Brand: Motown

Format: remastered

PartNumber: 134042

Release Date: 06-11-2001

Details: Amazon.ca Marvin Gaye's What's Going On may be the most powerful soul record ever made. In this Deluxe Edition, the original recording is embellished with an alternative Detroit Mix of the album, which is almost equally strong, and a previously unreleased recording of Gaye's live performance at the Kennedy Center in 1972. It also includes brilliant liner notes, including song lyrics and a mini-essay by Smokey Robinson, who calls What's Going On his favorite album of all time. The raw emotionality of the live disc further demonstrates Gaye's commitment to his own sentiments, and the feeling of longing and sadness that soaks the album. Gaye went into uncharted R&B territory on What's Going On: leaving love ballads behind, he explored social commentary from an intimate personal perspective. The world weighed heavy on his heart, and on this album he brings home the confusion of the Vietnam era, when America the Beautiful began to seem a little bit ugly. Armed with only his heart and his voice, Marvin Gaye took on Uncle Sam, and won many Americans over. --Lizz Mendez Berry Product description DELUXE 2CD, Landmark 1971 LP Remastered with Rare Material and Live Tracks!

UPC: 044001340420

EAN: 0044001340420

Model: 134042

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood