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Release Date: Sep 29, 2014
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Personnel: Gil Scott-Heron (vocals, spoken vocals); Horace Ott (conductor); Brian Jackson (vocals, flute, acoustic & electric pianos, bells); Hubert Laws (piccolo, flute); David Spinozza (guitar); Gerry Jemmott (bass); Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (drums); Eddie Knowles, Charlie Saunders (congas, bongos,
cowbell, agogo).
Producer: Bob Thiele.
Reissue producer: Ben Young.
Recorded at RCA Studios, New York, New York on March 2-3, 1972. Originally released on Flying Dutchman (10153). Includes original liner notes by Gil Scott-Heron and reissue liner notes by Robin D. G. Kelley.
Digitally remastered by Michael O. Drexler.
This is part of Bluebird's First Editions series.
Audio Mixer: Bob Simpson .
Liner Note Authors: Dean Rudland; Gil Scott-Heron; Brian Jackson.
Recording information: 03/02/1972/03/03/1972.
Photographer: Ray Ross .
Gil Scott-Heron's third album is split down the middle, the first side being a purely musical experience with a full band (including flutist Hubert Laws and drummer Pretty Purdie), the second functioning more as a live rap session with collaborator Brian Jackson on flute and a few friends on percussion. For side one, although he's overly tentative on the ballad "The Middle of Your Day," Scott-Heron excels on the title track and the third song, "The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues," one of his best, best-known performances. The second side is more of an impromptu performance, with Scott-Heron often explaining his tracks by way of introduction ("No Knock" referred to a new police policy whereby knocking was no longer required before entering a house, "And Then He Wrote Meditations" being Scott-Heron's tribute to John Coltrane). His first exploration of pure music-making, Free Will functions as one of Scott-Heron's most visceral performance, displaying a maturing artist who still draws on the raw feeling of his youth. The Bluebird reissue from 2001 includes eight alternate takes, best being an alternate of the title track. ~ John Bush
cowbell, agogo).
Producer: Bob Thiele.
Reissue producer: Ben Young.
Recorded at RCA Studios, New York, New York on March 2-3, 1972. Originally released on Flying Dutchman (10153). Includes original liner notes by Gil Scott-Heron and reissue liner notes by Robin D. G. Kelley.
Digitally remastered by Michael O. Drexler.
This is part of Bluebird's First Editions series.
Audio Mixer: Bob Simpson .
Liner Note Authors: Dean Rudland; Gil Scott-Heron; Brian Jackson.
Recording information: 03/02/1972/03/03/1972.
Photographer: Ray Ross .
Gil Scott-Heron's third album is split down the middle, the first side being a purely musical experience with a full band (including flutist Hubert Laws and drummer Pretty Purdie), the second functioning more as a live rap session with collaborator Brian Jackson on flute and a few friends on percussion. For side one, although he's overly tentative on the ballad "The Middle of Your Day," Scott-Heron excels on the title track and the third song, "The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues," one of his best, best-known performances. The second side is more of an impromptu performance, with Scott-Heron often explaining his tracks by way of introduction ("No Knock" referred to a new police policy whereby knocking was no longer required before entering a house, "And Then He Wrote Meditations" being Scott-Heron's tribute to John Coltrane). His first exploration of pure music-making, Free Will functions as one of Scott-Heron's most visceral performance, displaying a maturing artist who still draws on the raw feeling of his youth. The Bluebird reissue from 2001 includes eight alternate takes, best being an alternate of the title track. ~ John Bush
Tracks:
1 - Free Will
2 - Middle of Your Day
3 - Get Out of the Ghetto Blues
4 - Speed Kills
5 - Did You Hear What They Said?
6 - King Alfred Plan
7 - No Knock
8 - Wiggy
9 - Ain't No New Thing
10 - Billy Green is Dead
11 - Sex Education: Ghetto Style
12 - ...And Then He Wrote Meditations
13 - Free Will [Alt Take 1]
14 - Middle of Your Day [Alt Take 2]
15 - Get Out of the Ghetto Blues [Alternate Ending]
16 - Speed Kills [Alt Take 3]
17 - Did You Hear What They Said? [Alt Take 1]
18 - King Alfred Plan [Alt]
19 - No Knock [Alt]
20 - Wiggy [Alt]
21 - Ain't No New Thing [Breakdown Take]
22 - Billy Green is Dead [Alt]
23 - ...And Then He Wrote Meditations [Alt]
2 - Middle of Your Day
3 - Get Out of the Ghetto Blues
4 - Speed Kills
5 - Did You Hear What They Said?
6 - King Alfred Plan
7 - No Knock
8 - Wiggy
9 - Ain't No New Thing
10 - Billy Green is Dead
11 - Sex Education: Ghetto Style
12 - ...And Then He Wrote Meditations
13 - Free Will [Alt Take 1]
14 - Middle of Your Day [Alt Take 2]
15 - Get Out of the Ghetto Blues [Alternate Ending]
16 - Speed Kills [Alt Take 3]
17 - Did You Hear What They Said? [Alt Take 1]
18 - King Alfred Plan [Alt]
19 - No Knock [Alt]
20 - Wiggy [Alt]
21 - Ain't No New Thing [Breakdown Take]
22 - Billy Green is Dead [Alt]
23 - ...And Then He Wrote Meditations [Alt]