The Other Side of Abbey Road

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The Other Side of Abbey Road
George Benson The Other Side of Abbey Road.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1970
RecordedOctober 22–23 & November 4–5, 1969
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length31:36
Label A&M
SP 3028
Producer Creed Taylor
George Benson chronology
Tell It Like It Is
(1969)
The Other Side of Abbey Road
(1970)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
(1971)
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The Other Side of Abbey Road is a 1970 studio album by American guitarist George Benson of songs from the Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road . [1] It was his last album for A&M Records. The front cover is a photograph of Benson by Eric Meola in E 53rd Street, Midtown East, New York City. [3]

Contents

Online music service Rhapsody praised the album, calling it "winning", a "delightful release", and citing it as one of their 20 favorite cover albums. [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Lennon–McCartney, except "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" by George Harrison, and "Octopus's Garden" by Ringo Starr.

No.TitleLength
1."Golden Slumbers / You Never Give Me Your Money"4:47
2."Because / Come Together"7:26
3."Oh! Darling"4:01
4."Here Comes the Sun / I Want You (She's So Heavy)"9:00
5."Something / Octopus's Garden / The End"6:22
Total length:31:36

Personnel

Strings

Technical

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References

  1. 1 2 The Other Side of Abbey Road at AllMusic
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 23. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. "Musical Maps".
  4. Rhapsody’s Favorite Covers Albums Archived 2010-07-31 at the Wayback Machine Referenced August 1, 2010