GAYE MARVIN/WHAT S GOING ON (50TH ANNIVERSARY)

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DESCRIPTIONMARVIN GAYE WHATS GOING ON - 50TH ANNIVERSARY 2LP EDITIONREMIXES FROM ACCLAIMED PRODUCER SALAAM REMIWHATS GOING ON: 50TH ANNIVERSARY 2LP EDITION BONUS LP OPENS UP THE ALBUMS WRITING AND PRODUCTION PALETTE. FEATURED ARE FOUR RARE CUTS MAKING THEIR VINYL DEBUT HIGHLIGHTED BY A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED STRIPPED VERSION OF THE TITLE SONG PLUS ALL SIX ORIGINAL MONO SINGLE MIXES AND THEIR B-SIDES WITH ALL OF THOSE 7 VERSIONS ON VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEIR ORIGINAL RELEASES. AMONG THEM ARE ALTERNATE VERSIONS OF GOD IS LOVE AND FLYING HIGH (IN THE FRIENDLY SKY) THE LATTER ISSUED ON 45 AS SAD TWITH TWO 180GM RECORDS A TIP-ON HEAVY STOCK JACKET ORIGINAL GATEFOLD WITH COMPLETE LYRICS THIS FORMIDABLE RELEASE ALSO INCLUDES PRINTED SLEEVES WITH TRACK DETAILS A RARE IMAGE FROM THE COVER SESSIONS AND A BRIEF ESSAY HONORING ARRANGER DAVID VAN DE PITTE. HIGHLIGHTED IS A MAIN ESSAY BY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR AND POET HANIF ABDURRAQIB WHO WAS JUST NAMED ONE OF THE 25 RECIPIENTS OF THE 2021 MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANT.WITH A VULNERABLE DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY MARVIN GAYE OPENED THE DOOR MUSICALLY CULTURALLY AND POLITICALLY FOR COUNTLESS MUSICIANS OVER THE LAST FIVE DECADES TO ADDRESS THE INJUSTICES OF OUR WORLD. SITTING AT THE NO. 1 SPOT ON ROLLING STONES 2020 LIST OF THE 500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME WHATS GOING ON HAS PROVEN ITS EVERGREEN RELEVANCE AND ITS LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE AND SHAPE THE MUSIC OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.MOTOWN RECORDS - MARVIN GAYE - WHATS GOING ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY / 2LP