art direction Hugh Brown art direction, design Maria DeGrassi-Colosimo compilation producer A. Scott Galloway compilation producer David McLees compilation producer George Benson executive-producer Dennis Turner liner notes A. Scott Galloway photography by Kwaku Alston photography by [book cover] Just Loomis photography by [front cover] Caroline Greyshock producer [sound] Bill Inglot remastered by Dan Hersch Phonographic Copyright (p) Warner Bros. Records Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) Rhino Entertainment Company Copyright (c) Warner Bros. Records Inc. Copyright (c) Rhino Entertainment Company Recorded At A&R Studios Recorded At Capitol Studios, New York City Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Recorded At Carnegie Hall Recorded At Capitol Studios Recorded At Kendun Recorders Recorded At The Roxy Recorded At House Of Music, West Orange, NJ Recorded At Atlantic Studios Recorded At Columbia 30th Street Studio Recorded At Cherokee Studios Recorded At Dawnbreaker Studios Recorded At Generation Sound Studios Recorded At The Village Recorder Recorded At Sigma Sound Studios, New York Recorded At Tarpan Studios Recorded At Mediasound Recorded At Power Station Recorded At Bill Schnee Studios Recorded At Minot Sound Recorded At The Review Room Recorded At BearTracks Recording Studio Remastered At DigiPrep Pressed By WMME Alsdorf Packaged in a 6-Panel DigiPak format, with two trays on the middle and right panel, left panel pocket holds the 48-page Booklet, all housed in a Slip-On card-box cover.
Sticker on card-box: The Virtuoso Who Broke Down The Walls Between Jazz, Pop, and R&B, 2 Discs, 32 Tracks Spanning The Legend's Entire Career Featuring All Of His Classic Cuts, Including Give Me The Night This Masquerade On Broadway Turn Your Love Around, Plus An Extensive Biography, Rare Photos, And More...
Tracks recorded : 1-1 in New York City, May 1, 1964. 1-2 & 1-3 at A&R Studios, New York City, February 9 - March 15, 1966. 1-4 at A&R Studios, New York City, August 1 - October 19, 1966. 1-5 at A&R Studios, New York City, and Capitol Studios, New York City, February 5 - February 7, 1968. 1-6 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, August 27 - October 22, 1968. 1-7 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, November 1971. 1-8 live at Carnegie Hall, New York City, by Record Plant Mobile, January 11, 1975, and Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 1-9 to 1-11 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA, January 6 - 8, 1976. 1-12 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA, August to November, 1976. 1-13 at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA, and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA. 1-14 & 1-15 live at The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA, by Wally Heider Remote, September 30 - October 2, 1977, and House Of Music, West Orange, NJ. Mixed at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA. 2-1 at Atlantic Studios, New York City, Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA.Mixed at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA. 2-2 to 2-4 at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA, and Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA. 2-5 at Dawnbreaker Studios, San Fernando, CA. 2-6 at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA. 2-7 at Generation Sound Studios, New York City, June 6, 1982. 2-8 at Atlantic Studios, New York City. 2-9 & 2-10 at The Village Recorder, West Hollywood, CA, and Sigma Sound Studios, New York City. Mixed at Clinton Recording Studio, New York City. 2-11 at Tarpan Studios, San Rafael, CA, and Mediasound, New York City. 2-12 at Power Station, New York City, and Bill Schnee Studios, North Hollywood, CA. 2-13 at Minot Sound, White Plains, NY. 2-14 at Power Station, New York City. 2-15 at Clinton Recording Studio, New York City, and Power Station, New York City. 2-16 at The Review Room, New York City, and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA. Mixed at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA. 2-17 at BearTracks Recording Studio, Suffern, NY. Mixed at Alpha Studios, Burbank, CA.
Tracks taken : 1-1 from The New Boss Guitar Of George Benson ( 1964 ) 1-2 & 1-3 from It's Uptown With The George Benson Quartet ( 1966 ) 1-4 from The George Benson Cookbook ( 1967 ) 1-5 from Giblet Gravy ( 1968 ) 1-6 from Shape Of Things To Come ( 1968 ) 1-7 from White Rabbit ( 1971 ) 1-8 from In Concert - Carnegie Hall ( 1976 ) 1-9 & 1-10 from Breezin' ( 1976 ) 1-11 from single B-side ( 1984 ) 1-12 from In Flight ( 1977 ) 1-13 from LP Muhammad Ali In The Greatest (Original Soundtrack) ( 1977 ) 1-14 & 1-15 from Weekend In L.A. ( 1978 ) 2-1 from Livin' Inside Your Love ( 1979 ) 2-2 & 2-3 from Give Me The Night ( 1980 ) 2-4 from single A-side ( 1980 ) 2-5 & 2-6 from The George Benson Collection ( 1981 ) 2-7 from LP Jimmy Smith Off The Top ( 1982 ) 2-8 from In Your Eyes ( 1983 ) 2-9 & 2-10 from 20/20 ( 1984 ) 2-11 from single A-side ( 1986 ) 2-12 from CD George Benson / Earl Klugh Collaboration ( 1987 ) 2-13 from from single A-side ( 1988 ) 2-14 from Tenderly ( 1989 ) 2-15 from CD George Benson & Count Basie Orchestra Big Boss Band ( 1990 ) 2-16 from CD Various (I Got No Kick Against) Modern Jazz (A GRP Artists' Celebration Of The Songs Of The Beatles) ( 1995 ) 2-17 from Standing Together ( 1998 )