GIL SCOTT-HERON

Albums recorded by Gil Scott-Heron, with release dates and UK CD availability.

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A New Black Poet: Small Talk At 125^th And Lennox

--/70

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Pieces Of A Man

--/71

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Free Will

08/72

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Winter In America [with Brian Jackson]

09/73

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The First Minute Of A New Day [with Brian Jackson]

06/75

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From South Africa To South Carolina [with Brian Jackson]

01/76

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It's Your World [part live, with Brian Jackson]

11/76

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Bridges [with Brian Jackson]

12/77

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Secrets [with Brian Jackson]

09/78

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The Mind Of Gil Scott-Heron

--/79

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1980 [with Brian Jackson]

08/79

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Real Eyes

12/80

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Reflections

12/81

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Moving Target

09/82

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Tales Of Gil Scott-Heron [live]

03/90

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Minister Of Information [live]

04/94

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Spirits

07/94

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I'm New Here

02/10

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Introduction/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Omen
Brother
Comment #1
Small Talk At 125th & Lenox
The Subject Was Faggots
Evolution (And Flashback)

Plastic Pattern People
Whitey On The Moon
The Vulture
Enough
Paint It Black
Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul?
Everyday

David Barnes
Eddie Knowles
Charlie Saunders
Gil Scott-Heron

Producer:

Percussion, Vocals
Congas
Congas
Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Bob Thiele

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Save The Children
Lady Day And John Coltrane
Home Is Where The Hatred Is
When You Are Who You Are
I Think I'll Call It Morning

Pieces Of A Man
A Sign Of The Ages
Or Down You Fall
The Needle's Eye
The Prisoner

Ron Carter
Brian Jackson
Burt Jones
Hubert Laws
Gil Scott-Heron
Bernard "Pretty"
Purdie

Producer:

Bass
Piano, Electric Piano
Guitar
Flute, Saxophone
Vocals
Drums


Bob Thiele

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Free Will
The Middle Of Your Day
The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues
Speed Kills
Did You Hear What They Said?

The King Alfred Plan
No Knock
Wiggy
Ain't No New Thing
Billy Green Is Dead
Sex Education: Ghetto Style
...And Then He Wrote Meditations

Brian Jackson


Jerry Jemmott
Eddie Knowles
Hubert Laws
Bernard "Pretty"
Purdie
Charlie Saunders
Gil Scott-Heron
David Spinozza

Producer:

Piano & Electric Piano (Tracks 1-5),
Flute & Bells (Tracks 6-12),
Vocals (Tracks 1-5)
Bass (Tracks 1-5)
Percussion (Tracks 6-12)
Flute & Piccolo (Tracks 1-5)
Drums (Tracks 1-5)

Percussion (Tracks 6-12)
Vocals
Guitar (Tracks 1-5)

Lillian Seyfert, Bob Thiele

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Peace Go With You, Brother (As-Salaam-Alaikum)
Rivers Of My Father
A Very Precious Time
Back Home

The Bottle
Song For Bobby Smith
Your Daddy Loves You
H₂Ogate Blues
Peace Go With You, Brother (Wa-Alaikum-Salaam)

Bob Adams
Danny Bowens
Brian Jackson
Gil Scott-Heron

Producer:

Drums
Bass
Piano, Electric Piano, Vocals
Vocals, Electric Piano

Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron

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Offering
The Liberation Song (Red, Black And Green)
Must Be Something
Ain't No Such Thing As Superman
Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon)

Guerilla
Winter In America
Western Sunrise
Alluswe

Bob Adams
Danny Bowens
Victor Bowens
Victor Brown
Brian Jackson

Eddie Knowles
Charlie Saunders
Gil Scott-Heron
Bilal Sunni-Ali
Barnett Williams

Producer:

Drums
Bass
Tamborine, Vocals, Bells
Percussion, Vocals
Synthesiser, Keyboards, Flute,
Vocals
Percussion, Congas
Congas, Drums
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Electric Piano
Flute, Harmonica, Saxophone
Percussion

Perpis-Fall Music Inc

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Johannesburg
A Toast To The People
The Summer Of '42
Beginnings (The First Minutes Of A New Day)

South Carolina
Essex
Fell Together
A Lovely Day

Bob Adams
Adenola
Danny Bowens
Victor Brown
Brian Jackson

Charlie Saunders
Gil Scott-Heron
Bilal Sunni-Ali
Barnett Williams

Producer:

Drums
Congas
Bass
Vocals, Tambourine, Bells
Vocals, Flute, Keyboards,
Synthesiser
Congas, Chinese Drum
Vocals, Electric Piano
Saxophone, Flute, Harmonica
Congas, Gambe Drums, Shekere

Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron

 
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LP One
It's Your World
Possum Slim
New York City

17th Street *
Tomorrow's Trane *
Must Be Something *

LP Two
Home Is Where The Hatred Is *
Bicentennial Blues *

The Bottle *
Sharing

* Recorded live at Paul's Mall, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA on 1-4 July 1976

