Pacific Fire

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Pacific Fire is an archival studio album by George Benson on CTI Records. This album consists of unreleased tracks recorded during the 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.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Knock on Wood" (Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper) – 8:15
2. "Moody's Mood" (James Moody, Eddie Jefferson) – 6:26
3. "Bandoleros Caballa" (Ronnie Foster) – 3:42

Side two

1. "Melodia Español" (Benson, Hubert Laws) – 4:38
2. "Pacific Fire" (Ronnie Foster) – 6:58
3. "Let Your Love Come Out" (Ronnie Foster) – 2:31
4. "Em" (Philip Namanworth) (originally included on Good King Bad) – 5:19

Personnel

• George Benson, Eric Gale - guitar
• Bobby Lyle, Don Grolnick, Roland Hanna, Ronnie Foster - keyboards
• Gary King - bass
• Roland Hanna (tracks: A2), Ronnie Foster (tracks: B2) - piano
• Andy Newmark, Dennis Davis, Steve Gadd - drums
• Sue Evans - percussion
• David Tofani, David Sanborn, Frank Vicari, Joe Farrell, Michael Brecker, Romeo Penque, Ronnie Cuber - saxophone
• Fred Wesley - trombone (tracks: A1, B2)
• Randy Brecker - trumpet
• Hubert Laws - flute (tracks: B1)
• Bob James - arranger, conductor
• Dave Matthews, George Benson, Ronnie Foster, Gary King - arrangers

Technical

• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
• Chuck Stewart - photography
• Blake Taylor - artwork, design