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A1	Offering Lyrics By – Scott-Heron*Music By – B. Jackson*	3:34
A2	The Liberation Song (Red, Black And Green) Lyrics By – Scott-Heron*Music By – B. Jackson*	6:18
A3	Must Be Something Lyrics By – Scott-Heron*Music By – B. Adams*, B. Jackson*, D. Bowens*	5:16
A4	Ain't No Such Thing As Superman Music By, Lyrics By – Gil Scott-Heron	4:13
A5	Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon) Written-By – B. Jackson*, Scott-Heron*	8:01
B1	Guerilla Music By, Lyrics By – Gil Scott-Heron	7:49
B2	Winter In America Music By, Lyrics By – Gil Scott-Heron	6:09
B3	Western Sunrise Music By, Lyrics By – Bilal Sunni Ali*	5:16
B4	Alluswe Lyrics By – Scott-Heron*Music By – B. Jackson*	5:04

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Arista Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – D & B Sound
• Recorded At – New York University
• Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs

Credits

• Artwork, Cover, Painting – Iceman
• Bass – Danny* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
• Bells – Ade* (tracks: A1)
• Bongos – Barnett* (tracks: B3), Charlie* (tracks: B1)
• Congas – Barnett* (tracks: A1, A3, B1), Charlie* (tracks: A2, B3), Ade* (tracks: A3, A4, B1)
• Cowbell – Barnett* (tracks: B1), Charlie* (tracks: A3, B1), Ade* (tracks: B3)
• Drums [Genbe] – Barnett* (tracks: A2, B2)
• Drums [Traps] – O.D.* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
• Electric Piano – Gil* (tracks: B1, B2)
• Engineer – Jose Williams
• Flute – Bilal* (tracks: A1), Brian* (tracks: B1, B2)
• Harmonica – Brian* (tracks: B1)
• Horn [Antelope] – Barnett* (tracks: B1)
• Maracas – Charlie* (tracks: A1)
• Photography [Liner] – Carlton Flood, John Carter, Vik Roberts
• Piano – Brian* (tracks: A1 to A4, B3, B4)
• Producer – Perpis-Fall Music, Inc.
• Saxophone – Bilal* (tracks: A2 to A4, B3)
• Shekere [Shakerai] – Barnett* (tracks: A3, A4, B1), Charlie* (tracks: A4), Ade* (tracks: A2, A3)
• Vocals – Brian* (tracks: A3), Gil* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4), Vic* (tracks: A1 to A3, B3)

Notes

Late 1970's to early 1980's pressing.

Gatefold sleeve.
Track A5 recorded live at New York University Dec. 1974.
Recorded summer/'74 at D&B Sound, Silver Springs, Maryland.

This version has a sticker over the spine's catalog number (covers Arista 4030) and the label reads AL5-8154. The AB 4030 catalog number is on the center labels. The A 4030 catalog number is on the inside of the gatefold jacket.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (Side A Runout): ARS-4030-S-A-2-1-111 F/W
• Other (Side B Runout): ARS 4030-S-B-2-11-1 F/W
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): 4030 SA
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): 4030 SB

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
A 4030	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, The Midnight Band	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, The Midnight Band - The First Minute Of A New Day ‎(LP, Album, Mon)	Arista	A 4030	US	1975
ARTY 106	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson And The Midnight Band	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson And The Midnight Band - The First Minute Of A New Day ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	ARTY 106	UK	1975
TVT 4350	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson And The Midnight Band	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson And The Midnight Band - The First Minute Of A New Day ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Rumal-Gia Records, TVT Classics	TVT 4350	US	1998
A 4030	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, The Midnight Band	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, The Midnight Band - The First Minute Of A New Day ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	A 4030	US	1975
A 4030	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	Midnight Band: The First Minute Of A New Day ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	A 4030	US	1975