From South Africa to South Carolina
- From South Africa to South Carolina
Infobox Album
Name = The First Minute of a New Day
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
Released = January 1976
Recorded = June–July 1975
D&B Sound
(Silver Springs, Maryland)
Genre = Soul, jazz fusion, proto-rap
Length =
Label = Arista
A-4044
Producer = Perpis-Fall Music, Inc.
Jose Williams
Midnight Band
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9fyxqy5ldae link]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist2.php?id=3661 link]
*"Houston Press" (favorable) [http://www.houstonpress.com/1998-09-03/music/catching-up-with-gil/print link]
*"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/183063/review/5945959?utm_source=Rhapsody&utm_medium=CDreview link]
Last album = "The First Minute of a New Day" (1975)
This album = "From South Africa to South Carolina"
(1976)
Next album = "It's Your World"
(1976)
"From South Africa to South Carolina" is an album by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, released in 1976 on Arista Records.
Track listing
ide one
# "Johannesburg" 4:52
# "A Toast To The People" 5:47
# "The Summer Of '42" 4:42
# "Beginnings (The First Minutes Of A New Day)" 6:23
ide two
# "South Carolina" 3:45
# "Essex" 9:17
# "Fell Together" 4:30
# "A Lovely Day" 3:29
Reissue bonus tracks
# "Johannesburg" (Live from the No Nukes concert at Madison Square Garden) 6:29
# "South Carolina" (Live from Blues Alley, Washington DC) 4:23
# "Save The Children" (Live from "Gil Scott-Heron: Black Wax") 11:14
# "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, shakerai
* 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
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