b]GIL SCOTT HERON & BRIAN JACKSON FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO SOUTH CAROLINA
Label:Arista
Orig Year 1976
Format: Mp3@320
[quote=Ron Wynn]The collaboration between Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson was now a formal one, as they were issuing albums as a team. This was their second duo project to make the pop charts, and it included anti-nuclear and anti-apartheid themes, plus less political, more autobiographical/reflective material like "Summer of '42," "Beginnings (The First Minute of a New Day)," and "Fell Together." Scott-Heron was now a campus and movement hero, and Jackson's production and arranging savvy helped make his albums as arresting musically as they were lyrically. ~
Personnel: Gil Scott-Heron (vocals, guitar, piano, electric piano); Brian Jackson (vocals, flute, keyboards, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer); Victor Brown (vocals, tambourine, percussion, bells); Victor Bowens (vocals, tambourine, bells); Bilal Sunni Ali (flute, harmonica, saxophone); Danny Bowens (bass guitar); Charles Saunders (drums, congas); Bob Adams (drums); Adenola (congas, percussion); Charlie Saunders (congas); Barnett Williams (percussion).
Tracklist
1 "Johannesburg" 4:52
2 "A Toast To The People" 5:47
3 "The Summer Of '42" 4:42
4 "Beginnings (The First Minutes Of A New Day)" 6:23
5 "South Carolina" 3:45
6 "Essex" 9:17
7 "Fell Together" 4:30
8 "A Lovely Day" 3:29
CD reissue bonus tracks
9 "South Carolina (Barnwell)" (Live from the No Nukes concert at Madison Square Garden) 6:29
10 "Save The Children" (Live from Blues Alley, Washington DC) 4:23
11 "Johannesburg" (Live from Gil Scott-Heron: Black Wax) 11:14
12"Let Me See Your I.D." (from Sun City: Artists Against Apartheid) 7:30
Recording information: Blues Alley, Washington DC (1975-1982); D & (1975-1982); D&B Sound, Silver Springs, MD (1975-1982); No Nukes Concert, New York, NY (1975-1982); Wax Museum, Washington DC (1975-1982).