MARVIN GAYE IN THE GROOVE ULTRA-RARE SEALED ORIGINAL '68 TAMLA STEREO LP

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·       MARVIN GAYE - IN THE GROOVE - ORIGINAL 1968 TAMLA RECORDS STEREP LP T-285

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED TAMLA LP BELIEVED TO BE THE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       RARE FIRST VERSION OF THE ALBUM, TITLED ‘IN THE GROOVE’ (NOT “I HEARD IT THROUGH THE  GRAPEVINE”) AND FIRST COVER ARTWORK SHOWING MARVIN GAYE AGAINST SCREAMING GREEN BACKGROUND, NOT MARVIN GAYE IN CONCERT PERFORMANCE AGAINST BLACK BACKGROUND

·       BELIEVED TO BE THE RARE TRUE FIRST PRESSING OF THE ALBUM WITH  YELLOW TAMLA LABEL WITH TWO  PURPLE “TOUCHING GLOBES” TAMLA LOGO ON TOP (SORRY, WE ARE NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN)

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       As far as we know, this album is currently out of print and unavailable on Compact Disc (although a similar version with a different cover is in print)

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Never overly reliant on the Holland-Dozier-Holland machine, Marvin Gaye weathered their departure pretty well, turning to Norman Whitfield (for the epochal "I Heard It Through the Grapevine") as well as Ivy Jo Hunter (not to be confused with Ivory Joe Hunter), Ashford & Simpson, Frank Wilson, and, for two songs, his own pen. One of Gaye's other R&B hits from In the Groove, the impassioned "You," is in the Four Tops style (it's patterned after "Reach Out"), while "Chained" is another brilliant performance and production of a sub-standard tune. The Brill Building standard "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "There Goes My Baby" were early-'60s throwbacks in sound and feel, quite a jarring effect in context. After "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" became one of the biggest hits of 1968, Motown re-released the LP as I Heard It Through the Grapevine.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY JOHN BUSH, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

Tamla/Motown issued this album in 1968, initially with a title "In the grove", and then, when “I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE” became a monster hit and a biggest seller in Motown's history, promptly changed the title (and the cover) to "I heard it through the grapevine". (oddly, Marvin's was not the first rendition of the song - Gladys Knight and the Pips scored a minor hit with it about 5 months before Marvin Gaye made it his signature song and one of the most important songs in the history of Soul music...not to mention rock music - just ask Electric Light Orchestra who 'borrowed' the entire song under the title 'Showdown'...not a bad version, mind you - it's just that theirs is not a SOUL song anymore). THE MUSIC: unlike most of Marvin's 1960's albums (Hello Broadway ; Tribute to Nat King Cole; When I am alone I cry; Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye; or: That's the way love is), this is NOT a ballad album . On this album, which is truly a Marvin's grand rehearsal for "What's going on" , Marvin sings some vigorous and robust soul music; This is a grand SOUL album in the best tradition of the word, and Marvin is backed by the Motown's stellar studio band. The song titles include some of his best -known 1960's songs, such as title track, "Chained", "You" and a positively gorgeous rendition of Four Tops' "Loving you is sweeter than ever". It is apparent that major effort went into the production, which I can only characterize as elaborate and infinitely subtle.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           The record is believed to come in its original stock inner sleeve.

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS STILL SEALED; HOWEVER, WE ARE UNABLE TO GRADE IT MINT OR NEAR MINT DUE TO MINOR FLAWS LISTED BELOW; WE GRADE THIS COVER AS EXCELLENT OR VG++

(PLEASE NOTE: THE SHRINK WRAP HAS SEPARATED ALONG ABOUT 70% OF THE BOTTOM LENGTH, BUT THE ALBUM IS STILL VISIBLY SEALED)

[NOTE: BASED ON THE APPEARANCE OF THE COVER, WE BELIEVE  THAT THERE IS A BETTER THAN 50/50 CHANCE THAT THIS ALBUM WAS RESEALED BY THE RETAILER OR DISTRIBUTOR[

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a small cutout hole in one of the corners

-        A visible grayish (dust?) stain affects the area about 7 square inches along the bottom seam  (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY); there is no structural damage to the cover, and both cardboard base and paper slick are intact, however, the stain is visible

-        Cover has a slight warp along the bottom seam; this will have absolutely no effect on the record.

-        Back cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record),  probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

-        Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

-        Cover has all four corners slightly worn / compressed

-        Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 2 (front side) and 3 (back side)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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