SEALED, Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On TS-310, Stereo, 1st pressing, US, 1971
$
500
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Description
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
Label: Tamla – TS310
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: USA
Released: 1971
Genre: Soul, Funk
Style: Soul, Conscious Soul 💿 DESCRIPTION One of the most important albums in soul music history — Marvin Gaye’s masterpiece What’s Going On, originally released on Motown’s Tamla label. This copy retains its original factory shrink wrap, confirming it as an untouched, vintage retail copy. The artwork features the iconic rain-coated portrait of Marvin Gaye on the front, with track listing and “TAMLA” logo TS310 on the back cover. Early print jackets were manufactured by Ivy Hill Litho, with deep color saturation and a semi-gloss finish typical of early ’70s Motown pressings. 💎 CONDITION VINYL: Presumed MINT (unplayed) COVER: Factory-sealed, never opened (Small shrink tearS, bumped corner) 🧾 NOTES FOR COLLECTORS
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Early U.S. Tamla TS310 pressing.
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Front text layout: “STEREO” printed in upper left corner.
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Back cover shows catalog number TS310 in lower left, and Marvin Gaye’s full-length photo in raincoat.
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Shrink has light pattern lines (“shrink stress marks”), not cracks or tears in the cover itself.
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Perfect collector example of a vintage sealed What’s Going On.
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(Typical early Tamla copies show the following identifiers — to be confirmed upon opening:)
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Label: Brown Tamla “globe” logo with yellow text ring.
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Matrix (likely): T1-310S1 / T1-310S2 (hand-etched)
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Pressing plants: Often RCA Indianapolis or Monarch Record Mfg. Co. (look for “MR” or “I” upon opening).
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