Mercury Records Collection: SR-60077: It's Just A Matter Of Time

SR-60077: It's Just A Matter Of Time / Brook Benton

Label Type :	black Mercury type C (large oval)
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR 60077A FR 1 A2 I
	SIDE-B	SR 60077 B FR3 B1 I

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury MG-20421 (mono).

with original Mercury inner sleeve.

Inside The Groove

Benton's first full album including the big hit “It's Just A Matter Of Time”.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

All tunes are very “standard” singings with strings. It's true sometimes boring. But his voice is always nice, and the big hitter (the title song of this album) are great.

However, it is a pity that the title song is included in “Fake Stereo” format on this Stereo LP.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

6 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	PB1646 (18143)	The Nearness Of You (Hoagy Carmichael & Ned Washington)	3:40
A-2	PB1598 (18112)	I Can't Begin To Tell You (Mack Gordon & James V. Monaco)	3:23
A-3	PB1651 (18148)	Tell Me Your Dream (Brown, Daniels & Rice. Arr. by Brook Benton &am; Bert Robinson)	2:35
A-4	PB1597 (18111)	I'm In The Mood For Love (Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields)	3:28
A-5	PB1648 (18145)	But Beautiful (Burke & Van Heusen)	2:32
A-6	PB1602 (18142)	When I Fall In Love (Eddie Heyman & Victor Young)	3:12
SIDE-B
B-1	PB1647 (18144)	Hold Me (Little Jack Little, Dave Oppenhaim & Ira Schuster)	3:26
B-2	PB1653 (18150)	I'll String Along With You (Dubin & Warren)	2:44
B-3	PB1650 (18147)	The More I See You (Mack Gordon & Harry Warren)	2:47
B-4	PB1652 (18149)	Love Me Or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn)	2:49
B-5	PB1649 (18146)	I Could Have Told You (Arthur Williams & Carl Sigman)	3:38
B-6	PB1800 (11972)	It's Just A Matter Of Time (Clyde Otis, Brook Benton & Belford Hendricks)	2:26

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

B-6:
Brook Benton (vo) with:
King Curtis (ts), unknown (p), unknown (g), unknown (b), unknown (ds).
Recorded in New York City in 1955.

All the rest:
Brook Benton (vo) with unknown orchestra.
Recorded in New York City in 1959.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Brook Benton (vo) :

Mercury MG-20421 / SR-60077 : It's Just A Matter Of Time
Mercury MG-20464 / SR-60146 : Endlessly
Mercury MG-20565 / SR-60225 : I Love You In So Many Ways
Mercury MG-20588 / SR-60244 : The Two Of Us / Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
Mercury MG-20602 / SR-60602 : Songs I Love To Sing
Mercury MG-20607 / SR-60607 : Brook Benton Golden Hits
Mercury MG-20619 / SR-60619 : If You Believe
Mercury MG-20641 / SR-60641 : Boll Weevil Song And 11 Other Great Hits
Mercury MG-20673 / SR-60673 : There Goes That Song Again
Mercury MG-20740 / SR-60740 : Lie To Me / Singing The Blues
Mercury MG-20774 / SR-60774 : Golden Hits Volume 2
Mercury MG-20830 / SR-60830 : Best Ballads Of Broadway
Mercury MG-20886 / SR-60886 : Born To Sing The Blues
Mercury MG-20918 / SR-60918 : On The Countryside
Mercury MG-20934 / SR-60934 : This Bitter Earth

Mercury MGD-9 / SRD-9 : Galaxy - Music From 16 Great Artists / Various Artists
Mercury MG-20651 / SR-60651 : Chart Winners - A Collection Of Mercury's Top Pop Hits / Various Artists
Mercury MG-20826 / SR-60826 : Original Golden Hits Of The Great Blues Singers / Various Artists