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MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Trouble Man OST

Trouble Man was released on the footsteps of Gaye’s masterpiece What’s Going On. Like that record, Gaye had complete creative control over the product including…

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MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

What’s Going On

What’s Going On was the seminal moment in Marvin Gaye’s career. By the late 1960s he became disillusioned with the Motown hit factory that had started…

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MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Let’s Get It On

Let’s Get It On is obviously one of Marvin Gaye’s most classic albums. Gaye and producer/writer Ed Townsend were responsible for the great success of the…

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MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Live At The London Palladium

Live At The London Palladium is the better of Gaye’s two live albums, simply for the fact that it’s a 2-record set, which allows more opportunities to…

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MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

In The Groove

In The Groove is a very solid album from beginning to end. It has one of his biggest hits, I Heard I Through The Grapevine, plus Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever surrounded…

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MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Here, My Dear

Hear My Dear is a double LP written, produced and arranged by Marvin Gaye. The title cut sets the mood for the entire album with its laid back intro, group back-up…

Filed under: Music, Funk, Soul

MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Marvin Gaye And His Girls

This album collects together Marvin Gaye’s recordings with Tammi Terrell, Mary Wells and Kim Weston. There are four tracks with each female artist. The songs…

Filed under: Music, Soul

MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

I Want You

I Want You features an Ernie Barnes painting of a juke joint going crazy with a live band and dancers on the cover. Leon Ware produced and co-wrote all of the songs.…

Filed under: Music, Soul

MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

M.P.G.

M.P.G. was fittingly released in 1969 because it marked the end of his 60s sound where he relied on Motown writers and producers to shape his sound. Here for example,…

Filed under: Music, Soul

MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

A Musical Testament

I don’t usually go for compilations, but A Musical Testament swayed me by including Gay’s rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner from the 1984 NBA All-Star…

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MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Live!

After the great success of Let’s Get It On, Marvin Gaye took a two year long break from recording in the studio. Live! was released in the middle of this sabbatical,…

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MARVIN GAYE

Sunday, January 31, 2010

That’s The Way Love Is

I recently went through my Marvin Gaye records to review them and noticed that I was missing this title. That’s The Way Love Is was one of Gaye’s last “Pop”…

Filed under: Music, Soul

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