LP - 180g Black Vinyl. Audio taken from the original master tapes.
A reissue of Gil Scott-Heron's 1972 album taken from the original master tapes. The album is special as one side consists of songs - all but one written with Brian Jackson - and the flipside is of poetry. Both forms showcase the political and the personal, in a way where even the time-specific lyrics transcend their era. Gil and Brian are backed an all-star band consisting of Bernard Purdie, Gerry Jemmott, Hubert Laws and David Spinozza. These help bring out the pathos in the achingly sad 'Did You Hear What They Say' - one of Gil's finest pieces of writing. Gil's final album for Flying Dutchman, it capped a hugely creative period for him when he wrote many of his best-remembered songs.
Tracklist:
A1. Free Will
A2. The Middle Of Your Day
A3. The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues
A4. Speed Kills
A5. Did You Hear What They Said?
B1. The King Alfred Plan
B2. No Knock
B3. Wiggy
B4. Ain't No New Thing
B5. Billy Green Is Dead
B6. Sex Education: Ghetto Style
B7. ... And Then He Wrote Meditations