Winter in America - Release History

Release History

Winter in America was originally released as a 12" vinyl record, in stereo format only. Released in May 1974 with a limited supply, the record remained out of print for nearly twenty five years in the United States until 1998, when Scott-Heron acquired ownership of his recordings, with the exception of his material for the Flying Dutchman label. Afterwards, he initiated a reissue project through his own Rumal-Gia label, which had obtained a distribution deal with TVT Records. The compact disc reissue contains bonus tracks, including the live version of the title track, and the original and new liner notes written by Gil Scott-Heron. Prior to this, a German release of Winter in America was issued in 1992 as was a remastered LP in 1996. However, they did not include these features. Other remasters were also released in Europe, as listed below.

Region Year Label Format Catalog
United States May 1974 Strata-East Records stereo vinyl LP SES-19742
Germany 1992 Bellaphon Records CD 660-51-015
United Kingdom 1996 Snapper Music, Charly Records digipack CD SNAP103CD
United States March 10, 1998 Rumal-Gia Records, TVT Records CD TVT-4320-2
United States 1998 Rumal-Gia, TVT remastered LP TVT-4320
Italy 2001 Get Back Records CD GET-8004
Italy 2004 Get Back remastered LP GET-98004

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