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'''''From South Africa to South Carolina''''' is a [[studio album]] by American vocalist [[Gil Scott-Heron]] and keyboardist [[Brian Jackson (musician)|Brian Jackson]]. It was released in November 1975 by [[Arista Records]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=New LP/Tape Releases|page=68|date=November 15, 1975}}</ref> Scott-Heron performed "Johannesburg" and "A Lovely Day" on the sketch comedy show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in December 1975.<ref>[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75g.phtml "Season 1: Episode 7"], Saturday Night Live Transcripts.</ref>

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'''''From South Africa to South Carolina''''' is a [[studio album]] by American vocalist [[Gil Scott-Heron]] and keyboardist [[Brian Jackson (musician)|Brian Jackson]]. It was released in November 1975 by [[Arista Records]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=New LP/Tape Releases|page=68|date=November 15, 1975}}</ref> Scott-Heron performed "Johannesburg" and "A Lovely Day" on the sketch comedy show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in December 1975.<ref>[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75g.phtml "Season 1: Episode 7"], Saturday Night Live Transcripts.</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 14:16, 16 June 2021

From South Africa to South Carolina
Studio album by
Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson
ReleasedNovember 1975
RecordedJune–July 1975
StudioD&B Sound in Silver Spring, Maryland
LabelArista
ProducerPerpis-Fall Music, Inc., Jose Williams, Midnight Band
Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson chronology
The First Minute of a New Day
(1975) 		From South Africa to South Carolina
(1975) 		It's Your World
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
Houston Press(favorable) link
Rolling Stone(mixed) link

From South Africa to South Carolina is a studio album by American vocalist Gil Scott-Heron and keyboardist Brian Jackson. It was released in November 1975 by Arista Records.[3] Scott-Heron performed "Johannesburg" and "A Lovely Day" on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live in December 1975.[4]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Johannesburg" 4:52
  2. "A Toast To The People" 5:47
  3. "The Summer Of '42" 4:42
  4. "Beginnings (The First Minute Of A New Day)" 6:23
Side two
  1. "South Carolina (Barnwell)" 3:45
  2. "Essex" 9:17
  3. "Fell Together" 4:30
  4. "A Lovely Day" 3:29

Bonus tracks

CD reissue bonus tracks

  1. "South Carolina (Barnwell)" (Live from the No Nukes concert at Madison Square Garden) 6:29
  2. "Save The Children" (Live from Blues Alley, Washington DC) 4:23
  3. "Johannesburg" (Live from Gil Scott-Heron: Black Wax) 11:14
  4. "Let Me See Your I.D." (from Sun City: Artists Against Apartheid) 7:30

Personnel

"Let Me See Your I.D." performed by Big Youth, Ray Barretto, Brian Jackson, Duke Bootee, Peter Garrett, Grandmaster Melle Mel and Gil Scott-Heron

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/from-south-africa-to-south-carolina-mw0000597758
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "New LP/Tape Releases". Billboard. November 15, 1975. p. 68.
  4. ^ "Season 1: Episode 7", Saturday Night Live Transcripts.


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