Gil Scott-Heron - Live At The Bottom Line - August 20, 1977

Gil Scott-Heron - genius, activist, brilliant poet, jazz-funk pioneer, rap pioneer, possessed of a beautiful spoken and singing voice, possessed of both a searing intelligence and a sense of humour. And in combination with Brian Jackson he's just unbeatable. 

"Live At The Bottom Line August 20, 1977" is a recording of a Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson concert in New York.

This is the pair playing live thirteen months after the first live album, "It’s Your World" was recorded. This time, the pair (together with the Midnight Band) were promoting the "Bridges" studio album. (In fact, Gil says on the recording that it is released “next week”.) Six songs are from the album "Bridges", two songs that were played live on It’s Your World and a live version of It’s Your World which was previously a studio recording.

"New Deal" is ten minutes of Gil Scott Heron talking to the audience, entertaining them with his humour before introducing the band. Gumbai is a festival of African rhythms.
Tracklist:

01. New Deal - 10:20
02. Gumbai - 5.28
03. Race Track In France - 10.50
04. 95 South - 6.47
05. Hello Sunday, Hello Road - 3.51
06. It's Your World - 6:57
07. Home Is Where The Hatred Is - 15:55
08. Almost Lost Detroit - 7.22
09. Vildgolia (Deaf, Dumb & Blind) - 12:44
10. Winter In America - 6:54
11. Under The Hammer - 5:06
12. The Bottle - 16.02
13. Johannesburg - 5.44


Gil Scott-Heron - Live At The Bottom Line - August 20, 1977
(320 kbps, cover art included)