Marvin Gaye - Collected - Limited Gatefold 180-Gram White & Silver Colored Vinyl - VINYL LP

Marvin Gaye always dreamed of being a smooth crooner, Inchsitting on a stool, possibly behind a piano,Inch delivering velvety songs like Nat King Cole. But Motown had other plans. Pushed between raw R&B and polished pop, Gaye fought to find his own voice, eventually rising to become one of the greatest soul singers in history. Motown Records released the first Marvin Gaye record in 1961 Inch(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is OverInch, a single intended for (radio) promotion from the singer's debut album. This was followed up by the officially released InchLet Your Conscience Be Your GuideInch a week later. Gaye scored his first real hit with InchStubborn Kind of FellowInch in 1962, which he had co-written himself, joking about his alleged stubbornness. He found his own unique style with the single released at the end of the year InchHitch HikeInch. The foundations were now laid for an enormous series of chart successes InchPride And JoyInch, InchCan I Get A WitnessInch, InchHow Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)Inch and InchAin't That PeculiarInch are all Motown classics from 1963-1965 which are still being regularly played today after all these years. The duets he recorded with Kim Weston (InchIt Takes TwoInch), especially Tammi Terrell and Diana Ross were certainly at least as good. He scored his biggest ever hit with InchI Heard It Through The GrapevineInch in 1968. InchWhat's Going OnInch from the same titled album became a number 1 hit in the USA and the album was received as a masterpiece and is regarded as one of the most important records in pop history. In 1973, the artistically and commercially very successful, InchLet's Get It OnInch album was mainly a musical ode to Marvin's love for his new muse Janis Hunter. His journey continued after a turbulent relationship, addiction and a dramatic creative rebirth in Belgium, where he crafte the global hit InchSexual He