Scott-Heron,Gil Revolution Begins: Flying Dutchman Masters CD

UK three CD set. The three albums that Gil Scott-Heron recorded for Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label are among the most important in black music history. They showed a multi-talented artist coming to full fruition with his first efforts on wax. The Revolution Begins contains every piece of music he released for the label from 1970-1971. In recent years Gil has become a lauded as one of the all-time greats. This music is the reason why. It includes classic performances, including both the spoken word and band versions of 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised', 'Home Is Where the Hatred Is', 'Lady Day and John Coltrane', 'Pieces of a Man', 'Whitey on the Moon' and 'Free Will' Taken from the original master tapes, the sound quality on this release trumps all previous reissues. The bonus material includes an alternate version of Gil's third album 'Free Will' and the previously un-reissued 'Artificialness', which Gil recorded with Bernard Purdie on his "Stand By Me" album. The in-depth sleeve notes contain previously unpublished interview material from both Gil and his songwriting partner Brian Jackson.

1. Lady Day and John Coltrane 2. Home Is Where the Hatred Is 3. Save the Children 4. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 5. Did You Hear What They Said? 6. Pieces of a Man 7. Speed Kills 8. Everyday 9. I Think I'll Call It Morning 10. When You Are Who You Are 11. Free Will 12. Or Down You Fall 13. The Needle's Eye 14. The Middle of Your Day 15. A Sign of the Ages 16. Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul? 17. Introduction / the Revolution Will Not Be Televised 18. Whitey on the Moon 19. No Knock 20. Small Talk at 125th ; Lenox 21. Billy Green Is Dead 22. Sex Education: Ghetto Style 23. The Vulture 24. The Prisoner 25. ... And Then He Wrote Meditations 26. Plastic Pattern People 27. The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues 28. Artificialness 29. Ain't No New Thing 30. Brother 31. Evolution (And Flashback) 32. The King Alfred Plan 33. Enough 34. Paint It Black 35. Omen 36. Wiggy 37. Comment #1 38. The Subject Was Faggots 39. Did You Hear What They Said? (Alt Take 1) 40. The Middle of Your Day (Alt Take 1) 41. Free Will (Alt Take 1) 42. The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues (Alternate Ending) 43. Speed Kills (Alt Take 3) 44. The King Alfred Plan (Alt) 45. No Knock (Alt) 46. Wiggy (Alt) 47. Ain't No New Thing (Breakdown Take) 48. Billy Green Is Dead (Alt) 49. ... And Then He Wrote Meditations (Alt) 50. No Knock (Breakdown Alt Take) 51. Free Will (Alt Take 2)