Gil Scott-Heron - Small Talk At 125th And Lenox

BGP - HIQLP093

Gil Scott-Heron was twenty-one years old when he was signed to Flying Dutchman by Bob Thiele to make an album of his poetry. The resultant Small Talk at 125th and Lenox was recorded before a small live audience and, released in 1970, sat perfectly in a world where the Last Poets had just tasted Top 10 success with their debut LP. Small Talk at 125th and Lenox opened with a spoken word version of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised and also featured poems and musical pieces like Omen , Brother , Plastic Pattern People , Paint It Black and Everyday that reflected on the black community and its condition within America at this time. The starkest of these sharp observational pieces from Scott-Heron was Whitey On The Moon , which recounts the US Government spending billions on landing a rocket on the moon at a time when, a rat done bit my sister, Nell . Like its follow-up Pieces Of A Man Small Talk at 125th and Lenox is a classic album and we are delighted to serve it up again on vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with the original liner notes. With current Big Talk of going back to the moon, whilst injustice still prevails for many black people in America, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox still conveys a message that resonates today.

Introduction
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Omen
Brother
Comment #1
Small Talk At 125th & Lenox
The Subject Was Faggots
Evolution (And Flashback)
Plastic Pattern People
Whitey On The Moon
The Vulture
Enough
Paint It Black
Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul?
Everyday

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