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.

ArtistSongYearLabel
Set 1
Mel & TimMail Call Time1969Bamboo
The Maskman & the AgentsWigs1969Dynamo
The Friends of DistinctionMy Mind is a Camera1970RCA
The IdentifiesHey Brother1970House of the Fox
Sly & the Family StoneFamily Affair1971Epic
Debbie TaylorToo Sad to Tell1972Today
Donny HathawayMagnificent Sanctuary Band1971Atlantic
Set 2
The Voices of East HarlemCashing In1973Just Sunshine
Johnny NashThere Are More Questions Than Answers1972Epic
The LovelitesGet It Off My Conscience1973Love-Lite
The FlamesStand Up and Be Counted1971People
Black IvoryJust Leave Me Some1972Today
CymandeThe Message1972Janus
M-D-L-T-WillisWhat's Your Game?1974Ivory Tower
Ernie ShelbyBend Over Backwards1972Polydor
Set 3
Bob Thiele EmergencyHead Start1969Flying Dutchman
Esther MarrowHe Don't Appreciate It1970Flying Dutchman
Gil Scott-HeronWhitey on the Moon1970Flying Dutchman
Louis ArmstrongEverybody's Talkin'1970Flying Dutchman
Harold AlexanderTite Rope1971Flying Dutchman
Gil Scott-HeronWho'll Pay Reparations on My Soul?1970Flying Dutchman
Set 4/Outro
Pretty Purdie & the PlayboysHeavy Soul Slinger1972Flying Dutchman
Gil Scott-HeronThe King Alfred Plan1972Flying Dutchman
Leon ThomasJust in Time to See the Sun1973Flying Dutchman
Oliver Edward NelsonWorking Man1974Flying Dutchman
Cesar 830Gotta Get Away1975Flying Dutchman
Lonnie Liston SmithGet Down Everybody (It's Time for World Peace)1976Flying Dutchman
Gil Scott-HeronThe Revolution Will Not Be Televised1971Flying Dutchman

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