Marvin Gaye Whats Going On Vinyl

What s going on is the eleventh studio album by american soul singer songwriter and producer marvin gaye it was released on may 21 1971 by the motown records subsidiary label tamla.

Marvin gaye whats going on vinyl.

The fact that marvin was so defiant of berry gordy to go ahead with this bombshell of just great music stuns the mind. And why the hell would you want to. Marvin was tired of being a pretty boy just like stevie wonder was and after talking with brother about vietnam and the tragic death of ms. What s going on.

Funk soul style. Sly the family stone might have psychedelicized soul music but marvin gaye personalized it and he literally poured out every emotion onto this record. Pepper was influential but what s going on was a different kind of influence. Never before issued on vinyl or as a standalone cd what s going on live is newly mixed for its 2019 release by john morales at m m mix studios and mastered by alex abrash at aa mastering.

Packaging includes rare photos from gaye s performance and a new liner notes essay by marvin gaye biographer david ritz. We all know the story. 1 may 1972 was a whirlwind day of celebration in marvin gaye s hometown of washington d c. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2020 gatefold orange vinyl release of what s going on on discogs.

The album was recorded at the kennedy center and has been newly mixed for its first stand alone release in 2lp black vinyl and 2lp colour colour vinyl. Tamla 0600753534236 format. Gaye recorded the album between 1970 and 1971 in sessions at hitsville u s a golden world and united sound studios in detroit and at the sound factory in west hollywood california. Not to open your mind to drugs and new experiences but to open your mind to love and peace.

Infused with a legend that only grows deeper as the decades pass marvin gaye s 1971 album what s going on is surely the cornerstone of every soul lover s collection a vinyl lp so engrained in our hearts that its probably impossible to review it with any real distance. The legendary concert album what s going on captures gaye s first live performance after a four year hiatus from the stage.