MARVIN GAYE WHAT'S GOIN ON + MIDNIGHT LOVE Collectors 2 Sealed LP Set + BONUS LP

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MARVIN GAYE - 2 LPS MIDNIGHT LOVE AND WHAT'S GOING ON PLUS BONUS LP OF LOVE AND HAPPINESS WITH VARIOUS ARTISTS.

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The nicest thing you can do for your stylus and your ears. The ultimate record -- the way music was meant to be heard and of superior quality for any Audiophile. Marvin Gaye was the greatest pop artist that ever lived. And this album proves it. Sexual Healing is the epitome of groove - between the drums possessing the perfect groove and Marvin's incredible singing, it is one of those songs that will knock you to the floor - and although your body wants to get up and dance, you're pinned to the ground. The others are typical Marvin - great. And the final track, > My Love Is Waiting > is another one of those songs possesses so much groove that you won't be able to help yourself from dancing. Other tracks include: Midnight Lady - Rockin After Midnight - Til Tomorrow - Turn On Some Music - Third World Girl - Joy.

 

MIDNIGHT LOVE - Marvin Gaye was the greatest pop artist that ever lived. And this album proves it. Sexual Healing is the epitome of groove - between the drums possessing the perfect groove and Marvin's incredible singing, it is one of those songs that will knock you to the floor - and although your body wants to get up and dance, you're pinned to the ground. The others are typical Marvin - great. And the final track, > My Love Is Waiting > is another one of those songs possesses so much groove that you won't be able to help yourself from dancing. Other tracks include: Midnight Lady - Rockin After Midnight - Til Tomorrow - Turn On Some Music - Third World Girl - Joy.

 

WHAT'S GOING ON - Sly & The Family Stone might have psychedelicized soul music, but Marvin Gaye personalized it. Although the powers-that-were Motown didn't even want to release the record, the unexpected success of WHAT'S GOING ON, issued in 1971, inspired Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, and just about every other black artist on the planet to take greater responsibility for their music and its meaning. Gaye co-wrote the songs and produced the album, flavoring it with layer upon layer of his own multi-tracked vocals, oceans of hand percussion, strings, flutes, and jazzy horn solos. The nine songs all play like a hit single. The title track--inspired by his brother's return from the Vietnam War--and the obvious social commentary of "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" and "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" actually were hit singles. Two other tracks ("Wholly Holy" and "Save the Children") would inspire hit covers by Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross, respectively-

 

Track listing

1. What's Going On
2. What's Happening Brother
3. Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)
4. Save the Children
5. God Is Love
6. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
7. Right On
8. Wholy Holy
9. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
10. God Is Love - (Bonus B-Side)
11. Sad Tomorrows - (Bonus B-Side)

Details Distributor: TAMLA Recording type: Mixed Recording mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a
Album notes This deluxe edition of WHAT'S GOING ON includes a 20-page booklet with
complete lyrics, never-before-published photos from personal family collections and an essay by David Ritz.
Personnel includes: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano); David Van Depitte (arranger, conductor); Robert White, Joe Messina (guitar); Johnny Griffith (celeste, keyboards); Earl Van Dyke (keyboards); Eli Fountain (alto saxophone); Wild Bill Moore (tenor saxophone); Jack Brokensha (vibraphone, percussion); Bob Babbit, James Jamerson (bass); Chet Forest (drums); Eddie Brown, Earl DeRouen (bongos, conga); Jack Ashford (tambourine, percussion).
Recorded at Hitsville, Golden World and United Sound Studios, Detroit, Michican. Originally released on Tamla (310).
WHAT'S GOING ON: DELUXE EDITION features the original album, plus an unreleased Detroit mix, a live version from Kennedy Center, and unreleased single versions and instrumentals.
WHAT'S GOING ON:
Personnel includes: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano); David Van Depitte (arranger, conductor); Robert White, Joe Messina (guitar); Johnny Griffith (celeste, keyboards); Earl Van Dyke (keyboards); Eli Fountain (alto saxophone); Wild Bill Moore (tenor saxophone); Jack Brokensha (vibraphone, percussion); Bob Babbit, James Jamerson (bass); Chet Forest (drums); Eddie Brown, Earl DeRouen (bongos, conga); Jack Ashford (tambourine, percussion).
Recorded at Hitsville, Golden World and United Sound Studios, Detroit, Michican. Originally released on Tamla (310). Includes liner notes by Smokey Robinson, Ben Edmonds and Harry Weinger.
LIVE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER:
Personnel includes: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano); Robert White (guitar); Jack Ashford (glockenspiel, percussion, kazoo); Uriel Jones (drums); Eddie "Bongo" Brown (bongos); The Andantes, Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, C.P. Spencer (background vocals).
Recorded live at The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. on May 1, 1972.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Originally released in 1971, WHAT'S GOING ON remains a landmark album, one that redefined music with powerful, anthemic songs that remain pertinent to this day. Before WHAT'S GOING ON, R&B albums were collections of singles, with secondary "filler" material rounding out the LPs. Marvin Gaye changed all this by releasing a concept album that went beyond the usual boy-meets-girl scenario, weaving together an aural collage of societal ills. "Crime is increasing/Trigger-happy policing," from "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," is as potent a line today as it was over 20 years ago, and with the country still divided over the Vietnam War, the title track became a rallying cry for peace.
Dark, mercurial, and jazzy, WHAT'S GOING ON was as radical musically as it was conceptually. Layered with lush orchestrations, heavenly background vocals, and loose, fiercely grooving arrangements, WHAT'S GOING ON so surpassed anything previously known as soul music that it virtually reinvented the genre. The critical and commercial success of Gaye's opus also enabled other artists to break free from the creative shackles imposed by Motown and other companies, and to experience more autonomy in musical and thematic expression, thereby changing the industry. In short, the musical and historical significance of WHAT'S GOING ON cannot be overestimated; it was Gaye's masterpiece, and still stands as one of the greatest soul albums of all time.

Editorial reviews Ranked #1 in NME's list of 'The Greatest Albums Of The '70s' - ...politicized music has never been done better...it's also infused with a beautiful spirituality...
NME  

Ranked #4 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'
NME  

Ranked #1 in NME's list of The Greatest Albums Of The '70s - ...politicized music has never been done better....it's also infused with a beautiful spirituality...
NME  

...Stands as both a eulogy and testament to a spirit of co-operation, understanding and harmony. It's a vision of Utopia in words and music one could wander around in forever.
Mojo  

Included in Mojo's Best Reissues of 2001.
Mojo  

...A masterwork....Sumptuous packaging, insightful liner notes, and voluminous session information underscore the first-class presentation...
Living Blues  (20010501)

Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Vibe  (19991201)

5 stars out of 5 - ...Global and personal anguish were never so exquisitely conveyed...
Uncut  (20030501)

5 stars out of 5 - ...The live album that forms the centerpiece of this re-packaged version of Gaye's greatest work is... astonishing...
Q  (20010601)

Included in Q Magazine's Best Motown Records Of All Time - ...one of the finest albums ever recorded.... gorgeous soulful settings, bewitching melodies and Gaye's magisterial singing.
Q  (19991001)

Included in Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums Ever
Q  (20030101)

 FREE Bonus LP from Warner Brothers Love and Happiness Series contains 12 Billbaord chart-topping hits like: Higher and Higher by Jackie Wilson > Think by Aretha > He Will Break Your Heart by Jerry Butler > Slow Hand by Pointer Sisters > I Feel Good by James Brown > STAND BY ME - BEN E KING > SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME - THE DRIFTERS > I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU TO LONG - OTIS REDDING and more!!.

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