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Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1967-1974
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  • Companion ‘soundtrack’ to the Fantagraphics book, Listen Whitey
  • Double LP version sports a deluxe gatefold old school “tip-on” jacket that includes book-deep 8-page liner notes with rare photos and album covers.
  • CD version is a high-gloss Digipak with 40-page booklet, featuring liner notes and many archive photos culled from years of research.
  • Both versions have complete track-listing featuring tracks by Gil Scott-Heron, John & Yoko, the Black Forum and Black Power labels, including the never-before-reissued song “George Jackson” by Bob Dylan, plus much more.

Description

The Definitive Black Power Aural Document

As the ‘soundtrack’ to the acclaimed 200-pg hardcover book on Fantagraphics, Listen, Whitey! captures an era when revolutionaries were pop culture icons. In this unique cross-cultural overview Bob Dylan’s 1971 single “George Jackson” (never before reissued) sits alongside Gil Scott-Heron, John & Yoko, and The Original Last Poets, plus selections from the Black Forum label, Motown’s early ‘70s Black Power imprint featuring Elaine Brown, Stokely Carmichael, & Amiri Baraka.

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Invitation To Black Power (Parts 1 & 2)
    6:07
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  • 2 Free Huey
    4:51
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  • 3 Silent Majority (Live At Newport)
    5:50
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  • 4 Until We're Free
    2:15
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  • 5 George Jackson (Acoustic Version)
    3:41
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  • 6 Dem Niggers Ain't Playing
    1:54
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  • 7 Woman Of The Ghetto (Live At Montreux)
    10:06
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  • 8 Black Power
    2:51
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  • 9 I Ain't Black
    5:51
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  • 10 I Hate The White Man
    8:05
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  • 11 Winter In America (Solo Version)
    6:28
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  • 12 Tim Leary
    5:32
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  • 13 Angela
    4:09
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  • 14 Free Bobby Now
    2:23
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  • 15 Die Nigga!!!
    3:18
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  • 16 Who Will Survive America
    3:06
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