In order to produce what it thought would be a definitive two-LP retrospective on Benson, Warner Brothers raided not only its own archives but also those of A&M;, Arista and CTI. For added sales appeal, Warner inserted two new recordings, one of which (Turn your love around) became another huge hit single, rising to No. 5 on the pop charts. Today, Collection remains the most inclusive Benson sampler, though far from a definitive one due in part to the scarcity of instrumentals. Of course, the big Warner Brothers vocal hits are here (This masquerade, On Broadway, Give me the night), plus an artistic triumph like Moody's mood but only one WB instrumental (Breezin') can be heard. From Arista, it's strictly pop — The greatest love of all and the duet with Aretha Franklin, Love all the hurt away. The A&M; choices Last train to Clarksville and Here comes the sun could have been better but the two CTIs, White rabbit and the great Cast your fate to the wind are excellent representatives. (Richard S. Ginell)

Turn your love around was written for the purpose of adding new tracks to a greatest-hits collection by George Benson. Warner Bros. executives approached songwriter/producer Jay Graydon to write some songs for the multi-record set. With two days before the deadline, Graydon got an idea while having dinner with Steve Lukather, who came up with a verse. The bridge and other verses (and the finished record's background vocals) were contributed by Bill Champlin. A couple of days later, Graydon met Benson for the first time at Graydon's impressive home studio and found an instant kinship; both were guitar players. The spunky track featured one of the first Linn drum machines, which was programmed by Jeff Porcaro with synth bass played by his Toto bandmate David Paich. Graydon and Lukather played guitar on the song. It also features one of Benson's most aggressive vocals, though it's still in his favored smooth style. Turn your love around hit number one R&B; and number five pop in early 1982 and was awarded a Grammy in 1983 when it was chosen as best R&B; song. Bill Champlin also recorded this song for his album Through it all in 1994.

1 Turn your love around (Champlin/Graydon/Lukather) 2 Love all the hurt away (Dees) 3 Give me the night (Temperton) 4 Never give up on a good thing (Garvin/Shapiro) 5 On Broadway (Leiber/Mann/Stoller/Weil) 6 White rabbit (Slick) 7 This masquerade (Russell) 8 Love ballad (Scarborough) 9 Nature boy (Ahbez) 10 Last train to Clarksville (Boyce/Hart) 12 Here comes the sun (Harrison) 13 Breezin' (Womack) 14 Moody's mood (Fields/McHugh/Moody) 15 We got the love (Benson) 16 The greatest love of all (Creed/Masser) Musicians: Steve Lukather - guitar, clarinet, songwriting (1) George Benson - guitars, vocals Johnny Pacheco - percussion, conga Patti Austin - vocals Aretha Franklin - vocals Phil Bodner - flute, oboe, wind Michael Brecker - sax Ron Carter - bass Ronnie Cuber - sax Jorge Dalto - organ, piano, keyboards, clavinet, Fender Rhodes Ronnie Foster - organ, synthesizer, keyboards, piano (electric), Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes Herbie Hancock - organ, piano, harpsichord, keyboards Bob James - organ, piano, harpsichord, keyboards Quincy Jones - arranger, producer, liner notes, rhythm arrangements Earl Klugh - guitar (acoustic) Hubert Laws - flute Bobby Lyle - keyboards Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone Jerome Richardson - clarinet, flute, keyboards Marvin Stamm - trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo, wind George Young - sax David Friedman - percussion Phil Upchurch - bass ) David Foster - synthesizer, keyboards, piano Jay Berliner - guitar (acoustic) Bill Champlin - vocals Marcy Levy - vocals Ralph MacDonald - percussion Amanuel Vardi - viola Sue Evans - percussion Airto Moreira - Percussion, vocals Jocelyn Allen - vocals Wayne Andre - trombone, horn Don Ashworth - clarinet (bass), keyboards Tom Bahler - vocals Michael Baird - percussion, cymbals Stanley Banks - bass Kenneth Bichel - synthesizer Michael Boddicker - synthesizer Randy Brecker - trumpet Chaka Khan - vocals Billy Cobham - drums Burt Collins - trumpet Charles Convinton - organ, keyboards Paulinho Da Costa - percussion, wind Rafael Cruz - percussion Raphael Cruz - conga Jorge Dalton - keyboards Eddie Daniels - flute, sax Joe Farrell - horn Howard Buzzy Feiten - guitar Steve Ferrone - drums Chuck Findley - trumpet Steve Gadd - drums Eric Gale - guitar Jim Gilstrap - vocals Venette Gloud - vocals Diva Gray - vocals Jay Graydon - synthesizer, guitar, songwriter, arranger, producer, liner notes Ernie Hayes - organ, piano, harpsichord, keyboards Gary Herbig - flute, saxophone, wind Jerry Hey - trumpet, horn arrangements, string arrangements Lee Holdridge - conductor, orchestration Kim Hutchcroft - flute, saxophone, wind Arthur Jenkins - piano Louis Johnson - bass Louis Jordan - bass Gary King - bass Phil Kraus - percussion, vibraphone Abraham Laboriel - bass Will Lee - bass Buddy Lucas - saxophone George Marge - flute Marty Paich - conductor, string arrangements Harvey Mason, Sr. - drums Michael Masser - piano, arranger, producer, liner notes, rhythm arrangements Leo Morris - bass, drums Andy Newmark - drums Michael Omartian - synthesizer, piano, keyboards David Paich - synthesizer, synthesizer bass Jeff Porcaro - drums Greg Phillinganes - synthesizer, piano, keyboards, Fender Rhodes Raoul Poliakin - violin Max Pollikoff - violin Robert Popwell - bass Allen Ralph - trombone, tuba Alan Raph - trombone, tuba, horn George Ricci - cello Lee Ritenour - guitar John "J.R." Robinson - drums Barry Rogers - trombone Joe Shapley - trumpet Neil Stubenhaus - bass Hamish Stuart - guitar Richard Tee - synthesizer, keyboards, synthesizer bass Rod Temperton - arranger, vocal arrangement, rhythm arrangements Carmen Twillie - vocals Frank Vicari - saxophone Larry Williams - flute, saxophone, wind Jerry Jemmott - bass Mark Stevens - vocals Emanuel Vardi - viola Herbert Laws - flute, oboe Joe Shepley - trumpet, flugelhorn Paulinho DeCosta - percussion Jai Winding - piano, Fender Rhodes Carmen Twilley - vocals 20/20

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