[#016] Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron
The First Minute of a New Day - Remaster
(1975)
320 Kbps
Time: 68:41

If you're considering digging into the stack of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson reissues, this is the place to start. First Minute is one fantastic, seminal album--just bursting with Jackson's serious piano, Bilal Sunni Ali's deluxe woodwinds, and Barnett Williams and Charlie Saunders's relentless percussion. The entire Midnight Band, in fact, positively struts, cajoles, and freaks the funk out all over this 1975 powerhouse. Scott-Heron himself raps ("Pardon Our Analysis"), rocks ("The Liberation Song"), and rolls ("Alluswe") in that magic voice that critic Neil Tesser once described as "mahogany, sunshine, and tears." First Minute also boasts the Scott-Heron classics "Ain't No Such Thing As Superman" and "Winter in America." The 11-minute bonus track, "A Talk," makes this set nearly indispensable.

1. Offering 3:35
2. The Liberation Song (Red, Black And Green) 6:16
3. Must Be Something 5:15
4. Ain't No Such Thing As Superman 4:11
5. Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon) 8:04
6. Guerilla 7:49
7. Winter In America 6:08
8. Western Sunrise 5:12
9. Alluswe 5:00
Bonus Tracks
10. A Talk: Bluesology/Black History/Jaws/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 10:41
11. Winter In America (Solo Version) 6:26

no link to buy, out of print