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What's Going On - 180 Gram Black Vinyl - Sealed

MARVIN GAYE What's Going On (Essential UK/EU 9-track LP remastered and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. Marvin Gaye's 1971 masterpiece What's Going On is widely regarded as the most important and passionate album to emerge from soul music. A deeply personal and socially conscious statement, the record addresses Vietnam, civil unrest, environmental issues, poverty and addiction with warmth, grace, and unflinching honesty. Initially resisted by Motown, the album went on to inspire a generation of artists - including Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield - to seize creative control of their music. Produced and co-written by Gaye himself, it features his signature layered vocals set against lush arrangements of strings, horns, hand percussion and jazz-infused grooves. Housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve - Ranked #1 in Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.")
#Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

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Product Availability In stock. Order now for shipping on Wednesday 10th December
Release Year 2020 - 5 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Tamla Motown
Complete Stock List Go to Marvin Gaye
Product Catalogue No 0600753534236
Music Genre Male Solo, Soul and r&b, Motown
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

Sly and the Family Stone might have psychedelicised soul music, but Marvin Gaye personalised it. Although the powers-that-were Motown didn't even want to release the record, the unexpected success of What's Going On, issued in 1971, inspired Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, and just about every other black artist on the planet to take greater responsibility for their music and its meaning.

Gaye co-wrote the songs and produced the album, flavouring it with layer upon layer of his own multi-tracked vocals, oceans of hand percussion, strings, flutes, and jazzy horn solos. spacey and loose as a spliff-fuelled Sunday afternoon jam in the park, the nine songs all played like a hit single. The title track - inspired by his brother's return from the Vietnam war - and the obvious social commentary of "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" and "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" actually were hit singles. Two other tracks ("Wholly Holy" and "Save The Children") would inspire hit covers by Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross, respectively.

Nevertheless, What's Going On sounds as fresh today as it did the week that it came out.

Side 1
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 2
7. Right On
8. Wholy Holy
9. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

Key Features
· Remastered edition of Marvin Gaye's landmark 1971 album
· Pressed on 180-gram heavyweight Black Vinyl
· Gatefold sleeve, factory sealed
· Includes the classic singles “What's Going On,” “Mercy Mercy Me,” and “Inner City Blues”
· Ranked #1 in Rolling Stone's Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time




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Recording Artist Marvin Gaye
Product Title What's Going On - 180 Gram Black Vinyl - Sealed
Product Information Marvin Gaye What's Going On - 180 Gram Black Vinyl - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Tammi Terrell
Product Barcode 600753534236
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