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40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition!
Features Vinyl LP Cut at Sterling Sound Plus 2 CDs!
Newly Remastered From Original Analog Source!
Created 40 years ago as a meditative act of artistic rebellion, What's Going On broke the Motown mold. The album introduced Marvin Gaye, the company's sexy prince, as an uncompromising singer, songwriter and producer. From the first day of release until today, his album, produced in collaboration with David Van DePitte, has been recognized as a timeless masterwork.
"Universal/Motown has released an expanded edition that, for many, will be nothing short of revelatory. The 12x12-inch portfolio includes two CDs, featuring the original album remastered, plus 28 bonus tracks (12 previously unreleased), and an LP (the first vinyl issue of the rare Detroit Mix)... What’s Going On — one of the best soul music recordings to come out of Detroit—is a still compelling soul opera with a profound meditation on life and splashes of jazz instrumentation (compliments of the Funk Brothers)... Those rare funk jams are interesting, Music Sonics but the real gem is the earthy Detroit Mix—the original version of the album minus vocal layering, keyboard overdubs, and other production techniques added in L.A. just two weeks before the album’s release (a CD recording of the Detroit Mix was included in the 2001 Deluxe Edition). The differences are significant— the Detroit Mix production is sparse, the strings are less prominent, and there’s less sweetening overall... Two powerful and unique versions of a great soul-music album, enhanced by a handful of assorted rarities—that’s what’s going on." - Music 5/5, Sonics 5/5 - Greg Cahill, The Absolute Sound, October 2008
"In 1969 or 1970, I began to re-evaluate my whole concept of what I wanted my music to say," Gaye once said about the creation of What's Going On. "I was very much affected by letters my brother was sending me from Vietnam, as well as the social situation here at home. I realized that I had to put my own fantasies behind me if I wanted to write songs that would reach the souls of people. I wanted them to take a look at what was happening in the world." The last thing Motown wanted its fans to think about, however, was "what was happening in the world." So with Gaye determined to shatter the label's hugely successful pop formula and address issues such as the Vietnam War, civil rights and the environment, Motown founder Berry Gordy was not pleased, to say the least. He claimed that "What's Going On" was the worst song he had ever heard. " -
This 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition includes on two CDs a remastered version of the album plus 28 bonus tracks - 16 unreleased! - plus a vinyl LP.
Leading off this lovingly produced, double-gatefold 12×12 package is a newly remastered version of the original album, which delivers a deeper, warmer sound than in previous reissues. Added to the album on Disc 1 are several outtakes from sessions that led up to the recording of the LP–the original mix of the title song Marvin presented to Motown’s legendary Quality Control meeting, where it was summarily rejected; and song demos which show Marvin wrestling with the rejection–as well as the album’s three mono single releases, each of which reached No. 1 R&B and Top 10 pop: “What’s Going On” (in a very different mix than the LP), “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” and “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler),” plus their B-sides, of which two are alternate takes from the familiar LP versions.
Disc 2 of What’s Going On – Ultimate Collector's Edition is a document of the album’s aftermath, when Marvin Gaye, reluctant to tour and shy about becoming the “spokesman of his generation,” holed up in Motown’s Studio B in Detroit with like-minded musicians–among them the young guitarists Ray Parker Jr. and Wah Wah Watson, and the 20-year-old bassist Michael Henderson, fresh from a Miles Davis tour–and simply jammed over several days. These tracks, mostly instrumental, are as brooding and funky as the What’s Going On album cover. The rest of the disc includes Gaye’s final sessions in Detroit; among the few tunes he recorded was a sequel of sorts to the album, the politically tinged non-LP single “You’re The Man,” which hit the R&B top 10 in spring 1972. Also included are two rare alternate takes of the song.
Capping this special release is the first ever 12-inch vinyl LP of the “Detroit Mix” of What’s Going On, the original, darker mix of the entire album, left behind when Gaye decided to finish the overdubs in Los Angeles.
Inside is an LP-sized booklet with rare photos from the sessions, the original lyrics, detailed recording annotations and two essays: one by Gaye biographer David Ritz describing the “Why” Marvin Gaye created his first-ever self-produced album, and another detailing the “How” by Ben Edmonds, author of What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye and The Last Days Of The Motown Sound.
