Star Time #119: Head Start
This week's Star Time Summer Special is a one-hour tribute to the music of Flying Dutchman Records, the short-lived but forward-thinking label that provided a bracing, daring soundtrack for those surviving the Nixon Administration. What can I say -- it was getting close to July 4th, so I wanted to hear some Gil Scott-Heron (pictured). That's all in the second hour. In the first hour we have some other '70s material loosely organized around social introspection.
| Artist | Song | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | |||
| Mel & Tim | Mail Call Time | 1969 | Bamboo |
| The Maskman & the Agents | Wigs | 1969 | Dynamo |
| The Friends of Distinction | My Mind is a Camera | 1970 | RCA |
| The Identifies | Hey Brother | 1970 | House of the Fox |
| Sly & the Family Stone | Family Affair | 1971 | Epic |
| Debbie Taylor | Too Sad to Tell | 1972 | Today |
| Donny Hathaway | Magnificent Sanctuary Band | 1971 | Atlantic |
| Set 2 | |||
| The Voices of East Harlem | Cashing In | 1973 | Just Sunshine |
| Johnny Nash | There Are More Questions Than Answers | 1972 | Epic |
| The Lovelites | Get It Off My Conscience | 1973 | Love-Lite |
| The Flames | Stand Up and Be Counted | 1971 | People |
| Black Ivory | Just Leave Me Some | 1972 | Today |
| Cymande | The Message | 1972 | Janus |
| M-D-L-T-Willis | What's Your Game? | 1974 | Ivory Tower |
| Ernie Shelby | Bend Over Backwards | 1972 | Polydor |
| Set 3 | |||
| Bob Thiele Emergency | Head Start | 1969 | Flying Dutchman |
| Esther Marrow | He Don't Appreciate It | 1970 | Flying Dutchman |
| Gil Scott-Heron | Whitey on the Moon | 1970 | Flying Dutchman |
| Louis Armstrong | Everybody's Talkin' | 1970 | Flying Dutchman |
| Harold Alexander | Tite Rope | 1971 | Flying Dutchman |
| Gil Scott-Heron | Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul? | 1970 | Flying Dutchman |
| Set 4/Outro | |||
| Pretty Purdie & the Playboys | Heavy Soul Slinger | 1972 | Flying Dutchman |
| Gil Scott-Heron | The King Alfred Plan | 1972 | Flying Dutchman |
| Leon Thomas | Just in Time to See the Sun | 1973 | Flying Dutchman |
| Oliver Edward Nelson | Working Man | 1974 | Flying Dutchman |
| Cesar 830 | Gotta Get Away | 1975 | Flying Dutchman |
| Lonnie Liston Smith | Get Down Everybody (It's Time for World Peace) | 1976 | Flying Dutchman |
| Gil Scott-Heron | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | 1971 | Flying Dutchman |

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