Gil Scott-Heron

• LIMITED GATEFOLD EDITION

The rarest Gil Scott-Heron albums! The record is a wonderful example of Gil's work in two different styles -- sweet mellow jazzy soul, and harder heavier protest poetry.

Side A features classic jazzy tracks recorded with Brian Jackson -- like "Free Will", "The Middle Of Your Days", "Speed Kills", and "Did You Hear What They Said?". Side B moves over to a much sparer sound and has Gil reciting some of his poetry with very heavy percussion, and a very righteous approach. The wisdom and knowledge of those pieces is a perfect example of the kinds of issues that were haunting black America in the early 70s -- especially on the tracks "No Knock", "The King Alfred Plan", and "Sex Education: Ghetto Style".

Recorded on March 2 and 3, 1972 at RCA Studios in New York City

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• 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?

• SIDE B
• 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