LoginSmall Talk at 125th & Lenox
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Twenty-one-year-old Gil Scott-Heron had yet to make the full transition from poet to musician when he recorded his provocative 1970 debut, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox. His words, though--his gleaming anger, his brutal honesty, and his shocking wit--fill in the soundtrack on their own, chattering and dancing like the simple but persuasive percussion that drives most of the album. Scott-Heron paints the black experience of his time in bold strokes--by turns ironic ("Whitey on the Moon"), critical ("Brother"), and solemn (appropriately enough on the quiet "Paint It Black"). Unfortunately, on the disa
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Manufacturer: RCA
Release date: 23 May 1995
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0078636661124 UPC: 078636661124
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Release date: 23 May 1995
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0078636661124 UPC: 078636661124
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