Marvin Gaye What's Going On Gatefold Vinyl 1971 VG+/VG+
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Marvin Gaye What's Going On Gatefold Vinyl 1971 VG+/VG+
- SKU: Chartham 16May26 MG WGO TJR
- Style: Soul
- Condition: Used
- EAN: Not Applicable
- ISBN: Not Applicable
Marvin Gaye What's Going On Gatefold Vinyl 1971 VG+/VG+
What's Going On is the eleventh studio album by the American soul singer Marvin Gaye. It was released on May 21, 1971, by the Motown Records subsidiary label Tamla. Recorded between 1970 and 1971 in sessions at Hitsville U.S.A., Golden World, United Sound Studios in Detroit, and at The Sound Factory in West Hollywood, California, it was Gaye's first album to credit him as producer and to credit Motown's in-house session musicians, known as the Funk Brothers.
What's Going On is a concept album with most of its songs segueing into the next and has been categorized as a song cycle. The narrative established by the songs is told from the point of view of a Vietnam veteran returning to his home country to witness hatred, suffering, and injustice. Gaye's introspective lyrics explore themes of drug abuse, poverty, and the Vietnam War. He has also been credited with promoting awareness of ecological issues before the public outcry over them had become prominent ("Mercy Mercy Me").
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S35943 DR BPS
S35944 RE1 DR BPS
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