Gil Scott Heron

Pieces Of A Man

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A reissue of Gil Scott-Heron’s 1972 album taken from the original master tapes. rnrnThe album features many of Gil’s most important early songs including ‘Home Is Where The Hatred Is’, ‘Lady Day & John Coltrane’ and ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’. Backed by some of New York’s finest session musicians including Bernard Purdie, Hubert Laws and Ron Carter, it is one of the great albums of black American music.rnrnThe lead song ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ resonates down through the decades and has recently been featured on the soundtrack to the Nelson Mandela biopic Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. 2014 will see it become part of the Grammy Hall Of Fame. Track Listing 1. THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED 2. SAVE THE CHILDREN 3. LADY DAY AND JOHN COLTRANE 4. HOME IS WHERE THE HATRED IS 5. WHEN YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE 6. I THINK I'LL CALL IT MORNING 7. PIECES OF A MAN 8. A SIGN OF THE AGES 9. OR DOWN YOU FALL 10. THE NEEDLE'S EYE 11. THE PRISONER 12. CHAINS (BLACK & BLUES) – Black and Blues 13. PEACE (BLACK AND BLUES) – Black and Blues 14. A TOAST TO THE PEOPLE (BLACK & BLUES) – Black and Blues

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Release Date

27.02.2014

Cat No

CDBGPM 274

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