Free Will by Gil Scott-Heron [Audio CD]

Description: Tracks:Free WillThe Middle Of Your DayThe Get Out Of The Ghetto BluesSpeed KillsDid You Hear What They Said?The King Alfred PlanNo KnockWiggyAin't No New ThingBilly Green Is DeadSex Education: Ghetto Style... And Then He Wrote MeditationsFree Will (Alt Take 1)The Middle Of Your Day (Alt Take 1)The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues (Alt Ending)Speed Kills (Alt Take 3)Did You Hear What They Said? (Alt Take 1)The King Alfred Plan (Alt)No Knock(Alt)Wiggy (Alt)Ain't No New Thing (Breakdown Take)Billy Green Is Dead (Alt)... And Then He Wrote Meditations (Breakdown Alt Take) Performer Notes: 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 Professional Reviews: Down Beat (12/01, p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Establishing a funky backdrop, Gil sings/recites contemplative ghetto warnings and extols the virtues of Coltrane..." Format: CD (1 Disc) Country: United Kingdom Studio/Live: Studio Guest Artist: Brian Jackson; Hubert Laws; David Spinozza; Bernard Purdie Release Date: 14 October, 2014 Label: BGP (Beat Goes Public) Dimensions: 12.6 x 14.1 x 0.9 centimeters (0.03 kg)

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