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Product Summary
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Light In The Attic
Buy.com Sku: 227812492
UPC: 826853008129
UPC 14: 00826853008129
Release Date: 2/28/2012
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Invitation To Black Power, Pts. 1 & 2 - Shahid Quintet ~ Various Artists
2. Free Huey - Stokely Carmichael ~ Various Artists
3. Silent Majority [Live at Newport] - Eddie Harris/Gene McDaniels ~ Various Artists
4. Until We're Free - Elaine Brown ~ Various Artists
5. George Jackson [Acoustic Version] - Bob Dylan ~ Various Artists
6. Dem Niggers Ain't Playing - Watts Prophets ~ Various Artists
7. Woman of the Ghetto [Live at Montreux] - Marlena Shaw ~ Various Artists
8. Black Power - Dick Gregory ~ Various Artists
9. I Ain't Black - Kain ~ Various Artists
10. I Hate the White Man - Roy Harper ~ Various Artists
11. Winter in America [Solo Version] - Gil Scott-Heron ~ Various Artists
12. Tim Leary - Eldridge Cleaver (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
13. Angela - John Lennon/Yoko Ono ~ Various Artists
14. Free Bobby Now - The Lumpen ~ Various Artists
15. Die Nigga!!! - The Original Last Poets/The Last Poets ~ Various Artists
16. Who Will Survive America - Amiri Baraka ~ Various Artists
Album Notes and Credits
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Audio Remasterer: John Baldwin . |
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Liner Note Author: Pat Thomas . |
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Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1967-1974 takes its title from the B-side of a 1972 Folkways release -- a half-hour documentation of reactions to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Anyone offended or amused by the title should consider what might prompt the exclamation. The disc was released around the same time as an accompanying 200-page book that is rich with photos, record-sleeve scans, and text. Much of the music covered in the book, such as Detroit's Tribe organization, Eddie Kendricks' People...Hold On, and Kuumba Toudie-Heath's Kawaida, does not appear on the disc, but there is a bounty of rare material, none of which should ever be inaccessible again. Three selections come from Motown subsidiary Black Forum, including Stokely Carmichael's "Free Huey" -- an excerpt from a 1968 speech that covers the genocide of Native Americans, defense of activist H. Rap Brown, and "patience with our people" as a means of empowerment -- and the phenomenal song "Until We're Free," recorded by Elaine Brown a year prior to her becoming the leader of the Black Panther Party. Many other prominent figures, including the in-exile Eldridge Cleaver and the pointedly humorous Dick Gregory, along with pioneering firebrand groups the Last Poets and Watts Prophets, are present with other highlights. Tributes to George Jackson and Angela Davis, from Bob Dylan and John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band, as well as the un-ironic "I Hate the White Man" -- from English folk musician Roy Harper -- represent the contributions from non-black sources. This disc, containing a thick booklet full of images and illuminating text (provided by author and compiler Pat Thomas), is a crucial piece of U.S. history that is deeply resonant in the present. The same thing can be said of the book. ~ Andy Kellman |
Producer: Matt Sullivan; Pat Thomas |
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Technical Info
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Release Date : 02/27/2012 |
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Original Release Date : 2012 |
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Catalog ID : LITA 081 |
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Label : Light in the Attic Records |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00826853008129 |
Professional Reviews
Billboard (p.102)
- "[The second half] examines militant preachers and the importance of black radio, especially highlighting the groundbreaking work of Gary Byrd..."
- "[The second half] examines militant preachers and the importance of black radio, especially highlighting the groundbreaking work of Gary Byrd..."
Uncut (magazine)
(p.104)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's packed with diverse performances by the likes of The Original Last Poets, Marlena Shaw -- her awe-inspiring Montreux recording of 'Woman Of The Ghetto' -- and activist Elaine Brown."
(p.104)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's packed with diverse performances by the likes of The Original Last Poets, Marlena Shaw -- her awe-inspiring Montreux recording of 'Woman Of The Ghetto' -- and activist Elaine Brown."
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