Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band - The First Minute Of A New Day (1975) [1998]
R&B, Soul-Jazz, Fusion, Poetry | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:08:41 | 451,25 Mb
Label: TVT Classics/Rumal-Gia Records (USA) | Cat.# TVT 4350-2 | Released: 1998-03-17 (1975)
"The First Minute of a New Day" is an album by American vocalist Gil Scott-Heron, keyboardist Brian Jackson, and the Midnight Band - an eight-piece musical ensemble. It was released in January 1975 on Arista Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in the summer of 1974 at D&B Sound in Silver Spring, Maryland. It was the follow-up to Scott-Heron's and Jackson's critically acclaimed collaboration effort Winter in America. The First Minute of a New Day was the first album to feature "Winter in America", the title track of Scott-Heron's previous album which was not featured on its original LP release. The album was reissued on compact disc by Scott-Heron's label Rumal-Gia Records in 1998.