{"id":2908,"date":"2015-08-24T19:18:05","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T18:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wasserbassin.com\/site\/pages\/page-with-sidebar\/shop\/gil-scott-herron-nothing-new-2lp\/"},"modified":"2020-01-15T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:52:13","slug":"gil-scott-herron-nothing-new-2lp","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/gil-scott-herron-nothing-new-2lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Gil Scott-Heron – Nothing New – LP + DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Nothing New<\/strong>” is an album by Gil Scott-Heron<\/strong> of stripped down vocal and piano versions of songs from his back catalogue, recorded in New York with producer Richard Russell between 2005 and 2009. Originally released as a limited edition vinyl only LP for Record Store Day 2014, the music is now being made available digitally for the first time on April 1st 2015, in celebration of what would have been Gil’s 66th birthday and a new pressing of the LP will be now available.<\/p>\n

The genesis of “Nothing New”<\/strong> dates back to 2005, when Richard Russell first approached Gil with the suggestion of making a new record. Part of the initial suggestion was to record spartan versions of some of Gil\u2019s old songs, something that both parties thought intriguing. Although recording initially started off that way, the album gradually evolved into something very different: 2010\u2019s acclaimed I\u2019m New Here album which, as the title suggests, didn\u2019t touch on any of Gil\u2019s previous recordings (except \u201cYour Soul and Mine\u201d, which is essentially a reimagining of \u201cThe Vulture\u201d from Scott-Heron\u2019s 1970 debut LP Small Talk at 125th and Lennox). I\u2019m New Here placed Gil\u2019s distinctive voice in a very modern context.<\/p>\n

In November 2011, six months after Gil sadly passed away, Russell sat down to listen to the whole of Gil\u2019s back catalogue \u2013 an incredible body of work encompassing 13 albums between 1970 and 1982, and then 2 more (including I\u2019m New Here) that were made before Gil\u2019s death. Listening to these 15 albums led Russell to revisit the acoustic piano versions of Gil\u2019s old songs that they\u2019d captured in those initial New York recording sessions. They were remarkable, entirely different versions to the originals, full of magic and simplicity.\u00a0 They had in fact made the album they originally set out to.<\/p>\n

“Nothing New”<\/strong> features these stripped down versions of some of Gil\u2019s best (though not necessarily best known) songs, as well as excerpts of conversations between takes. The songs were chosen by Gil himself and it was only when compiling the album that Russell realised that each song was taken from a different album, Gil having carefully curated his selection.<\/p>\n

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In November 2011, six months after Gil Scott-Heron<\/strong> sadly passed away, Richard Russell sat down to listen to the whole of Gil\u2019s back catalogue \u2013 an incredible body of work encompassing 13 albums between 1970 and 1982, and then 2 more (including I\u2019m New Here) that were made before Gil\u2019s death. Listening to these 15 albums led Russell to revisit the acoustic piano versions of Gil\u2019s old songs that they\u2019d captured in those initial New York recording sessions. They were remarkable, entirely different versions to the originals, full of magic and simplicity.\u00a0 They had in fact made the album they originally set out to.<\/p>\n

“Nothing New”<\/strong> features these stripped down versions of some of Gil\u2019s best (though not necessarily best known) songs, as well as excerpts of conversations between takes. The songs were chosen by Gil himself and it was only when compiling the album that Russell realised that each song was taken from a different album, Gil having carefully curated his selection.<\/p>\n

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