Pacific Fire
1983 studio album by George Benson
Pacific Fire | ||||
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Studio album by George Benson | ||||
Released | 1983 | |||
Recorded | July – October 1975 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
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Length | 37:49 | |||
Label | CTI | |||
Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Pacific Fire is an archival studio album by George Benson released in 1983 by CTI Records.[1] This album consists of unreleased tracks recorded during the 1975 Good King Bad sessions. It is credited as the final release for CTI before the label temporarily folded until the 1990s. It was given its first ever official CD issue as a Japanese only release in 2017.
Track listing
Side one
- "Knock on Wood" (Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper) – 8:15
- "Moody's Mood" (James Moody, Eddie Jefferson) – 6:26
- "Bandoleros Caballa" (Ronnie Foster) – 3:42
Side two
- "Melodia Español" (Benson, Hubert Laws) – 4:38
- "Pacific Fire" (Ronnie Foster) – 6:58
- "Let Your Love Come Out" (Ronnie Foster) – 2:31
- "Em" (Philip Namanworth) (originally included on Good King Bad) – 5:19
Personnel
- George Benson – lead guitar, arrangements (2, 4)
- Eric Gale – rhythm guitar
- Ronnie Foster – keyboards, acoustic piano solo (5), arrangements (3, 5, 6)
- Don Grolnick – keyboards
- Roland Hanna – keyboards, acoustic piano solo (2)
- Bobby Lyle – keyboards
- Gary King – electric bass, arrangements (7)
- Dennis Davis – drums
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Andy Newmark – drums
- Sue Evans – percussion
- Michael Brecker – saxophone, flute, woodwinds
- Ronnie Cuber – saxophone, flute, woodwinds
- Joe Farrell – saxophone, flute, woodwinds
- Romeo Penque – saxophone, flute, woodwinds
- David Sanborn – saxophone, flute, woodwinds
- David Tofani – saxophone, flute, woodwinds
- Frank Vicari – saxophone, flute, woodwinds
- Hubert Laws – flute solo (4)
- Fred Wesley – trombone solo (1, 5)
- Randy Brecker – trumpet
- Dave Matthews – arrangements (1)
Production
- Creed Taylor – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Chuck Stewart – photography
- Blake Taylor – artwork, design
References
- v
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- The New Boss Guitar of George Benson
- It's Uptown
- The George Benson Cookbook
- Giblet Gravy
- Shape of Things to Come
- Goodies
- Tell It Like It Is
- The Other Side of Abbey Road
- Beyond the Blue Horizon
- White Rabbit
- Body Talk
- Bad Benson
- Good King Bad
- Benson & Farrell
- Breezin'
- In Flight
- Livin' Inside Your Love
- Give Me the Night
- In Your Eyes
- Pacific Fire
- I Got a Woman and Some Blues
- 20/20
- While the City Sleeps...
- Collaboration
- Twice the Love
- Big Boss Band
- That's Right
- Standing Together
- Absolute Benson
- Irreplaceable
- Givin' It Up
- Songs and Stories
- Guitar Man
- Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole
- Walking to New Orleans
- Space
- The George Benson Collection
- The Greatest Hits of All
- The Very Best of George Benson: The Greatest Hits of All
- The Essential George Benson
- "This Masquerade" (1976)
- "Breezin'" (1976)
- "The Greatest Love of All" (1977)
- "On Broadway" (1978)
- "Love Ballad" (1979)
- "Give Me the Night" (1980)
- "Love X Love" (1980)
- "What's on Your Mind" (1980)
- "Never Give Up on a Good Thing" (1981)
- "Turn Your Love Around" (1981)
- "Inside Love (So Personal)" (1983)
- "Lady Love Me (One More Time)" (1983)
- "Feel Like Makin' Love" (1983)
- "In Your Eyes" (1983)
- "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (1985)
- "Shiver" (1986)
- "Teaser" (1986)
- "Let's Do It Again" (1988)