Original Album Classics

George Benson

Columbia

Expanded versions of 5 Benson albums made for Colmbia and CTI. Lonnie Smith plays on one of the albums.

Tracks

It's Uptown;

• Stormy Weather (Arlen / Koehler)
• Clockwise (Benson)
• Summertime (Gershwin / Gershwin / Heyward)
• Ain't That Peculiar (Moore / Moore / Robinson / Rogers / Tarplin)
• Jaguar (Benson)
• Willow Weep for Me (Ronell)
• A Foggy Day (Gershwin / Gershwin)
• Hello Birdie (Benson)
• Bullfight (Benson)
• Clockwise (Benson)
• Eternally (Benson / Chaplin / Parsons)
• Myna Bird Blues (Benson)
• J.H. Bossa Nova (Benson)
• Clockwise (Benson)
• Eternally (Benson / Chaplin / Parsons)
• Sideman (Smith)
• Minor Chant (Turrentine)

• The Cooker (Benson)
• Benny's Back (Benson)
• Bossa Rocka (Benson)
• All of Me (Marks / Simons)
• Big Fat Lady (Benson)
• Benson's Rider (Benson)
• Ready 'N Able (Smith / Smith)
• The Borgia Stick (Benson)
• Return of the Prodigal Son (Ousley)
• Jumpin' With Symphony Sid (Young)
• The Man from Toledo (Benson)
• Slow Scene (Benson)
• Let Them Talk (John / Thompson)
• Goodnight (Benson

• So What (Davis)
• The Gentle Rain (From the Gentle Rain) (Bonfa)
• All Clear (Benson)
• Ode to a Kudu (Benson)
• Somewhere in the East (Benson)
• All Clear (Benson)
• Ode to a Kudu (Benson)
• Somewhere in the East (Benson)

• Dance (Benson)
• Where Love Has Gone (Hathaway / McDaniel)
• Plum (Benson)
• Body Talk (Benson)
• Top of the World (Benson)
• Body Talk (Benson)

• Take Five (Desmond)
• Summer Wishes/Winter Dreams (Bergman / Bergman / Mandel)
• My Latin Brother (Benson)
• No Sooner Said Than Done (Upchurch)
• Full Compass (Upchurch)
• The Changing World (Benson / Gore)
• Take the "A" Train (Strayhorn)
• Serbian Blue (Sebesky)
• From Now On (Benson)

This box set comprises expanded versions of the following albums;

• It's Uptown, George Benson, 1966
• The George Benson Cookbook, George Benson, 1966
• Beyond The Blue Horizon, George Benson, 1973
• Body Talk, George Benson, 1973
• Bad Benson, George Benson, 1974