GROOVIN'

THE GENIUS OF ARIF MARDIN

 

CD 1954
artist: VARIOUS ARTISTS
label: RHINO 5101 19936 2
UPC / EAN: 5 051011 993626
title: GROOVIN' - THE GENIUS OF ARIF MARDIN
release: 2007, USA, 2CD [16/55:50] [15/61:25]
disc 1:
  1. THE YOUNG RASCALS - Groovin'
  2. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Son Of A Preacher Man
  3. BROOK BENTON - Rainy Night In Georgia
  4. ARETHA FRANKLIN - Until You Come Back To Me
  5. CHER - Do Right Woman
  6. LULU - Feeling Alright
  7. JOHN PRINE - Angel From Montgomery
  8. JACKIE DeSHANNON - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
  9. DOUG SAHM & HIS BAND - (Is Anyone Going To) San Antone
  10. WILLIE NELSON - Whiskey River
  11. DANNY O'KEEFE - Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
  12. DONNY HATHAWAY - Song For You
  13. ARIF MARDIN - Love On A Rainy Afternoon
  14. LAURA NYRO - Up On The Roof
  15. MARGIE JOSEPH - My Love
  16. JUDY COLLINS - Send In The Clowns
disc 2:
  1. THE BEE GEES - Jive Talkin'
  2. AVERAGE WHITE BAND - Pick Up The Pieces
  3. CARLY SIMON - You Belong To Me
  4. HALL & OATES - She's Gone
  5. GEORGE BENSON & ARETHA FRANKLIN - Love All The Hurt Away
  6. CHAKA KHAN - I'm Every Woman
  7. GEORGE BENSON - Lady Love Me (One More Time)
  8. SCRITTI POLITTI - Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
  9. CULTURE CLUB - Move Away
  10. BOY MEETS GIRL - Waiting For A Star To Fall
  11. PHIL COLLINS - Against All Odds
  12. BETTE MIDLER - Wind Beneath My Wings
  13. ERIC CLAPTON - Hard Times
  14. MICHAEL CRAWFORD - Speak Low
  15. NORAH JONES - Come Away With Me
comment #1: The 12 page booklet has extended liner notes about Arif Mardin.
  Arif Mardin is on the picture on the back side of the DOUG SAHM & BAND album (second from right, sitting on a chair).
comment #2: Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for over 30 years, as both an assistant, producer, arranger, studio manager, and vice president, before moving to EMI and serving as vice president and general manager of Manhattan Records. His collaborations include working with Queen, The Bee Gees, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, Laura Branigan, Chaka Khan, Scritti Politti, Phil Collins, Daniel Rodriguez, Norah Jones, Richard Marx, Culture Club and Jewel. Mardin was awarded 11 Grammy Awards.
comment #3: Note:
The first release of (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone was on the DOUG SAHM AND BAND album on ATLANTIC SD 7254.
On this compilation the credits are: DOUG SAHM & HIS BAND - (Is Anyone Going To) San Antone.
 


Bette Midler and Arif Mardin at the Grammy Awards, February, 1990