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Released
  
November 1975

From South Africa to South Carolina (1976)
  
It's Your World (1976)

Label
  
Arista Records

Recorded
  
June–July 1975

Release date
  
November 1975

From South Africa to South Carolina httpsimgdiscogscomQNtfKqdnGzgYyvQNPkxl04A9

Studio
  
D&B Sound in Silver Spring, Maryland

Producer
  
Perpis-Fall Music, Inc., Jose Williams, Midnight Band

Artists
  
Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson

Genres
  
Soul music, Jazz, Jazz-funk

Similar
  
Brian Jackson albums, Soul music albums

Gil scott heron and brian jackson from south africa to south carolina full album


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. Scott-Heron performed "Johannesburg" and "A Lovely Day" on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live in December 1975.

Contents

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 Minutes Of A New Day)" 6:23
Side two
  1. "South Carolina" 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

  • Gil Scott-Heron - vocals, electric piano
  • Brian Jackson - vocals, flute, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Victor Brown - vocals, tambourine, bells
  • Bilal Sunni Ali - saxophone, flute, harmonica
  • Danny Bowens - bass
  • Bob Adams - drums
  • Charlie Saunders - congas, Chinese drum
  • Barnett Williams - congas, gambe drums, shekere
  • Adenola - congas

    • "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

    Songs

    1Johannesburg4:47
    2Toast to the People5:45
    3Summer of '424:38

    References

    From South Africa to South Carolina Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA