GIL SCOTT-HERON LP “Pieces of Man” FLYING DUTCHMAN promo WLP hype sticker NICE

$

149

Artist: GIL SCOTT-HERON

Title:   “Pieces of a Man”

Label:   FLYING DUTCHMAN ~ # FD 10143.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  White label with black text, promotional copy.   

Date:  1971. 

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is EXCELLENT with full original gloss.  Has been played a small number of times and handled with care.  There are a couple slight hairline paper scuffs but no serious or audible marks or problems.  Plays beautifully with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean.  This hard-to-find LP is one that you will never need to upgrade.      

JACKET:   Laminated gatefold jacket is EXCELLENT with nice bright artwork.  Front panel has rare promotional hype sticker, and orange DJ sticker.  Inner panels have some faint spotting.  Reverse has a few scrape marks.  Seams, spine, and corners are excellent.  No writing, cutout indications or other issues.  Overall a very fine jacket.  

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
• Save the Children
• Lady Day and John Coltrane
• Home is Where the Hatred Is
• When You Are Who You Are
• I Think I’ll Call It Morning  

Side Two:

• Pieces of a Man
• A Sign of the Ages
• Or Down You Fall
• The Needle’s Eye
• The Prisoner

Review:

“Gil Scott-Heron's 1971 album Pieces of a Man set a standard for vocal artistry and political awareness that few musicians will ever match.  His unique proto-rap vocal style influenced a generation of hip-hop artists, and nowhere is his style more powerful than on the classic "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised."  Even though the media -- the very entity attacked in this song -- has used, reused, and recontextualized the song and its title so many times, the message is so strong that it has become almost impossible to co-opt.  Musically, the track created a formula that modern hip-hop would follow for years to come: bare-bones arrangements featuring pounding basslines and stripped-down drumbeats.  Although the song features plenty of outdated references to everything from Spiro Agnew and Jim Webb to The Beverly Hillbillies, the force of Scott-Heron's well-directed anger makes the song timeless.  

More than just a spoken word poet, Scott-Heron was also a uniquely gifted vocalist.  On tracks like the reflective "I Think I'll Call It Morning" and the title track, Scott-Heron's voice is complemented perfectly by the soulful keyboards of Brian Jackson.  On "Lady Day and John Coltrane," he not only celebrates jazz legends of the past in his words but in his vocal performance, one that is filled with enough soul and innovation to make Coltrane and Billie Holiday nod their heads in approval.  More than three decades after its release, Pieces of a Man is just as -- if not more -- powerful and influential today as it was the day it was released.”

(review courtesy of Jon Azpiri, allmusic.com)

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