Description
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson And The Midnight Band – The First Minute Of A New Day
A1 Offering 3:34
A2 The Liberation Song (Red, Black And Green) 6:18
A3 Must Be Something 5:16
A4 Ain’t No Such Thing As Superman 4:13
A5 Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon) 8:01
B1 Guerilla 7:49
B2 Winter In America 6:09
B3 Western Sunrise 5:16
B4 Alluswe 5:04
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Arista Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Arista Records, Inc.
Published By – Brouhaha Music, Inc.
Recorded At – D & B Sound
Recorded At – New York University
Lacquer Cut At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Pressed By – Bestway Products Inc.
Artwork By [Cover Paintings] – Iceman
Bass – Danny Bowens (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
Drums [Traps] – O.D.* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
Electric Piano – Gil Scott-Heron (tracks: B1, B2)
Engineer – Jose Williams
Featuring – The Midnight Band
Flute – Bilal Sunni Ali* (tracks: A1, B1), Brian Jackson (tracks: B1, B2)
Lacquer Cut By – SJR*
Lyrics By – Bilal Sunni Ali* (tracks: B3), Scott-Heron* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B2, B4)
Music By – Bilal Sunni Ali* (tracks: B3), B. Adams* (tracks: A3), B. Jackson* (tracks: A1 to A3, B4), D. Bowens* (tracks: A3), Scott-Heron* (tracks: A4, B1, B2)
Photography By [Liner Photos] – Carlton Flood, John Carter (34), Vik Roberts
Piano – Brian Jackson (tracks: A1 to A4, B3, B4)
Saxophone – Bilal Sunni Ali* (tracks: A2 to A4, B3)
Vocals – Brian Jackson (tracks: A3), Gil Scott-Heron, Victor Brown (tracks: A1 to A3, B3)
Gatefold sleeve. Sticker on right interior: “All songs © 1974 Brouhaha Music, Inc. ASCAP Used by permission. All rights reserved.
“BW” in label matrix denotes a Bestway Products Inc. pressing.
℗ & © 1975 Arista Records, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.
Recorded summer/’74 at D&B Sound, Silver Springs, Maryland.
“Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon)” recorded live at New York University Dec. 1974
Produced by Perpis-Fall Music, Inc.
Pressing Plant ID (Label matrix): BW
Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): BEST
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (label side A): 4030 SA-BW
Matrix / Runout (label side B): 4030 SB-BW
Matrix / Runout (runout side A): ARISTA ARS-4030-S-A BEST F/W NYC
Matrix / Runout (runout side B): ARISTA ARS-4030-S-B BEST F/W NYC SJR
