
From uDiscovermusic:
In the week of what would have been Marvin Gaye’s 80th birthday on 2 April, Motown/UMe will release his never-issued Motown album of 1972, You’re The Man, on 29 March. It will be available in 2LP gatefold vinyl and digital editions.
The set contains all of the soul figurehead’s solo and non-soundtrack recordings from 1972, with most tracks making their first appearance on vinyl. A new mix of the romantic ballad ‘My Last Chance’ by acclaimed writer-producer SaLaAM ReMi, known for his work with Nas, the Fugees and Amy Winehouse, is now available for streaming, and for immediate download with pre-orders of the album. ReMi has also remixed ‘Symphony’ and ‘I’d Give My Life For You’ for the album..
The transitional year of 1972 was one in which Gaye was enjoying universal acclaim for his masterpiece of the year before, What’s Going On. The three singles from it, the title track, ‘Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)’ and ‘Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler),’ were all US R&B No. 1s and top ten pop successes. He followed them with another soul top tenner, the politically-inspired ‘You’re The Man,’ but after the song’s failure to cross over to the pop market in a big way, Gaye retreated.
During the year, in Detroit and Los Angeles, he recorded enough music for an album, producing himself and working with writers such as Willie Hutch, Hal Davis and the teams of Pam Sawyer & Gloria Jones and Freddie Perren & Fonce Mizell.
None of this material, apart from the single, was released at the time; it’s now gathered together on You’re The Man, which also includes the rare, long LP version of Gaye’s cancelled 1972 Christmas single and an unreleased mix from the vaults of its instrumental B-side. Songs from the album have appeared on various CD releases over the years, but 15 of the 17 tracks are making their vinyl debut.
The 2LP vinyl edition of the album includes new liner notes by Marvin Gaye biographer David Ritz, who explores Gaye’s internal conflict of the time as a source of both creative vigour and emotional burden. In an interview first seen in Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye, the artist said that, in the wake of What’s Going On, “now I could do what I wanted. For most people that would be a blessing. But for me the thought was heavy.
“They said I’d reached the top, and that scared me because Mother used to say, ‘First ripe, first rotten.’ When you’re at the top there’s nowhere to go but down. No, I needed to keep going up — raising my consciousness — or I’d fall back on my behind. When would the war stop? That’s what I wanted to know — the war inside my soul.”
Despite his inner conflicts, 1972 was also the year in which Gaye continued work on the Diana & Marvin album of duets with Diana Ross, and accepted an offer to write what became the Trouble Man film score.
You’re The Man is released on 29 March. Scroll down for the full tracklisting, and pre-order it here.
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- Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - UK - 12" vinyl - £10.00, $12.50, €11.20 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jan-2021 15:48)
MARVIN GAYE I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1988 UK 4-track 12" single, also featuring That's The Way Love Is, Can I Get A Witness & You're A Wonderful One, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl looks barely playedZT40701)
- Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - EX - UK - 12" vinyl - £7.99, $9.99, €8.95 (Back In Stock) (arrived 18-Jan-2021 15:47)
MARVIN GAYE I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1988 UK 4-track 12" vinyl single, as featured in the Levi's 501 Commercial, also including That's The Way Love Is, Can I Get A Witness and You're A Wonderful One, classic glossy picture sleeve. Thesleeve shows some light wear, a little ringwear creasing and scuffs, the a-side label has a small annotation but overall the vinyl is in excellent condition ZT40701)
- Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $37.50, €33.60 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jan-2021 15:14)
MARVIN GAYE Let's Get It On (1973 UK 8-track vinyl LP including Come Get To This & You Sure Love To Ball. The gatefold picture sleeve shows just a little light storage with mild corner/edgewear and the odd small crease or scuff. The labels show only one or two very faint spindle marks to reveal just minimal use however and the vinyl itself appears barely played STMA8013)
- Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing - Solid - wol - UK - 7" vinyl - £6.99, $8.74, €7.83 (New Item) (arrived 10-Jan-2021 11:42)
MARVIN GAYE (Sexual) Healing - Solid - wol (1982 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single also featuring Insrumental Version, CBS company paper sleeve. The label shows a tiny signature whilst the vinyl appears barely played CBSA2855)
- Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 4pr - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.00, €13.44 (New Item) (arrived 31-Dec-2020 08:58)
MARVIN GAYE I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1968 UK 7" vinyl single with intact four prong centre & 'Sold In The UK' label text, also including Need Somebody, Tamla Motown company die-cut paper sleeve. The vinyl on this copy remains in excellent condition with just a few light surface scuffs to show for over fifty years TMG686)
- Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - Sealed - US - vinyl LP - £45.00, $56.25, €50.40 (Back In Stock) (arrived 29-Dec-2020 08:59)
MARVIN GAYE What's Going On (Circa 1990's US Tamla reissue of the 1971 9-track vinyl LP, one of the greatest & most critically praised LPs ever made. The gatefold picture sleeve remains sealed within its original shrinkwrap with the vinylin UNPLAYED 'as new' condition TS310)
- Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - Sealed - US - vinyl LP - £45.00, $56.25, €50.40 (New Item) (arrived 28-Dec-2020 11:57)
MARVIN GAYE What's Going On (Circa 1990's US Tamla reissue of the 1971 9-track vinyl LP, one of the greatest & most critically praised LPs ever made. The gatefold picture sleeve remains sealed within its original shrinkwrap with the vinylin UNPLAYED 'as new' condition TS310)
- Marvin Gaye - Easy - UK - vinyl LP - £16.00, $20.00, €17.92 (New Item) (arrived 19-Dec-2020 17:22)
MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL Easy (1970 UK 12-track stereo LP, including the single Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By & a great version of the Ashford & Simpson staple, California Soul, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some light wear with age & the vinyl is Excellent with just the odd light sign of play STML11132)
- Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love + Hype Stickered Sleeve - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.00, €13.44 (New Item) (arrived 21-Nov-2020 14:55)
MARVIN GAYE Midnight Love (1982 UK 8-track LP, his final studio album including the classic hit Sexual Healing, housed in the song hype-stickered glossy picture sleeve complete with illustrated lyric insert. The sleeve has minimal shelfwear & the vinyl appears in barely played condition CBS85977)
- Marvin Gaye - Anthology - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £18.00, $22.50, €20.16 (Back In Stock) (arrived 18-Nov-2020 09:06)
MARVIN GAYE Anthology (Mid 80s UK 33-track double vinyl LP compilation featuring all the classic hits, including duets with Kim Weston, Diana Ross, Mary Wells & Tammi Terrell. Both discs are housed in the gatefold picture sleeve complete with the12page booklet. There is a little shelfwear/ringwear to the sleeve & the vinyl has just the odd light scuff/hairline to indicate play TMSP1128)
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