{"id":21356,"date":"2026-02-24T14:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/?post_type=product&#038;p=21356"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:36:24","slug":"gil-scott-heron-pieces-of-a-man-lp","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/gil-scott-heron-pieces-of-a-man-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Gil Scott-Heron &#8211; Pieces Of A Man &#8211; LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gil Scott-Heron<\/strong>\u2019s \u201c<strong>Pieces Of A Man<\/strong>\u201d is one of the most important albums in the history of black American music. Although it didn\u2019t set the charts alight, it stands as a masterpiece alongside contemporary works such as Marvin Gaye\u2019s \u201cWhat\u2019s Going On\u201d, Curtis Mayfield\u2019s debut LP, Funkadelic\u2019s \u201cMaggot Brain\u201d and Isaac Hayes\u2019 \u201cShaft\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 second album, \u201c<strong>Pieces Of A Man<\/strong>\u201d, containing a new version of \u2018<strong>The Revolution Will Not Be Televised<\/strong>\u2019, pushed <strong>Scott-Heron<\/strong>\u2019s words to a far wider audience, and the song title became a catchphrase, an aphorism for political involvement. It was followed by \u2018Save The Children\u2019, \u2018Lady Day And John Coltrane\u2019 and \u2018Home Is Where The Hatred Is\u2019. These four songs became the bedrock of Scott-Heron\u2019s career, with \u2018Home Is Where The Hatred Is\u2019 being covered by Esther Phillips on her LP \u201cFrom A Whisper To A Scream\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flying Dutchman Records\/BGP Records<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Flying Dutchman Records\/BGP Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Gil Scott-Heron<\/strong>\u2019s \u201c<strong>Pieces Of A Man<\/strong>\u201d is one of the most important albums in the history of black American music. Although it didn\u2019t set the charts alight, it stands as a masterpiece alongside contemporary works such as Marvin Gaye\u2019s \u201cWhat\u2019s Going On\u201d, Curtis Mayfield\u2019s debut LP, Funkadelic\u2019s \u201cMaggot Brain\u201d and Isaac Hayes\u2019 \u201cShaft\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 second album, \u201c<strong>Pieces Of A Man<\/strong>\u201d, containing a new version of \u2018<strong>The Revolution Will Not Be Televised<\/strong>\u2019, pushed <strong>Scott-Heron<\/strong>\u2019s words to a far wider audience, and the song title became a catchphrase, an aphorism for political involvement. It was followed by \u2018Save The Children\u2019, \u2018Lady Day And John Coltrane\u2019 and \u2018Home Is Where The Hatred Is\u2019. These four songs became the bedrock of Scott-Heron\u2019s career, with \u2018Home Is Where The Hatred Is\u2019 being covered by Esther Phillips on her LP \u201cFrom A Whisper To A Scream\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"See the Video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kPoU_ExUxmdqH_V8nsph9OtnQoJ4IG9qE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u25ba CLICK HERE TO LISTEN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[],"product_tag":[4997,4998,1167],"class_list":{"0":"post-21356","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_tag-bgp-records","7":"product_tag-flying-dutchman-records","8":"product_tag-gil-scott-heron","9":"product_shipping_class-lp","10":"pa_artist-gil-scott-heron","11":"pa_genre-funk","12":"pa_genre-spoken-word","13":"pa_label-bgp-records","14":"pa_label-flying-dutchman-records","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"shipping-taxable","19":"purchasable","20":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/21356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=21356"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=21356"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=21356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}