WhatS Going On (VINYL | Mint (M) Mint (M)

This deluxe edition of WHAT'S GOING ON includes a 20-page booklet with complete lyrics, never-before-published photos from personal family collections and an essay by David Ritz. Personnel includes: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano); David Van Depitte (arranger, conductor); Robert White, Joe Messina (guitar); Johnny Griffith (celeste, keyboards); Earl Van Dyke (keyboards); Eli Fountain (alto saxophone); Wild Bill Moore (tenor saxophone); Jack Brokensha (vibraphone, percussion); Bob Babbit, James Jamerson (bass); Chet Forest (drums); Eddie Brown, Earl DeRouen (bongos, conga); Jack Ashford (tambourine, percussion). Recorded at Hitsville, Golden World and United Sound Studios, Detroit, Michican. Originally released on Tamla (310). WHAT'S GOING ON: DELUXE EDITION features the original album, plus an unreleased Detroit mix, a live version from Kennedy Center, and unreleased single versions and instrumentals. WHAT'S GOING ON: Personnel includes: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano); David Van Depitte (arranger, conductor); Robert White, Joe Messina (guitar); Johnny Griffith (celeste, keyboards); Earl Van Dyke (keyboards); Eli Fountain (alto saxophone); Wild Bill Moore (tenor saxophone); Jack Brokensha (vibraphone, percussion); Bob Babbit, James Jamerson (bass); Chet Forest (drums); Eddie Brown, Earl DeRouen (bongos, conga); Jack Ashford (tambourine, percussion). Recorded at Hitsville, Golden World and United Sound Studios, Detroit, Michican. Originally released on Tamla (310). Includes liner notes by Smokey Robinson, Ben Edmonds and Harry Weinger. LIVE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER: Personnel includes: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano); Robert White (guitar); Jack Ashford (glockenspiel, percussion, kazoo); Uriel Jones (drums); Eddie "Bongo" Brown (bongos); The Andantes, Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, C.P. Spencer (background vocals). Recorded live at The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. on May 1, 1972. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Originally released in 1971, WHAT'S GOING ON remains a landmark album, one that redefined music with powerful, anthemic songs that remain pertinent to this day. Before WHAT'S GOING ON, R&B albums were collections of singles, with secondary "filler" material rounding out the LPs. Marvin Gaye changed all this by releasing a concept album that went beyond the usual boy-meets-girl scenario, weaving together an aural collage of societal ills. "Crime is increasing/Trigger-happy policing," from "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," is as potent a line today as it was over 20 years ago, and with the country still divided over the Vietnam War, the title track became a rallying cry for peace. Dark, mercurial, and jazzy, WHAT'S GOING ON was as radical musically as it was conceptually. Layered with lush orchestrations, heavenly background vocals, and loose, fiercely grooving arrangements, WHAT'S GOING ON so surpassed anything previously known as soul music that it virtually reinvented the genre. The critical and commercial success of Gaye's opus also enabled other artists to break free from the creative shackles imposed by Motown and other companies, and to experience more autonomy in musical and thematic expression, thereby changing the industry. In short, the musical and historical significance of WHAT'S GOING ON cannot be overestimated; it was Gaye's masterpiece, and still stands as one of the greatest soul albums of all time.
 

Marvin Gaye – What's Going On

Label: Vinyl Lovers – 990427, Vinyl Lovers – VL990427

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue

Genre: Funk / Soul

Style: Soul

A1                                What's Going On

Written-By – A. Cleveland*, M. Gaye*, R. Benson*

A2                                What's Happening Brother

Written-By – J. Nyx*, M. Gaye*

A3                                Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)

Written-By – M. Gaye*

A4                                Save The Children

Written-By – A. Cleveland*, M. Gaye*, R. Benson*

A5                                God Is Love

Written-By – A. Gaye*, E. Stover*, J. Nyx*, M. Gaye*

A6                                Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

Written-By – M. Gaye*

Bonus Track A-side   

A7                                Sad Tomorrows

Written-By – Wilkinson*, Cordy*, Gaye*

B1                                Right On

Written-By – E. Derouen*, M. Gaye*

B2                                Wholy Holy

Written-By – A. Cleveland*, M. Gaye*, R. Benson*

B3                                Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

Written-By – J. Nyx*, M. Gaye*

Bonus Track B-side   

B4                                Head Title

Written-By – Gaye*, Green*

Licensed From – ООО "Universal Music"

Copyright © – Motown

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ООО "Universal Music"

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Lilith Records Ltd.

Copyright © – Lilith Records Ltd.

Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – 78185E

Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.

Alto Saxophone – Angelo Carlisi

Art Direction – Curtis McNair

Artwork [Graphic Supervision] – Tom Schlesinger

Backing Vocals – Elgie Stover, Lem Barney, Mel Farr, Bobby Rodgers*, The Andantes

Baritone Saxophone – Tate Houston

Bass – Bob Babbit*, James Jamerson

Bass [String Bass] – Max Janowsky

Bongos – Earl DeRouen, Eddie Brown*

Celesta [Celeste] – Johnny Griffith

Cello – Edward Korkigian, Italo Babini, Thaddeus Markiewicz

Conductor, Arranged By – David Van DePitte

Congas – Earl DeRouen, Eddie Brown*

Drums – Chet Forest

Flute – Dayna Hartwick, William Perich

Guitar – Joe Messina, Robert White

Harp – Carole Crosby

Liner Notes – Marvin Gaye

Percussion – Jack Ashford

Photography By – Universal Music

Photography By [Front And Rear Cover] – Hendin*

Photography By [Inside Montage] – The Gaye And Gordy Family Archives

Piano – Marvin Gaye

Producer – Marvin Gaye

Soloist, Alto Saxophone – Eli Fountain*

Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – William "Wild Bill" Moore

Soprano Saxophone – Larry Nozero

Tambourine – Jack Ashford

Tenor Saxophone – George Benson (2)

Trombone – Carl Raetz

Trumpet – John Trudell*, Maurice Davis

Vibraphone [Vibes] – Jack Brokensha

Viola – David Ireland (3), Edouard Kesner, Meyer Shapiro, Nathan Gordon

Violin – Alvin Score, Beatriz Budinszky*, Felix Resnick, Gordon Staples, James Waring, Lillian Downs, Richard Margitza, Virginia Halfmann, Zinovi Bistritzky

Manufactured in EU. Photos by kind permission of Universal Music PLC.

 

Sealed copies have yellow hype sticker on front front cover + barcode sticker on bottom right hand corner of back cover.

Barcode (Sticker on skrinkwrap): 8013252990427

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: Funk / Soul
• Format Type: 12"
• Released: 05/20/2013