Gil Scott-Heron's Midnight Band
January 16, 1978
Berkeley, CA
Source: SBD or FM Broadcast
01. Intro
02. Gil's Opening Speech
03. "The Spirit of the Drum" (Rap & Chant over Drums)
04. Hello Sunday, Hello Road
05. 95-South (All of the Places We've Been)
06. Racetrack in France
07. We Almost Lost Detroit
08. Home is Where the Hatred Is (cut/fade out)
09. Band Introductions
10. Song of the Wind (aka Blow Wind Blow)
11. Band Introductions > The Bottle
12. Johannesburg (cut/fade out)
The Midnight Band:
Gil Scott-Heron (Vocals, Guitar, and possibly Piano)
Brian Jackson (Keyboards, Flute)
Alan Barnes (Saxophone, Synthesizer)
Delbert Tailor (Piano, Trumpet, Congas, Flugelhorn, Vocals)
Barnett Williams (Congas, Percussion)
Sigi Dillard (Bass)
Reggi Brisbane (Drums)
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I received this show from a member of the All_Jazz2 group. This
recording is extremeley rare, and one of only 2recordings I've
seen of Gil from the 70's (The 1976 Village Gate shows has
already seemed to make the rounds with a few traders).
The source for this recording is either a SBD or FM Broadcast.
Sound quality isn't bad, but there are some volume fluctuations
present in the Left Channel from time to time. This show was
split into 21 different tracks when I got it, I have retracked
this 12 a more sensible 12 tracks. The ends of "Home is Where
the Hatred Is" and "Johannesburg" were cut, so I applied smooth
fades to the ends of the tracks.
One other thing to mention is that Gil goes through the Band
Introductions on Track 9, and then again on Track 11. It
appears that tracks 1-10 are from one show, and tracks 11 and 12
are from another. It's quite possible that these 2 tracks are
from the late show, or another performance entirely (the quality
and mix on both of these performances sounds identical, so I'm
assuming these are from the late show.
Enjoy.
-Dan
9/06/06