THE OTHER SIDE OF ABBEY ROAD
George Benson
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: October 22, 1969
collective personnel inc. Wayne Andre (tb,euphonium); Mel Davis, Bernie Glow, Marvin Stamm (tp,flhrn); Freddie Hubbard (tp); Jerome Richardson (ts,f); Sonny Fortune (as); Don Ashworth (bs); Phil Bodner (f,oboe); Hubert Laws (f); Herbie Hancock, Ernie Hayes, Bob James (p,org,harpsichord); George Benson (g,vcl); Ron Carter, Gerry Jemmott (b); Idris Muhammad, Ed Shaughnessy (d); Ray Barretto, Andy Gonzalez (perc) Rauol Poliakin, Max Pollikoff (vln); George Ricci (cello); Emanuel Vardi (cello); Don Sebesky (arr).
a. (tk. 28) I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Lennon McCartney)
b. (tk. 29) Come Together (Lennon McCartney)
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: October 22, 1969
same or similar.
c. (tk. 35) Golden Slumbers (Lennon/McCartney)
d. (tk. 41) Oh! Darling (Lennon/McCartney)
e. (tk. 46) Something (George Harrison)
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: November 4, 1969
same or similar.
f. (tk. 52) Golden Slumbers (Lennon/McCartney)
g. (tk. 55) Here Comes The Sun (George Harrison)
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: November 5, 1969
same or similar.
h. (tk. 58) The End (Lennon-McCartney)
i. (tk. 62) Octopus’s Garden (Richard Starkey)
j. (tk. 66) Because/Come Together (Lennon/McCartney)
as above, unknown date.
k. You Never Give Me Your Money (Lennon/McCartney)
Note: (1) The above titles were edited together in the studio to appear as a sort of suite. (2) It is unknown which version of "Golden Slumbers" (c or f) is the final version. (3) A&M SP-3028 was issued in March 2004 by Speakers Corner Records (Germany) as a 180 gram heavy vinyl audiophile LP.
Issues: a-b, c (or f), g-k on A&M SP-3028, A&M SP-9-3028, A&M CD-0821 [CD], A&M 3028-2 [CD], RTB (Yu) LP5924, A&M (Jap) LAX-3109, A&M (Jap) C25Y-3807, A&M (Jap) AMP-18014, A&M (Jap) D32Y-3807 [CD], A&M (Jap) POCM-5013 [CD], A&M (Jap) POCM-5063 [CD], A&M UCCU-5230 [CD].
Singles: c (or f) + k on A&M 8395 [45].
Samplers: a, d, g & j also on CTI (Jap) GP-3091 titled HIMSELF. a also on A&M SP-6-3021 titled AUDIO MASTER PLUS SERIES SAMPLER: VOL. 2. c (or f) + k also on Shock (Aus) SMTV098 [CD] titled UNDERCOVER BEATLES. c (or f), k, d & g also on A&M SP-3203 titled GEORGE BENSON: THE BEST. d also on A&M/Pony Canyon (Jap) D30Y-3215 [CD] titled A&M/CTI: THE BEST COLLECTION VOL. 2. d, e, h & i also on A&M (Eu) 397073-2 [CD] titled A&M GOLD SERIES: GEORGE BENSON. d, f, g, k also on A&M (Can) SP-9050 titled ENCORE: THE BEST OF GEORGE BENSON. e + i also on Verve 314 521 861-2 [CD] titled GEORGE BENSON: JAZZ MASTERS 21. g also on Warner Bros. 2HW 3577, Warner Bros. 3577-2 [CD], WEA (E) K 66107, WEA (Eu) 7599.23577 [CD], WEA (Aus) 4626852 [CD], Warner Bros. (Jap) P-5599/5600-W titled THE GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION and Verve (Ger) 06007 5315645 [CD] titled SPACED OUT JAZZ (JAZZ CLUB). j also on Manteca (E) MANTDCD204 [CD] titled SMOOTH JAZZ: THE ESSENTIAL ALBUM and Boutique (Ger) 06007 5324578 [CD] titled BEATLES VS. STONES.
Producer: Creed Taylor
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: N/A
Jacket: Eric Meola (photography), Sam Antupit (design).
condition cover vg media ex
