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1	Footin' It Flute – Stan WebbPiano – Herbie Hancock	4:23
2	Face It Boy, It's Over	4:04
3	Shape Of Things To Come Bass – Richard Davis Piano – Hank Jones	5:15
4	Chattanooga Choo Choo Flute – Stan WebbPiano – Herbie Hancock	3:34
5	Don't Let Me Lose This Dream Bass – Richard Davis	4:41
6	Shape Of Things That Are And Were	5:46
7	Last Train To Clarksville	5:36

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Polydor K.K.
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Credits

• Arranged By – Don Sebesky
• Artwork – Sam Antupit
• Bass – Ron Carter (tracks: 2, 6, 7)
• Cello – George Ricci (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
• Congas – Johnny Pacheco
• Drums – Leo Morris
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Flute – George Marge (tracks: 1, 3, 4), Romeo Penque (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
• Guitar – George Benson
• Liner Notes – Ira Gitler
• Organ – Charles Covington
• Photography By – Pete Turner
• Producer – Creed Taylor
• Saxophone, Harmonica – Buddy Lucas (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7)
• Trombone, Horns [Bariton] – Wayne Andre (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7)
• Trombone, Tuba – Alan Raph (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7)
• Trumpet – Burt Collins (tracks: 2, 5 to 7)
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Joe Shepley (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7)
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Flute – Marvin Stamm (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7)
• Vibraphone – Jack Jennings (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
• Viola – David Mankovitz (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
• Violin – Bernard Eichen (tracks: 1, 3, 4), Charles Libove (tracks: 1, 3, 4)

Notes

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios.
Herbie Hancock appears courtesy of Blue Note Records.
August 27, 1968: Tracks 1 & 4
September 5, 1968: Track 3
October 5, 1968: Track 5
October 22, 1968: Tracks 2, 6 & 7

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988005110527

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SP-3014	George Benson	Shape Of Things To Come ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records, CTI Records	SP-3014	US	1968
8T-3014	George Benson	Shape Of Things To Come ‎(8-Trk, Album)	A&M Records, CTI Records	8T-3014	US	1968
AMLS 945	George Benson	Shape Of Things To Come ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records, CTI Records	AMLS 945	UK	1969
CDA 0803	George Benson	Shape Of Things To Come ‎(CD, Album, Dig)	A&M Records	CDA 0803	UK	1987
L 36587	George Benson	Shape Of Things To Come ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records	L 36587	New Zealand	1968

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