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This set, although it doesn't say it anywhere on the cover, is entirely made up of live tracks. That's not a good thing. Marvin Gaye disliked touring, and truthfully, his sweetly nuanced singing style worked best in a studio setting, where every lift and turn of his phrasing could be clearly heard. The concert stage, by contrast, required large, grand gestures from his singing, and while no one would suggest Gaye was ever anything but a solid performer, the hushed intimacy that made some of his greatest songs so magnificent was often difficult to attain on-stage. Bootlegs and cobbled-together packages of live Gaye shows have been on the market for years, often with the venue mislabeled (if it is listed at all) and overly intrusive crowd noise. This set is drawn from Gaye's final tour in 1983, and while it's interesting to hear a ten-minute version of "Sexual Healing," one of Marvin Gaye's greatest songs, and a clear statement of his major theme -- the use of love, lust, and sex to reach out to God -- nothing here is even close to essential.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Bowen, ComposerLyricist - Jack Goga, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Frank Wilson, Producer - Frank Edward Wilson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Ashford, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Earl Van Dyke, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Unknown, Other - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Griffith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Funk Brothers, Unknown, Other - Rick Allen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Louvain Demps, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Hicks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marlene Barrow, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anna Gordy Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Elgie Stover, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Bristol, Producer - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carole King, Composer, Author - Gerry Goffin, Composer, Author - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Mickey Gentile, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anna Gordy Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Elgie Stover, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Bristol, Producer - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer
℗ 1968 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Bowden, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - J Frank Wilson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gordy, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Allen Story, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Rosemary Gordy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Treadwell, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Leiber, ComposerLyricist - Mike Stoller, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, MainArtist - Benjamin Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Gentile, Producer
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
This set, although it doesn't say it anywhere on the cover, is entirely made up of live tracks. That's not a good thing. Marvin Gaye disliked touring, and truthfully, his sweetly nuanced singing style worked best in a studio setting, where every lift and turn of his phrasing could be clearly heard. The concert stage, by contrast, required large, grand gestures from his singing, and while no one would suggest Gaye was ever anything but a solid performer, the hushed intimacy that made some of his greatest songs so magnificent was often difficult to attain on-stage. Bootlegs and cobbled-together packages of live Gaye shows have been on the market for years, often with the venue mislabeled (if it is listed at all) and overly intrusive crowd noise. This set is drawn from Gaye's final tour in 1983, and while it's interesting to hear a ten-minute version of "Sexual Healing," one of Marvin Gaye's greatest songs, and a clear statement of his major theme -- the use of love, lust, and sex to reach out to God -- nothing here is even close to essential.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:47
- Main artists: Marvin Gaye
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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