BGP Pieces Of A Man (180g) [VINYL] & What's Going On [VINYL]

Pieces Of A Man (180g) [VINYL] LIMITED EDITION 180g VINYL / GATEFOLD SLEEVE A reissue of Gil Scott-Heron's 1972 album taken from the original master tapes. The album features many of Gil's most important early songs including Home Is Where The Hatred Is, Lady Day & John Coltrane and The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Backed by some of New York's finest session musicians including Bernard Purdie, Hubert Laws and Ron Carter, it is one of the great albums of black American music. The lead song The Revolution Will Not Be Televised resonates down through the decades and has recently been featured on the soundtrack to the Nelson Mandela biopic Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. 2014 will see it become part of the Grammy Hall Of Fame. What's Going On [VINYL] 'What's Going On' is the eleventh studio album by American motown singer Marvin Gaye, released in May 1971. The concept album is told from the point of view of a Vietnam veteran who has returned home to observe a country full of hatred, misery and injustice. This album has been credited with bringing awareness to issues such as poverty, drug abuse and war ahead of public outcry over these controversial issues.