Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Format: LP, Comp, RE

Media Condition:  Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country:    Europe  
Released:  2017-06-30
Genre:       Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:         Funk, Rhythm & Blues, Spoken Word

Comments:
Spanning 1970-1972, this superb collection takes us back to Gil Scott-Heron's early years, when he was working with jazz producer Bob Thiele -- a man who had been in the studio with everyone from John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders to Coleman Hawkins. But The Revolution Will Not Be Televised isn't a jazz collection per se; it's a collection of innovative R&B and spoken poetry that contains jazz influences and finds Scott-Heron employing such jazz musicians as flutist Hubert Laws and bassist Ron Carter. Like the Last Poets, Scott-Heron has been described as "one of the first rappers" -- and while he was hardly the first person to speak in rhyme to music, there are definitely parallels between angry sociopolitical poems like "Whitey on the Moon," "No Knock," and "Brother" and hip-hop commentary from the 1980s. Poetry, however, doesn't dominate this album -- most of the selections illustrate Scott-Heron's excellence as a singer, including "Home Is Where the Hatred Is," "Did You Hear What They Said?," and the poignant "Save the Children." (AMG)

Playlist

Notes:

A1. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 3:05
A2. Sex Education: Ghetto Style 0:50
A3. The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues 5:07
A4. No Knock (Without Intro) 1:29
A5. Lady Day And John Coltrane 3:34
A6. Pieces Of A Man 4:52
B1. Home Is Where The Hatred Is 3:19
B2. Brother (Without Intro) 1:44
B3. Save The Children 4:25
B4. Whitey On The Moon (Without Intro) 1:25
B5. Did You Hear What They Said? 3:26