Description
In February 2010 the late, legendary musician, poet and author Gil Scott-Heron released his thirteenth and last studio album. First conceptualised in 2005 and ultimately produced by XL Recordings head Richard Russell during New York recording sessions that commenced in January 2008, Im New Here was Scott-Herons first album in thirteen years and found him sounding as vital, boundary-pushing and insightful as ever before.
On the tenth anniversary of Im New Heres release XL Recordings release an expanded version of the album. In addition to the original album, the Im New Here 10th Anniversary Edition features two unreleased tracks a cover of Richie Havens Handsome Johnny and a previously unheard Scott-Heron song King Henry IV as well as a selection of other recordings from the original Im New Here sessions that were only previously available on a rare, vinyl only deluxe version of the album.
A note on the recordings from album producer Richard Russell: Ten years ago I was in the midst of recording Im New Here with Gil. There was a lot more to the experience than it was possible to process at the time, and there was some great material that never made it onto the album.
Our cover of Handsome Jonny was the last recording Gil and I made on the last day of the last session for Im New Here, at Clinton Studio in Hells Kitchen, NY, on September 19, 2009.
Gil had introduced me to the original version of the song, explaining how Richie Havens had performed it in his opening set at Woodstock some forty years earlier, and we added it to a list of material we were considering for the album.
In the end we recorded some of these songs, like Bobby Blue Blands Ill Take Care Of You, Bill Callahans Im New Here and Robert Johnsons Me and the Devil, and didnt get round to some others, including Joy Divisions Disorder.
Double LP pressed on coloured vinyl (one green disc, one pink).
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