peace
At 11:10 AM 8/5/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Not to mention Winter in America featuring "The bottle" what else needs
>to be said. Theres also Gil and the Amnesia Express if only I could
>remember the name of the album. I know that it's a green album and came
>out in 90/91. It used to be a great favourite when i used to DJ on
>pirate radio in the UK. It's a mainly live album "somewhere in ..." Gil
>couldn't remember where. It features the Bottle, three miles down,
>Washington DC and Gun. I agree though his best albums were probably
with
>Brian Jackson.
>
>C-Ya,
>Winston.
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>From: Jon Jung
>To: 'acid-jazz'; nw18@dial.pipex.com
>Subject: RE: Gil Scott-Heron
>Date: Monday, 04 August, 1997 21:04
>
>Well, there's the classic live/studio double album "It's Your World".
A
>definite must but not available on CD (except import). My current fave
>is
>"Real Eyes", again not on disc.
>
>On CD, there is only slim pickins: his first (forget then name but it's
>street
>names "On 110th and Lennox" or something. This one is spoken
>word/poetry
>material with rhythms. Deep. "Pieces of a Man", the classic with "The
>Revolution...". "Free Will", half/half spoken word and musical
numbers.
>All
>on Flying Dutchman/RCA. There are also two "best of" collections on CD
>as well
>and, of course, his latest one which was referred to in another post.
>
>Some others on album that I can remember off the top of my head: "Stand
>By Me"
>(this one is actually Bernard Purdie's album but Gil makes an
appearance
>on a
>cut and this album is very hard to find, too), "Secrets", "First
Minutes
>of a
>New Day" (I think this is the title), "Moving Target", "From South
>Carolina to
>South Africa" (I think this is the title, sorry my memory is not too
>good).
>
>I'll check my collection tonight and see what else I have...
>
> --Jon
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>Recommendations on Gil CD/LP's most welcome. Chris
>
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>> From: Jon Jung <jjung@mail.summer.hawaii.edu>
>> To: 'acid-jazz' <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>; nw18@dial.pipex.com
>> Subject: RE: Gil Scott-Heron
>> Date: 04 August 1997 11:52
>>
>> Definitely, I have most of his '70s records when he, like so many
>others,
>put
>> out his best material...I can make reccommendations if you like.
>>
>> --Jon
>>
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>> The question is - is this man funky? I think so having just bought
>his
>> two-CD "Best of" compilation Glory. Has he any other fans out there?
>If
>> so, let's talk Gil now! Chris
>>
>
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