George Benson – Give Me The Night

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Label:	Warner Bros. Records – HS 3453
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo , Columbia House
Country:	US
Released:	1980
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Disco

Tracklist

A1	Love X Love Written-By – Rod Temperton	4:43
A2	Off Broadway Written-By – Rod Temperton	5:23
A3	Moody's Mood Written-By – James Moody	3:24
A4	Give Me The Night Synthesizer [Bass] – Richard Tee Written-By – Rod Temperton	4:58
B1	What's On Your Mind Electric Piano – Richard Tee Written-By – Kerry Chater	4:02
B2	Dinorah, Dinorah Keyboards [Fender Rhodes], Electric Piano – Greg Phillinganes Lead Guitar, Scat – George Benson Synthesizer [Yamaha YC-30], Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Claire Fischer* Written-By – Vitor Martins Keyboards [Fender Rhodes], Electric Piano – Greg Phillinganes Lead Guitar, Scat – George Benson Synthesizer [Yamaha YC-30], Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Claire Fischer* Written-By – Vitor Martins	3:39
B3	Love Dance Acoustic Guitar – Lee Ritenour Written-By – Vitor Martins	3:18
B4	Star Of A Story (X) Written-By – Rod Temperton	4:40
B5	Midnight Love Affair Keyboards – George Duke Written-By – David "Hawk" Wolinski	3:31
B6	Turn Out The Lamplight Arranged By [Vocal Background] – Tom Bahler Electric Guitar – Lee Ritenour Written-By – Rod Temperton	4:43

Companies, etc.

Produced For – Quincy Jones Productions, Inc.
Record Company – Qwest Records
Manufactured By – Columbia House
Licensed To – Columbia House
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Record Company – Warner Bros. Inc.
Record Company – Warner Communications
Published By – Rodsongs
Published By – Margenia Music
Published By – Duchess Music Corp.
Published By – MCA
Published By – Leeds Music Corp.
Published By – Kidada Music, Inc.
Published By – Brammus Music
Published By – State Of The Arts Music
Published By – Hobsong Music
Published By – Rondor Music (London)
Published By – Almo Music Corp.
Published By – Overdue Music
Recorded At – Kendun Recorders
Recorded At – Cherokee Studios
Mastered At – Kendun Recorders
Lacquer Cut At – Columbia Mastering
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Credits

Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B2, B5)
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Rod Temperton (tracks: A1, A2, A4)
Arranged By [Strings] – Marty Paich (tracks: A3, B4)
Arranged By [Synthesizer] – Quincy Jones (tracks: B4)
Arranged By [Vocal] – Rod Temperton (tracks: A1, A4)
Art Direction – Richard Seireeni
Backing Vocals – Tom Bahler (tracks: A1, A4, B4, B6)
Bass – Louis Johnson (tracks: A1, A2, B2, B6)
Concertmaster – Sid Sharp*
Conductor – Marty Paich (tracks: A3, B4)
Drums – John Robinson (2) (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B6)
Electric Piano – Herbie Hancock (tracks: A4, B4)
Engineer [Assistant] – Sheridan Eldridge
Guitar – Lee Ritenour (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B4, B5)
Illustration [Additional] – Charlie Wild Studio*
Illustration [Photo] – Paul Jasmin
Keyboards – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: A1 to A3, B6)
Keyboards [Fender Rhodes] – Herbie Hancock (tracks: B3, B4)
Management [Direction] – Ken Fritz Management
Mastered By – Kent Duncan
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B4, B6)
Photography By [Cover] – Norman Seeff
Photography By [Sleeve] – Peter Brill
Producer, Liner Notes – Quincy Jones
Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Herbie Hancock (tracks: B2, B4, B5)
Recorded By, Mixed By – Bruce Swedien
Saxophone, Flute – Larry Williams (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B2, B5)
Synthesizer – Richard Tee (tracks: B4 to B6)
Trumpet – Jerry Hey (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B2, B5)
Typography – Andresen Typographics
Vocals – Patti Austin (tracks: A3, B3, B5)

Notes

Club edition
Manufactured By Columbia House Under License printed on bottom of back cover.
COLUMBIA NY stamp in runout.

Includes inner sleeve with lyrics and photo of George Benson and Quincy Jones.

Recorded and mixed using the Acusonic Recording Process.
This recording digitally mastered from the Soundstream, Inc. Digital Tape Recorder.
George Benson plays Ibanez guitars exclusively.

John Robinson appears courtesy of MCA Records, Inc..
Paulinho da Costa appears courtesy of Pablo Records.
Louis Johnson, Jerry Hey, Kim Hutchcroft and Larry Williams appear courtesy of A&M Records.
David Foster appears courtesy of RCA Records.
Herbie Hancock appears courtesy of Columbia Records.
Richard Tee appears courtesy of CBS Records.
George Duke appears courtesy of Epic Records.

Track B3 gives a co-writing credit to Vitor Martins on the inner sleeve, but this credit is not included on the label.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (A3, B2, B3): BMI
Rights Society (B1, B3 to B6): ASCAP
Rights Society (B6): PRS
Pressing Plant ID: P
Matrix / Runout (A side etched, variant 1): HS 1-3453-1D S1 B4
Matrix / Runout (B side machine stamped, B11 15 etched, variant 1): HS 2-3453-1E B11 15
Matrix / Runout (A side stamped, variant 2): HS 1-3453-1C P
Matrix / Runout (B side stamped, variant 2): P HS 2-3453-1F COLUMBIA NY

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Give Me The Night (LP, Album, Los Angeles pressing)	Qwest Records	HS 3453	US	1980
Recently Edited	Give Me The Night (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	WB 56823, WB 56 823, HS 3453	Netherlands	1980
Recently Edited	Give Me The Night (LP, Album)	Qwest Records	WB 56 823, WB 56823, (HS 3453)	Europe	1980
Recently Edited	Give Me The Night (Cassette, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	K 456 823	Europe	1980
New Submission	Give Me The Night (LP, Album, Stereo)	Warner Bros. Records	HS 3453	New Zealand	1980