{"product_id":"copy-of-various-artists-fantastic-voyage-new-sounds-for-the-european-canon-1977-1981-2lp-vinyl-double-album","title":"GIL SCOTT-HERON FREE WILL (AAA REMASTERED VINYL EDITION) VINYL LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eGIL SCOTT-HERON\u003cbr\u003eFREE WILL (AAA REMASTERED VINYL EDITION)\u003cbr\u003eVINYL LP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eItem no. :XXQLP126 Barcode :0029667020510 Artist :GIL SCOTT-HERON Product type :Vinyl LP Label :BIG BEAT Release Date :26 January 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDESCRIPTION TRACK LIST\u003cbr\u003eReleased in 1971, Gil Scott-Heron’s second album “Pieces Of A Man” is a stone-cold classic and rightly seen as one of the greatest albums of all time.\u003cbr\u003eThere is a reason why a full album of songs did not appear as a follow-up. Both producer Bob Thiele and Scott-Heron’s writing partner Brian Jackson had been keen to move forward quickly with song-based material, but Scott-Heron saw himself first and foremost as a writer. A new novel, The Nigger Factory, would be published in 1972 and he also enrolled for writing seminars at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.\u003cbr\u003eOnce the decision was made to combine poetry and song, sessions were booked for the 2nd and 3rd March 1972. The first session with Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie (drums), Hubert Laws (flute\/piccolo), David Spinozza (guitar), Jerry Jemmott (bass) and Brian Jackson (electric and acoustic piano) recorded the songs with Horace Ott taking care of the arrangements. The second session was dedicated to poetry, recorded with Scott-Heron, Jackson, Eddie Knowles and Charlie Sanders from their college group Black \u0026amp; Blues. “Free Will” was released in 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE ONE\u003cbr\u003e1. FREE WILL\u003cbr\u003e2. THE MIDDLE OF YOUR DAY\u003cbr\u003e3. THE GET OUT OF THE GHETTO BLUES\u003cbr\u003e4. SPEED KILLS\u003cbr\u003e5. DO YOU HEAR WHAT THEY SAID?\u003cbr\u003eSIDE TWO\u003cbr\u003e1. THE KING ALFRED PLAN\u003cbr\u003e2. NO KNOCK\u003cbr\u003e3. WIGGY\u003cbr\u003e4. AIN’T NO NEW THING\u003cbr\u003e5. WHAT WOULD BECOME OF ME\u003cbr\u003e6. BILLY GREEN IS DEAD\u003cbr\u003e7. SEX EDUCATION: GHETTO STYLE\u003cbr\u003e8. … and then he wrote MEDITATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"punk to funk heaven","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44277158871297,"sku":null,"price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1837\/1115\/files\/gil-scott-heron-free-will-aaa-remastered-vinyl-edition-vinyl-lp-8173618.jpg?v=1779729786","url":"https:\/\/punktofunkheaven.co.uk\/products\/copy-of-various-artists-fantastic-voyage-new-sounds-for-the-european-canon-1977-1981-2lp-vinyl-double-album","provider":"punk to funk heaven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}