Gil Scott-Heron – Free Will LP (Gatefold)
Pickup currently unavailable at 2235 Fern Street
Gil Scott-Heron – Free Will LP (Gatefold)
2235 Fern Street
Pickup currently unavailable
2235 Fern Street
San Diego CA 92104
United States
Limited vinyl LP reissue of Gil Scott-Heron's 1972 album. The album is special as one side consists of songs - all but one written with Brian Jackson - and the flipside is of poetry. Both forms showcase the political and the personal, in a way where even the time-specific lyrics transcend their era. Gil and Brian are backed an all-star band consisting of Bernard Purdie, Gerry Jemmott, Hubert Laws and David Spinozza. These help bring out the pathos in the achingly sad 'Did You Hear What They Say' - one of Gil's finest pieces of writing.