Gil Scott-Heron - Bremen 1983 Complete Show - Upgrade

Gil Scott Heron
Kulturzentrum Schauburg
Bremen, Germany
April 18 1983

This is Gil Scott-Heron's full show from Bremen, 1983.

Last December there was a seed of a part of that show, and that was the occasion for me and Wolf to look deep in the chaos jungle of our tapes. We found a cassette with the full show - it must be a second generation or more recording - Wolf got in a trade way back, so we started team working about it.

The show was on April 18th according to the radio announcer and old files from the radio station, not April 16th, which was given as the date for last year's seed of a part of this show.

The recording was treated very carefully - clicks and glitches removed where it was possible and only a bit of dehissing was done.

And we think the result of out team working is very listenable, our recommendation is to play it loud, dance around and wonder why Gil's lyrics don't get out of fashion. (That in mind we have to apologize that parts of the music, the torrent and this description were produced using electricity which was made in parts by nuclear energy.)

Added as bonus tracks are two songs from a "Ohne Filter" German TV broadcast in March 1984, which is to our knowledge not published and at the end an interpretation and update of "The Revolution will not be televised" by Dana Bryant, which was played at the Jazzfest Berlin, Germany in 1993.

In the comment section are links to two mp3 samples.
Artwork is included - thanks Wolf!

Lineage: FM --> ?? --> cassettes --> Audiophile 2496 --> happy hard disk
--> Goldwave and Wavelab (clicks, gaps, a bit dehissing) --> WAV/FLAC

The players:

Gil Scott-Heron v, keyb

The Amnesia Express:

Alonzo Bailey - t, flgh
Vernon James as, ss, fl
Ron Holloway ts
Larry McDonald perc
Kenny Powell d
Ed Brady b
Glen "Astro" Turner keyb, harm

CD 1:
1 Intro 1:26
2 We Almost Lost Detroit 5:42
3 Intro 2:13
4 Angola Louisiana 5:19
5 Intro 4:10
6 Three Miles Down 4:34
7 B Movie 16:28
8 Intro 1:03
9 A Legend In His Own Mind 5:14
10 Intro 0:30
11 Winter In America 7:49
12 Band Intro 3:27
13 Intro 1:26
14 Shut 'em Down 6:21

CD 2:
1 Intro 1:24
2 Washington D C 4:39
3 Intro 1:29
4 The Bottle 14:00
5 Intro 1:08
6 Better Days Ahead 11:06
7 Intro 4:39
8 Johannesburg 7:12

bonus tracks:

"Ohne Filter" German TV March 1984 (broadcast date):
9 Winter In America 4:34
10 Not Needed/Statement from "Keynote" (SAT1 - German TV) 1994 4:03

Dana Bryant
Jazzfest Berlin, Traenenpalast, Oct 28 1993 (FM recording):
11 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 5:18

And now enjoy the show!