From South Africa To South Carolina (CD)


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Format: CD 
Label: Culture House 
Year: 2024 

Media Condition: New 
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New 

TRACKS:

1 Johannesburg 
2 A Toast To The People 
3 The Summer Of '42 
4 Beginnings (The First Minute Of A New Day) 

5 South Carolina (Barnwell) 
6 Essex 
7 Fell Together 
8 A Lovely Day 

Bonus Tracks:
9 South Carolina (Live)
10 Save The CHildren (Live)

11 Johannesburg (Live)
12 Let Me See Your I.D.

Originally released in 1975. This edition includes three bonus live recordings plus an excerpt from the Artists United Against Apartheid compilation. 

PERSONNEL (Tracks 1-8): 

Bass Guitar – Danny Bowens 
Congas – Adenola 
Congas, Drum – Charlie Saunders 
Congas, Shaker, Djembe – Barnett Williams 
Drums – Bob Adams 
Vocals, Bells, Tambourine – Victor Brown 
Harmonica, Flute, Saxophone – Bilal Sunni Ali 
Keyboards, Vocals – Brian Jackson 
Vocals – Gil Scott-Heron 

Recorded at D&B Sound, Silver Spring, MD. Much classic material on this LP which awakened a much larger audience to Gil's message. 

"Johannesburg" was a bona fide hit single, performed memorably along with "Lovely Day" on Saturday Night Live with Richard Pryor as guest host. "South Carolina" also ranks among Scott-Heron's hardest-hitting tunes, lamenting the toxic impact of Barnwell County's nuclear and chemical plants. 

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