Pacific Fire
Pacific Fire is an archival studio album by George Benson released in 1983 on 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.
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| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | July and October 1975 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Soul Funk Jazz Pop | |||
| Length | 37:49 | |||
| Label | CTI Records | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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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 (2), arrangements (3, 5, 6)
- Don Grolnick – keyboards
- Roland Hanna – keyboards, acoustic piano solo (5)
- 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
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