Episode #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