Gil Scott-Heron: Free Will 1972 cd 2001

Bluebird First Edition/BMG 2001. Digipack.

Gil Scott-Heron – Free Will

Label:

Bluebird (3) – 09026-63843-2

Series:

Bluebird First Editions

Format:

CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered

Country:

US

Released:

2001

Genre:

Jazz, Funk / Soul

Style:

Soul-Jazz, Funk

1Free Will3:402The Middle Of Your Day4:283The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues5:084Speed Kills3:155Did You Hear What They Said?3:286The King Alfred Plan2:547No Knock2:118Wiggy1:369Ain't No New Thing4:3210Billy Green Is Dead1:3111Sex Education: Ghetto Style0:5412... And Then He Wrote Meditations3:16Alternate Takes13Free Will3:0014Speed Kills3:1715The King Alfred Plan3:0116No Knock2:0417Wiggy1:3518Ain't No New Thing - Breakdown Take3:3219Billy Green Is Dead1:3120Free Will2:54

• Record Company – BMG Entertainment

• Copyright © – BMG Entertainment

• Manufactured By – BMG Distribution

• Distributed By – BMG Distribution

• Recorded At – RCA Studios, New York

• Glass Mastered At – JVC Disc America

• Pressed By – JVC Disc America

• Arranged By, Conductor – Horace Ott (tracks: 1 to 5)

• Bass – Gary Jemmott* (tracks: 1 to 5)

• Co-producer – Lillian Seyfert

• Coordinator [Reissue Production] – Randi Alyssa Sherman

• Creative Director [Reissue] – Janet DeMatteis

• Design [Reissue] – Red Herring Design

• Drums – Bernard "Pretty" Purdie* (tracks: 1 to 5)

• Engineer – Bob Simpson

• Flute, Bells, Vocals, Piano, Electric Piano – Brian Jackson(tracks: 1 to 5)

• Guitar – David Spinozza (tracks: 1 to 5)

• Liner Notes [Reissue] – Robin D. G. Kelley

• Mixed By – Bob Simpson

• Mixed By [Reissue], Remastered By – Michael O. Drexler*

• Percussion – Charlie Saunders (tracks: 6 to 12), Eddie Knowles (tracks: 6 to 12)

• Photography By – Ray Ross*

• Piccolo Flute, Flute – Hubert Laws (tracks: 1 to 5)

• Producer – Bob Thiele

• Producer [Series] – Joshua Sherman

• Reissue Producer – Ben Young (3)

• Research [Reissue Photo] – Cynthia Sesso

• Vocals, Liner Notes – Gil Scott-Heron

• Written-By – Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron

Originally released in 1972 as Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will.
Tracks 13 to 20 previously unissued.
Tracks 13 to 20 are bonus selections.

Recorded at RCA Studios, NYC :
1 to 5, 13, 14 and 20 March 2, 1972.
6 to 12 and 15 to 19 March 3, 1972 : vocals overdubs to tracks 1, 2 and 4 March 3, 1972.

Comes in a digipak with 12-page booklet including photo, discographical annotations and extensive liner notes.