Original Issue


Reissue

Danny Bowens
Reggie Brisbane
Victor Brown
Tony Duncanson
Brian Jackson


Gil Scott-Heron
Bilal Sunni-Ali
Delbert Taylor
Barnett Williams

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Drums, Percussion
Vocals
Congas, Bongos, Timbales
Vocals, Piano, Electric Piano,
Synthesiser (Track 2),
Flute (Track 9)
Vocals, Electric Piano (Track 9)
Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Trumpet
Congas, Percussion

Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron,
Tom Wilson

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Hello Sunday! Hello Road!
Song Of The Wind
Racetrack In France
Vildgolia (Deaf, Dumb And Blind)

Under The Hammer
We Almost Lost Detroit
Tuskeegee #626
Delta Man (Where I'm Comin' From)
95 South (All The Places We've Been)

Josef Blocker
Danny Bowens
Reggie Brisbane
Tony Duncanson
Marlo Henderson
Brian Jackson
Fred Payne
Gil Scott-Heron
Bilal Sunni-Ali
Delbert Taylor
Barnett Williams

Producer:

Drums
Bass (Tracks 4,6)
Drums (Tracks 1,3,4,6)
Timbales, Percussion
Guitar
Keyboards, Vocals (Tracks 5,7)
Guitar (Track 6)
Vocals, Piano (Tracks 2,5,8)
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Trumpet
Percussion

Larry Fallon, Brian Jackson,
Gil Scott-Heron, Tom Wilson

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Angel Dust
Madison Avenue
Cane
Third World Revolution
Better Days Ahead

Three Miles Down
Angola, Louisiana
Show Bizness
A Prayer For Everybody/To Be Free

Malcolm Cecil
Brian Jackson

Harvey Mason
Marti McCall
Ralph Penland
Greg Phillinganes
Gil Scott-Heron
Julia Waters
Maxine Waters
Alvin Taylor
Barnett Williams
Leon Williams

Producer:

Synthesiser
Flute, Piano, Synth Bass,
Synthesiser, Drums (Tracks 3,4)
Drums (Tracks 2,6-8)
Backing Vocals
Drums (Tracks 5,9)
Electric Piano, Synthesiser
Vocals, Piano (Tracks 2,3,6-8)
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Drums (Track 1)
Congas, Percussion, Bata (Track 3)
Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 4,9)

Malcolm Cecil, Brian Jackson,
Lenny Peterzell, Gil Scott-Heron

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H₂Ogate Gate Blues
We Beg Your Pardon (Pardon Our Analysis)
The New Deal

Jose Campos Torres
The Ghetto Code (Dot Dot Dit Dit Dot Dot Dash)
Bicentennial Blues

Bob Adams
Danny Bowens
Malcolm Cecil
Brian Jackson
Gil Scott-Heron

Producer:

Drums (Track 1)
Bass (Track 1)
Synthesiser & Bass (Track 4)
Piano (Track 1)
Vocals, Speech

Gil Scott-Heron

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Shut Um Down
Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams)
Willing
Corners

1980
Push Comes To Shove
Shah Mot (The Shah Is Dead/Checkmate)
Late Last Night

Ed Brady
Carl Cornwell
Gordon Goodwin
Robert Gordon
Marlo Henderson
Brian Jackson



Harvey Mason
Marti McCall
Denis Sirias
Gil Scott-Heron
Julia Waters
Maxine Waters
Bill Watrous

Producer:

Guitar (Tracks 3,5)
Flute, Saxophone (Tracks 3,5)
Saxophone
Bass (Tracks 3,5)
Guitar (Tracks 1,4,6,8)
Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesiser,
Kettle Drums (Track 2),
Drums (Track 6),
Background Vocals (Track 5)
Drums (Tracks 1-5,7,8)
Backing Vocals
Horn
Vocals, Piano
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Trombone

Malcolm Cecil, Brian Jackson,
Gil Scott-Heron

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The Train From Washington
Not Needed
Waiting For The Axe To Fall
Combinations

A Legend In His Own Mind
You Could Be My Brother
The Klan
Your Daddy Loves You (For Gia Louise)

Danny Bowens
Ed Brady
Reggie Brisbane
Carl Cornwell
Robert Gordon
Stemsy Hunter
Ethan Ivy
Brian Jackson
Vernon James
Harry Kim
Kenny Powell
Gil Scott-Heron
Kenny Sheffield
Glen Turner

Producer:

Bass (Track 4)
Guitar
Drums (Track 4)
Flute, Tenor Saxophone
Bass
Alto Saxophone (Tracks 1,5)
Percussion
Piano (Track 4)
Saxophone, Flute
Trumpet (Tracks 1,5)
Drums
Vocals
Trumpet
Keyboards, Synthesiser, Harmonica

Malcolm Cecil, Gil Scott-Heron

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Storm Music
Grandma's Hands
Is That Jazz?
Morning Thoughts

