Black Power: music Of A Revolution (2004)

Product Summary Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records UPC: 00826663739824 Release Date: 6/1/2004 Buy.com Sku: 61008364 Item#: MW42S7 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Black Panther Party Calls For, The - Huey Newton ~ Various Artists 2. You're The Man (Part 1) - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists 3. Let's Clean Up The Ghetto - The Philadelphia International All Stars ~ Various Artists 4. Change It - Kathleen Cleaver ~ Various Artists 5. Song To The System - Segments Of Time ~ Various Artists 6. Right On - Sons Of Slum ~ Various Artists 7. Tell It Like It Is - S.O.U.L. ~ Various Artists 8. Mighty Mighty - Earth, Wind & Fire ~ Various Artists 9. Compared To What - Les McCann & Eddie Harris ~ Various Artists 10. I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To - Soul Children ~ Various Artists 11. Power To The People - Huey Newton ~ Various Artists 12. (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People - The Chi-Lites ~ Various Artists 13. Give The People The Power They Want - The O'Jays ~ Various Artists 14. We Want Black Power - Stokely Carmichael ~ Various Artists 15. I'm Black And I'm Power - James Brown ~ Various Artists 16. Blackenized - Hank Ballard ~ Various Artists 17. So Much Strength - Stokely Carmichael ~ Various Artists 18. Fight The Power Part 1 - The Isley Brothers ~ Various Artists 19. Stop Singing And Start Swinging - Malcolm X ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Standing & Fighting - Malcolm X ~ Various Artists 2. Message From A Black Man - The Temptations ~ Various Artists 3. Part E, S - The Watts Prophets ~ Various Artists 4. Violence Is As American As Cherry Pie - H. Rap Brown ~ Various Artists 5. Revolution Will Not Be Televised, The - Gil Scott-Heron ~ Various Artists 6. When The Revolution Comes - The Last Poets ~ Various Artists 7. Am I Black Enough For You - Billy Paul ~ Various Artists 8. Black Unity - Stokely Carmichael ~ Various Artists 9. My People...Hold On - Eddie Kendricks ~ Various Artists 10. Be Thankful For What You Got - William DeVaughn ~ Various Artists 11. Chocolate City - Parliament ~ Various Artists 12. We're A Winner - Curtis Mayfield ~ Various Artists 13. We Got More Soul - Dyke & The Blazers ~ Various Artists 14. I Am Somebody Part II - Johnnie Taylor ~ Various Artists 15. Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band ~ Various Artists 16. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers ~ Various Artists 17. To Be Young, Gifted and Black - Nina Simone ~ Various Artists 18. Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing - Kim Weston ~ Various Artists 19. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Liner Note Author: Gerald Early. Black Power: Music of a Revolution is a solid collection of soul and funk interspersed with choice spoken word excerpts from the civil rights and black power struggles of the 1960s, beginning with the voice of Huey Newton articulating the demands of the Black Panther Party, which opens onto both parts of Marvin Gaye's astonishing "You're the Man." And we're off. Along with well-known acts such as the Isley Brothers, Gil Scott-Heron, the O'Jays, Parliament, Curtis Mayfield, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Nina Simone, Hank Ballard, the Staple Singers, and James Brown are lesser-known yet necessary performers like the Soul Children, Dyke & the Blazers, and the Philadelphia International All Stars. Interspersed between the musical tracks are revolutionary exhortations by Stokely Carmichael, Kathleen Cleaver, Malcolm X, and Newton. The surprises are additions by Johnnie Taylor, McFadden & Whitehead, Kim Weston, and Billy Paul. But the omissions are glaring: Sly & the Family Stone are nowhere present; neither is Stevie Wonder, or Isaac Hayes. In addition, there is no jazz on this set. Why on earth were Archie Shepp and Sun Ra left off this collection? Why was poet Amiri Baraka (cited in the notes as the major force he was/is) not included? Gerald Early's liners are interesting, but they also belie his musical prejudice in claiming that the jazz vanguard of the 1960s was "...where atonality was clumsily married to bouts of intense, at times almost sentimental, lyricism." Wow, for a second he reads like Stanley Crouch or Wynton pontificating to Ken Burns. Ultimately, Black Power: Music of a Revolution is a sloppy mess to be sure, but a curious and engaging one at times. ~ Thom Jurek   Technical Info Release Date : 06/01/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 37398 Label : Shout! Factory Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00826663739824