Mimosa Jimmy Smith Featuring George Benson (5.49) 14. Off Broadway (5.23) 15. Gonna Love You More (3.30) 16. Unchained Melody (Single Version) (3.56) 17. The Greatest Love of All (Single Version) (3.29) 1. Turn Your Love Around (3.51) 2. In Your Eyes (3.18) 3. Shiver (Single Version) (3.35) 4. Inside Love (So Personal) (5.14) 5. 20/20 (4.07) 6. Love All the Hurt Away Aretha Franklin & George Benson (4.10) 7. Feel Like Making Love (4.22) 8. Let's Do It Again (Single Version) (3.42) 9. The One for Me (3.50) 10. Kisses in the Moonlight (Single Version) (3.55) 11. Love Will Come Again (Long Version) George Benson Featuring Chaka Khan (6.32) 12. Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You (4.04) 13. Being with You (3.54) 14. Moody's Mood George Benson Featuring

International pressing of this collection from the Jazz great removes six tracks from the U.S. edition and replaces them with six, while adding one more bonus track! Greatest Hits of All is an excellent single-disc compilation from the Jazz guitarist, vocalist and superstar. His early years were spent strictly as a guitarist but as he became more popular, he added vocals to his repertoire and has become one of the most visible Jazz artists of the last 30 years. The six tracks unavailable on the U.S. version are 'Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You', 'Feel Like Making Love', 'In Your Eyes', 'You Are the Love of My Life' (With Roberta Flack), 'Moody's Mood' (With Patti Austin), and 'Nature Boy'. Warner. Album Tracks 1. Give Me the Night 2. Turn Your Love Around 3. Never Give Up on a Good Thing 4. Love X Love 5. Nothings Gonna Change My Love for You 6. The Greatest Love of All 7. Feel Like Making Love 8. Breezin 9. This Masquerade 10. In Your Eyes 11. You Are the Love of My Life 12. Lady Love Me (One More Time) 13. Kisses in the Moonlight 14. Love All the Hurt Away 15. Being with You 16. Moodys Mood 17. Nature Boy 18. Love Ballad 19. Shiver 20. On Broadway (Live)

George Benson is simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, but he is also an amazingly versatile musician; and that frustrates critics to no end who would paint him into a narrow bop box. He can play in just about any style - from swing to bop to R&B to pop - with supreme taste, a beautiful rounded tone, terrific speed, a marvelous sense of logic in building solos, and, always, an unquenchable urge to swing. His inspirations may have been Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery - and he can do dead-on impressions of both - but his style is completely his own. Not only can he play lead brilliantly, he is also one of the best rhythm guitarists around, supportive to soloists and a dangerous swinger, particularly in a soul-jazz . Yet Benson can also sing in a rich soulful tenor with mannerisms similar to those of Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway; and it is his voice that has proved to be more marketable to the public than his guitar. Benson is the guitar-playing equivalent of Nat InchKingInch Cole - a fantastic pianist whose smooth way with a pop vocal eventually eclipsed his instrumental prowess in the marketplace - but unlike Cole, Benson has been granted enough time after his fling with the pop charts to reaffirm his jazz guitar credentials, which he still does at his concerts Album Tracks 1. Witchcraft 2. Blue Bossa 3. Oleo 4. Lil' Darlin' 5. All the Things You Are 6. Invitations