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| | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | | | Music Artist : | | Gil Scott-Heron | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | RCA | | Release Date : | | 1990-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $7.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $7.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott
2. Sex Education Ghetto Style
3. Get out of the Ghetto Blues
4. No Knock
5. Lady Day and 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. Sign of the Ages
15. Or Down You Fall
16. Needle's Eye
17. Prisoner
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 LOW LEVEL RECORDING-BUT TRY BOSCOE
Submitted on: 2009-04-04 |
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| Yes, the recording level on this is way too low. Normally, I have my volume on like 16-20. You have to turn this up to 30, the lowest level of recording volume I have ever encountered. Remastered from the orignal tapes...hummm... You might want to re-record it on to tape or CD using an equalizer. It gets better that way. Also, ALL YOU OUT THERE-if you like this you have to check out BOSCOE. Hey anyone, is Pieces of a Man any better???? Doesn't sound so sampled here...This stuff deserves better... |
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 One fo best greatest hits of any singer I own
Submitted on: 2008-12-17 |
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Not many jazz musicians combined politics and jazz well (exceptions are few like Max Roach "We Insist Freedom Now" or Charlie Haden's "Liberation Orchestra") but Gil Scott Heron was able to fuse a social sense,poetry,and singing as well as with his musical cohort Brian Jackson some timeless music with a strong conscience.Heron some good and some great LP's.But this greatest hits is a gem and had to have it on my list.Some songs are dated yet charming agit prop like "No Knock" cred against Nixon) or "Whitey On The Moon".The style on many tunes has a Lost Poets pre-rap feel.But also contained are cheerful,positive spiritual jazz like "Lady Day and John Coltrane" or "I think I'll Call It Morning".But also some of the deepest,most painful,pathos songs you've ever heard (or at least I have ever heard) like "Pieces Of A Man" about a son watching his father flip out and get taken away by police after he loses his job or "Did You Here What They Said" as song as powerfully anti-Vietnam war as Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" called "Did You Here What They Said" about a young man cut down in the war.Heart breaking.Great musicianship and incredible songwriting it's both a snap shot of history yet some are timeless songs.A must get.Check out Jazz Foundation Of America online and do what you can.
Cheers
Chazz |
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disappointed
Submitted on: 2008-12-11 |
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| the sound on this CD is terrible. I keep adjusting the bass & treble to try to get it to sound better. not working... |
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 Genius. Great track selection. Horrible, low audio.
Submitted on: 2008-06-04 |
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This is not a review of Mr. Gil Scott-Heron's work or legacy. I am a believer and own many of his albums on either vinyl or (yes I'm serious) 8 Track. I specifically bought this compilation on CD to finally have a clean sounding, easy-to-play format.
The problem with this CD is that the audio is transferred to the CD at a very, very low volume. Much lower than any of my LPs or carts. At first I thought I received a bad CD and promptly exchanged it. The second one was as bad as the first.
For perspective, an average CD, LP or even 8 Track on my system is decently loud at -27 dB to -19 dB. Rarely do I turn my system up past -15 dB - and I like my music LOUD. This recording has to be turned up to -6 dB before it sounds reasonably listenable. To put it another way, should I take this one out and put in another CD without adjusting the volume, it would be so loud I would possibly ruin my speakers, my eardrums, set off nearby car alarms and drive the neighbors to call the cops.
And believe me, I promptly took the CD out, adjusted my tuner to - 26 dB, popped in the new Gnarls Barkley which sounded just fine.
It's too bad. Great music. Highly gifted artist. Could it be a bad batch? Two in a row? Anyone else experience this? |
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 Real Inspiration for Futurama Title Song
Submitted on: 2008-02-17 |
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| This poet's rendition of the title track is the real inspiration for Fox's Futurama title song. |
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