{"product_id":"gil-scott-heron-reflections-1981-pitman-pressing","title":"Gil Scott-Heron - Reflections (1981, Pitman Pressing)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1981 US pressing, Arista AL 9566, Pitman Pressing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArista issued Reflections in the United States in 1981 under catalogue number AL 9566, and this copy is catalogued as the run made at Columbia's pressing plant in Pitman, New Jersey. On Pitman copies of AL 9566 the etched runout opens with a lowercase p ahead of the matrix, where the Terre Haute run of the same number carries a T in that position.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe object\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne 12-inch LP, with centre labels reading AL 9566 SA and AL 9566 SB and a printed barcode of 0 7822-19566-1. Donn Davenport is credited with design and art direction, Mei Tei Sing Smith with the artwork collage, and Vincent Frye with the photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbum and pressing both date to 1981, so this Pitman copy belongs to the year of first release rather than to the European reissues of the mid-1980s. Recording took place at T.O.N.T.O. in Santa Monica from April to June 1981, with further sessions at Bias Studios in Springfield, Virginia, that June. Gil Scott-Heron produced with Malcolm Cecil, and the band is credited as The Amnesia Express and Guests. Side B opens with the Marvin Gaye and James Nyx song Inner City Blues, set against Scott-Heron's poem \"The Siege Of New Orleans\", while side A carries Bill Withers's Grandma's Hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe album\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Reflections as a work, turn to its album page; this listing is concerned only with Arista's Pitman run of AL 9566.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStorm Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrandma's Hands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs That Jazz?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMorning Thoughts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInner City Blues (Poem: \"The Siege Of New Orleans\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"B\" Movie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Arista","offers":[{"title":"VG \/ VG","offer_id":67438724448414,"sku":"EVP-8A3BAFB6-VG-VG-1AF60C59","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/1400x1400bb_0ccc5176-9564-4536-828b-9ed9e51b96a2.jpg?v=1790813932","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/gil-scott-heron-reflections-1981-pitman-pressing","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}