Inner City Blues (Poem: The Siege Of New Orleans)
Gun
"B" Movie (Intro, Poem, Song)

Ed Brady
Carl Cornwell
Robert Gordon
Clydene Jackson
Vernon James
Kenny Lazarus
Larry MacDonald
Kenny Powell
Gil Scott-Heron
Kenny Sheffield
Glen Turner

Julia Waters
Maxine Waters
Leon Williams

Producer:

Guitar
Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 1,3,6,7)
Bass
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Alto & Soprano Saxophone, Flute
Guitar (Track 1)
Percussion & Timbales (Track 1)
Drums
Vocals, Electric Piano (Track 6)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Organ, Piano, Electric Piano,
Clavinet, Synth Strings, Harmonica
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 2,5)

Malcolm Cecil, Gil Scott-Heron

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Fast Lane
Washington DC
No Exit
Blue Collar

Explanations
Ready Or Not
Black History/The World

Ed Brady
Carl Cornwell
Robert Gordon
Ron Holloway
Vernon James
Harry Kim
Larry MacDonald
Kenny Powell
Kenny Sheffield
Gil Scott-Heron
Glen Turner

Producer:

Guitar
Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 2,3,7)
Bass
Tenor Saxophone
Alto Saxophone, Flute (Track 6)
Trumpet (Track 2)
Percussion
Drums
Trumpet
Vocals, Electric Piano (Track 2)
Keyboards

Malcolm Cecil, Gil Scott-Heron

 
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LP One
Washington DC
Save The Children

Angel Dust

LP Two
Gun
Blue Collar
Alien (Hold Onto Your Dreams)

Three Miles Down
The Bottle

Robbie Gordon
Ron Holloway
Kim Jordan
Larry MacDonald
Gil Scott-Heron
Glenn "Astro" Turner
Rodney Youngs

Producer:

Bass
Saxophone
Piano
Congas
Vocals
Piano
Drums

Paul Martin Bonde

Tracks 1-6: recorded by Radio East Judland
Tracks 7,8: recorded by Radio Bremen

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Washington, DC
Save The Children
Gun
Blue Collar
Alien (Hold On To Your Dream)
Winter In America
The Bottle

Ron Holloway
Kim Jordan
Larry McDonald
Gil Scott-Heron
Rodney Youngs

Producer:

Tenor Saxophone
Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Percussion
Vocals, Piano
Drums

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Message To The Messengers
Spirits
Give Her A Call
Spirits Past

The Other Side
Don't Give Up

Ed Brady
Malcolm Cecil
Vernard Dickson
Tony Duncanson
Fima Ephron
Rob Gordon
Ron Holloway
Brian Jackson
Kim Jordan
Larry McDonald
Gil Scott-Heron
Ibrahim Shakur
Leon Williams
Rodney Youngs

Producer:

Guitar
Bass, Piano
Piano
Percussion
Bass
Bass
Saxophone
Piano
Piano
Percussion
Vocals, Piano
Flute
Saxophone
Drums

Malcolm Cecil,
Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Track 10),
Gil Scott-Heron (Tracks 1-5)

 
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LP One
On Coming From A Broken Home (Part 1)
Me And The Devil
I'm New Here
Your Soul And Mine
Parents (Interlude)
I'll Take Care Of You
Being Blessed (Interlude)

Where Did The Night Go
I Was Guided (Interlude)
New York Is Killing Me
Certain Things (Interlude)
Running
The Crutch
I've Been Me (Interlude)
On Coming From A Broken Home (Part 2)

LP Two
Piano Player (Intro)
Home Is Where The Hatred Is
Winter In America

Jazz (Interlude)
Is That Jazz
A Place To Go (Interlude)
My Cloud

CD
On Coming From A Broken Home (Part 1)
Me And The Devil
I'm New Here
Your Soul And Mine
Parents (Interlude)
I'll Take Care Of You
Being Blessed (Interlude)
Where Did The Night Go
I Was Guided (Interlude)
New York Is Killing Me
Certain Things (Interlude)
Running
The Crutch
I've Been Me (Interlude)
On Coming From A Broken Home (Part 2)

Damon Albarn
Mike Block
Chris Cunningham
Tiona Hall
Michelle Hutcherson
Kim Jordan

Christiana Liberis
Gil Scott-Heron
Mary Jo Stilp
Tyria Stokes
Pat Sullivan
Una Tone



Producer:

Keyboards (Track 2)
Strings (Tracks 4,6,13)
Guitar & Synthesiser (Track 10)
Backing Vocals (Track 10)
Backing Vocals (Track 10)
Piano (Track 6),
Vocals (Track 10)
Strings (Tracks 4,6,13)
Vocals, Piano
Strings (Tracks 4,6,13)
Backing Vocals (Track 10)
Guitar (Track 3)
Strings (Tracks 4,6,13)

Track numbers refer to the CD

Richard Russell