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Tell It Like It Is (LP, Album, Stereo) album cover

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George Benson – Tell It Like It Is

Label:

A&M Records – SP 3020, CTI Records – SP 3020

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold

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Released:

1969

Genre:

Jazz, Funk / Soul

Style:

Soul

Tracklist

A1	Soul Limbo Soloist [Alto Solo] – Bob Porcelli* Written-By – Jackson, Jones, Dunn, Cropper	3:20
A2	Are You Happy? Written-By – Butler, Gamble, Bell*	2:30
A3	Tell It Like It Is Written-By – Davis, Diamond	2:50
A4	Land Of 1000 Dances Written-By – Kenner*	2:45
A5	Jackie, All Flute – Bob Porcelli*, Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion Written-By – Eumir Deodato	2:15
A6	Dontcha Hear Me Callin' To Ya Soloist [Alto Solos] – Sonny Fortune Written-By – Rudy Stevenson	3:10
B1	Water Brother Soloist [Alto Solos] – Sonny Fortune Written-By – Don Sebesky	2:05
B2	My Woman's Good To Me Written-By – Sherrill, Sutton	3:10
B3	Jama Joe Written-By – George Benson	3:45
B4	My Cherie Amour Written-By – Cosby, Wonder, May*	3:30
B5	Out In The Cold Again Written-By – Bloom, Koehler	2:35

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Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Credits

Arranged By, Conductor – Marty Sheller
Bass – Bob Bushnell (tracks: A1 to A5), Gerry Jemmott* (tracks: A1 to A6, B1, B3), Jim Fielder (tracks: B2, B4, B5)
Design [Album] – Sam Antupit
Drums – Leo Morris
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Guitar – George Benson
Percussion – Angel Allende, Johnny Pacheco, Paul Alicea
Photography By [Cover] – Pete Turner (4)
Piano – Richard Tee (tracks: A1 to A5, B2, B4, B5), Rodgers Grant (tracks: A6, B1, B3)
Producer – Creed Taylor
Saxophone – Arthur Clarke (tracks: A1 to A5), Bob Porcelli*, Hubert Laws (tracks: A6, B1, B3), Jerome Richardson (tracks: A1 to A5, B2, B4, B5), Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson (tracks: B2, B4, B5), Sonny Fortune (tracks: A6, B1, B3)
Trumpet – Lew Soloff

Notes

Original US first press.

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, April 29; May 16, 20, 1969.

[A6, B1, B3] April 29, 1969
[A1 to A5] May 16, 1969
[B2, B4, B5] May 20, 1969

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (Tracks A1 - A4, A6, B1 - B4): BMI
Rights Society (Tracks A5, B5): ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (A-Side Label): SP-3039
Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): SP-3040
Matrix / Runout (A-Side. Hand-etched.): 3039-1 // P
Matrix / Runout (A-Side. Stamped.): VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (B-Side. Hand-etched.): 3040 // P
Matrix / Runout (B-Side. Stamped.): VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (A-Side., variant 2): 3039-1-AMIXT VAN GELDER A4
Matrix / Runout (B-Side., variant 2): 3040-2-AMIXT VAN GELDER A4 6-7-69

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