Goodies (George Benson album)

Goodies is the sixth album by jazz guitarist George Benson recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.[3]

Goodies
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary/March 1969[1]
RecordedNovember 18 & 19, 1968
StudioA&R Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length38:12
LabelVerve
V6 8771
ProducerEsmond Edwards
George Benson chronology
Shape of Things to Come
(1968)
Goodies
(1969)
Tell It Like It Is
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Reception

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AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars stating "Verve needed one more album from Benson after he signed with A&M/CTI, and ended up with a strange grab-bag in which Benson plays superbly throughout, whatever the odd goulash of sounds in back of him".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by George Benson except as indicated

  1. "I Remember Wes" – 3:50
  2. "Carnival Joys" – 3:50
  3. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler) – 4:40
  4. "That Lucky Old Sun" (Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie) – 3:37
  5. "Julie" – 3:10
  6. "Windmills of Your Mind" (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman – 5:00
  7. "Doobie, Doobie Blues" – 5:10
  8. "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) – 4:45
  9. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:10

Personnel

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Musicians

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Technical

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References

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  1. ^ Billboard March 15, 1969
  2. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S.. Goodies – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8700 series accessed December 13, 2015