A meditative act of artistic rebellion, What's Going On broke the Motown mold. The album introduced Marvin Gaye, the company's sexy prince, as an uncompromising singer, songwriter and producer, and from the first day of release it was recognized as a masterwork. This 40th Anniversary edition includes on two CDs a remastered version of the ablum; the original mono hit singles; the original, rejected, "no strings" single mix of the title track; several post-album outtakes; his single sequel, "You're The Man"; a series of recordings, mostly instrumental, made in Detroit before Marvin followed Motown to Los Angeles. The Motor City theme of this edition continues on the included 12-inch: The LP's rare, original "Detroit Mix," on vinyl for the very first time!
Features:
• 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition
• 2CDs + Vinyl LP
• Double Gatefold that houses LP on one side and the 2CDs in the other panel
• Original Album Artwork
• Remastered From Original Analog Source
• Mastered at Universal Mastering Studios-East
• Cut at Sterling Sound, NYC
• Pressed at United Records, Nashville, TN
• 28 CD bonus tracks
• Original mono versions of the LP's hit singles
• A previously unreleased original "Quality Control test mix" of What's Going On, mixed before Marvin had added strings, horns and additional vocals
• Several pre-album outtakes, recorded while Marvin was 'on strike', waiting for his single to be released, including "Head Title", now in unedited form for the first time
• Several post-album instrumental jams with local musicians who included Ray Parker, Jr. - a series of recordings made in Detroit before Marvin followed Motown to Los Angeles
• The original single version of a sequel to the album, "You're The Man", as well as two alternative versions
Selections:
Vinyl LP:
What's Going On: The Original 'Detroit Mix' (April 5, 1971)
Side A:
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)
Side B:
1. Right On
2. Wholy Holy
3. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
CD One:
What's Going On: Original Album Remastered
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)
Bonus Tracks:
10. What's Going On (unreleased original single mix)
11. Head Title - a.k.a. Distant Lover (demo version, original master)
12. Symphony (demo version)
13. I Love The Ground You Walk On (instrumental)
14. What's Going On (mono single version)
15. God Is Love (mono single version)
16. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (mono single version)
17. Sad Tomorrows (mono single version)
18. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (mono single version)
19. Wholy Holy (mono single version)
CD 2:
The Detroit Instrumental Sessions and More
1. Checking Out (Double Clutch)
2. Chained
3. Country Stud
4. Help The People
5. Running From Love (instrumental - version 1)
6. Daybreak
7. Doing My Thing
8. "T" Stands For Time
9. Jesus Is Our Love Song
10. Funky Nation
11. Infinity
12. Mandonta
13. Struttin' The Blues
14. Running From Love (version 2 with strings)
15. I'm Going Home (Move)
16. You're The Man (parts 1 & 2, orignal mono single version)
17. You're The Man (alternate version 1)
18. You're The Man (alternate version 2)
Marvin Gaye What's Going On Live LIMITED 1ST EDITION 2 LP BLACK VINYL SET
The ONLY Live Performance Of Marvin Gaye's Groundbreaking Album!
Newly Mixed & On Vinyl For The First Time!
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
It's "Marvin Gaye Day" in Washington, D.C., and history is made at the recently-opened Kennedy Center when Marvin performs for the first time in years. Experience the once-in-a-lifetime thrill of his 1972 performance of the groundbreaking album, What's Going On. For decades this extraordinary recording sat on the shelves. Now, here it is, newly mixed, freshly released and available on vinyl for the first time.
What's Going On Live has been newly mixed by John Morales at M+M Mix Studios and mastered by Alex Abrash at AA Mastering. The package includes rare images from Gaye's performance as well as new liner notes by his biographer, David Ritz, who describes it as "an invaluable and vibrant historical document marking a milestone in the artist's career."
The album includes the only known live recordings of Gaye performing four songs: "That's The Way Love Is" and "You" (which opened the Washington concert as part of a meditative 13-minute medley), "Right On" and "Wholy Holy". A delay in switching reel-to-reel tapes during the concert meant that his performance of the What's Going On hit "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" was not successfully recorded.
Features
Double LP
First time on vinyl
The only live performance of groundbreaking album
Newly mixed by John Morales at M+M Mix Studios
Mastered by Alex Abrash at AA Mastering
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Gatefold jacket
Rare images from Gaye's performance
New liner notes by Gaye biographer David Ritz
Selections
Side 1:
Sixties Medley: That's The Way Love Is / You / I Heard It Through The Grapevine / Little Darling (I Need You) / You're All I Need To Get By / Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing / Your Precious Love / Pride And Joy / Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
Side 2:
Right On
Wholy Holy
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Side 3:
What's Going On
What's Happening Brother
Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)
Save The Children
God Is Love
Side 4:
Stage Dialogue
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Reprise)
What's Going On (Reprise)
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