MARVIN GAYE • WHAT'S GOING ON • 1971 UK STEREO LP TAMLA STML 11190 NM
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35
$
46
£ 35
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Apr 8, 2018
Sold Date
Apr 1, 2018
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“WHAT’S GOING ON” IS NOT ONLY MARVIN GAYE’S MASTERPIECE, IT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT AND PASSIONATE RECORD TO COME OUT OF SOUL MUSIC, DELIVERED BY ONE OF ITS FINEST VOICES, A MAN FINALLY FREE TO SPEAK HIS MIND AND SO MOVE FROM R&B SEX SYMBOL TO TRUE RECORDING ARTIST. LATE IN 1970, GAYE DECIDED TO RECORD A SONG THAT THE FOUR TOPS’ OBIE BENSON HAD BROUGHT HIM, “WHAT’S GOING ON”. WHEN BERRY GORDY DECIDED NOT TO ISSUE THE SINGLE, DEEMING IT UNCOMMERCIAL, GAYE REFUSED TO RECORD ANY MORE MATERIAL UNTIL HE RELENTED. CONFIRMED BY ITS TREMENDOUS COMMERCIAL SUCCESS IN JANUARY 1971, HE RECORDED THE REST OF THE ALBUM OVER TEN DAYS IN MARCH, AND “MOTOWN” RELEASED IT IN LATE MAY. BESIDES CEMENTING MARVIN GAYE AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS IN POP MUSIC, “WHAT’S GOING ON” WAS FAR AND AWAY THE BEST FULL-LENGTH TO ISSUE FROM THE SINGLES-DOMINATED “MOTOWN” FACTORY, AND ARGUABLY THE BEST SOUL ALBUM OF ALL TIME –––– IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THIS MAGNIFICENT ALBUM WE HAVE HERE AN ORIGINAL 1971 UK STEREO PRESSING, COMPLETE PACKAGE WITH FACTORY INNER PAPER SLEEVE AND INSERT WITH SONG LYRICS...
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