A1 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 3:05
A2 Sex Education: Ghetto Style 0:50
A3 The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues 5:07
A4 No Knock (Without Intro) 1:29
A5 Lady Day And John Coltrane 3:34
A6 Pieces Of A Man 4:52
B1 Home Is Where The Hatred Is 3:19
B2 Brother (Without Intro) 1:44
B3 Save The Children 4:25
B4 Whitey On The Moon (Without Intro) 1:25
B5 Did You Hear What They Said? 3:26
Description:
Scott-Heron first recorded it for his 1970 album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, on which he recited the lyrics, accompanied by congas and bongo drums. A re-recorded version, with a full band, was the B-side to Scott-Heron’s first single, “Home Is Where the Hatred Is”, from his album Pieces of a Man (1971). It was also included on his compilation album, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1974). All these releases were issued on the Flying Dutchman Productions record label.
The song’s title was originally a popular slogan among the 1960s Black Power movements in the United States. Its lyrics either mention or allude to several television series, advertising slogans and icons of entertainment and news coverage that serve as examples of what “the revolution will not” be or do. The song is a response to the spoken word piece “When the Revolution Comes” by The Last Poets, from their eponymous debut, which opens with the line “When the revolution comes some of us will probably catch it on TV”.
It was inducted to the National Recording Registry in 2005.
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