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Small Talk at 125th and Lenox

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Released
  
1970

Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (1970)
  
Pieces of a Man (1971)

Release date
  
1970

Label
  
Flying Dutchman

Length
  
44:01

Artist
  
Gil Scott-Heron

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genres
  
Soul music, Spoken word

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Recorded
  
1970 125th & Lenox Nightclub (New York, New York)

Similar
  
Gil Scott-Heron albums, Spoken word albums, Other albums

The vulture gil scott heron small talk at 125th and lenox 1970


A New Black Poet - Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, also known simply as Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, is the debut album of recording artist Gil Scott-Heron, released in 1970 on Flying Dutchman Records. Recording sessions for the album were originally said to have taken place live at a New York nightclub located on the corner of 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, but liner notes included in the 2012 box set The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters, Scott-Heron himself insists that a small audience was brought to 'the studio' and seated on 'folding chairs'. By the time of the recordings, Scott-Heron had published a volume of poetry and his first novel, The Vulture. Well received by music critics who found Scott-Heron's material imaginative, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox has been described as "a volcanic upheaval of intellectualism and social critique" by Allmusic editor John Bush.

Contents

Gil scott heron the vulture a new black poet small talk at 125th and lenox


Track listing

All tracks written by Gil Scott-Heron.

  • Track 13 runs 5:14 on CD reissue.
  • Personnel

  • David Barnes – percussion, vocals
  • Charlie Saunders, Eddie Knowles – congas
  • Gil Scott-Heron – guitar, piano, vocals
  • Charles Stewart – cover art
  • Bob Thiele – producer
  • Songs

    1The Revolution Will Not Be Televised3:22
    2Omen1:46
    3Brother2:36

    References

    Small Talk at 125th and Lenox Wikipedia