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	George Benson Original Album Classics Genres: Jazz, Pop, R&B 2007 five CD set, a great installment in Sony/BMG's Original Album Classics series that brings together rare and out of print titles with some best sellers from the Sony/BMG Jazz catalog. Many of these albums have been una... more » « less
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All Artists: George Benson
Title: Original Album Classics
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Columbia/Legacy Euro
Release Date: 1/8/2008
Album Type: Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop, R&B
Styles: Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo, Bebop
Number of Discs: 5
SwapaCD Credits: 5
UPCs: 886971455229, 0886971455229, 088697145522

Synopsis

Album Description

2007 five CD set, a great installment in Sony/BMG's Original Album Classics series that brings together rare and out of print titles with some best sellers from the Sony/BMG Jazz catalog. Many of these albums have been unavailable on CD for some time and are sought after by collectors. Each set is presented in a high quality, rigid cardboard slipcase containing five 'vinyl replica' mini LP sleeves. This collection from the guitar great features the albums Bad Benson, The George Benson Cookbook, It's Uptown, Body Talk and Beyond The Blue Horizon.

CD Reviews

Before Breezin' Was In Season

Mr. Richard D. Coreno | Berea, Ohio USA | 02/22/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Though Breezin" remains a smooth jazz classic, there were other sides to the music of George Benson well before that song (and album of the same name) quickly found a permanent place in pop culture in 1976.

This set of five albums has a trio with solid jazz chart success - Bad Benson (1975, #1), Body Talk (1974, #10), Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971, #15) - his second release for Columbia Records, It's Uptown (1965), and The George Benson Cookbook (1966).

The LP mini-sleeves are reproductions of the original albums and the collection is part of a series of popular rock and jazz artists who have five albums packaged together at a (mostly) competitive price. These are no frills - not a "limited edition" collectable - with this set a fabulous way to become acquainted with Benson's solid repertoire before Breezin' came into season."

Lose the corny vocals & the R&B sax

Rain Delay | 05/14/2010

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The three CTI releases are fine. The three vocals on "It's Uptown" and the two on "The George Benson Cookbook" (both Columbia releases) I can do without. "The George Benson Cookbook" is more R&B than jazz. You might want to purchase the CTI albums separately."