Description
DESCRIPTION
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this compilation of Gil Scott-Heron's best-known works for the Flying Dutchman label. Originally released to capitalize on the success of Scott-Heron's then-current hit 'The Bottle' and his subsequent signing to Arista, this 1974 compilation has since become the definitive distillation of his early work. Contained within the original 11-track selection were the title track, 'Whitey On The Moon', 'Home Is Where The Hatred Is' plus eight more. The expanded CD version offers a more rounded view of Scott-Heron's work with the addition of nine tracks among them 'When You Are Who You Are', used in a recent television commercial, 'I Think I'll Call It Morning' and the original spoken-word version of 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'. By way of a bonus, edited versions of several of his poems are also included. The CD version includes copious illustrations and an extensive liner note.
TracksCredits
1 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2 Sex Education: Ghetto Style
3 The Get Out the Ghetto Blues
4 No Knock
5 Lady Day & John Coltrane
6 Pieces of a Man
7 Home Is Where the Hatred Is
8 Brother
9 Save the Children
10 Whitey on the Moon
11 Did You Hear What They Said?
12 When You Are Who You Are
13 I Think I'll Call It Morning
14 Or Down You Fall
15 Free Will
16 The Middle of the Day
17 Speed Kills
18 Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul
19 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Version 1)
