Marvin Gaye - What's Going on - VINYL LP

Limited 180 gram vinyl pressing of this 1973 album from the soul icon. Let's Get It On is the 13th studio album by Marvin Gaye. Serving as Gaye's first venture into the funk genre and romance-themed music, Let's Get It On incorporates smooth soul, doo-wop, and quiet storm. It has been noted by critics for it's sexually suggestive lyrics, and was cited by one writer as Inchone of the most sexually charged albums ever recorded.Inch Following the breakthrough success of his socially conscious album What's Going On (1971), Let's Get It On helped establish Gaye as a S*x icon and furthered his mainstream appeal. It produced three singles-the title track, InchCome Get to ThisInch, and InchYou Sure Love to BallInch-that attained Billboard chart success. Let's Get It On became the most commercially successful album of Gaye's recording career, and it further expanded his creative control during his tenure with Motown. Album Tracks 1. Let's Get It on 2. Please Stay (Once You Go Away) 3. If I Should Die Tonight 4. Keep Gettin' It on 1. Come Get 2. To This 3. Distant Lover 4. You Sure Love to Bal 5. Just to Keep You Satisfied

Limited double 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. What's Going On 50th Anniversary edition's bonus LP opens up the album's writing and production palette. Featured are four rare cuts making their vinyl debut, highlighted by a previously unreleased InchstrippedInch version of the title song, plus all six original mono single mixes and their B-sides, with all of those 7Inch versions on vinyl for the first time since their original releases. With two 180gm records, a tip-on heavy stock jacket, original gatefold with complete lyrics, this formidable also includes printed sleeves with track details, a rare image from the cover sessions, and a brief essay honoring arranger David Van de Pitte. With a vulnerable depth and complexity, Marvin Gaye opened the door musically, culturally, and politically for countless musicians over the last five decades to address the injustices of our world. Sitting at the No. 1 spot on Rolling Stone's 2020 list of InchThe 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time,Inch What's Going On has proven it's evergreen relevance and it's legacy will continue to influence and shape the music of future generations. Album Tracks 1. What's Going on 2. What's Happening Brother 3. Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky) 4. Save the Children 5. God Is Love 6. Mercy Mercy Me 1. Right on 2. Wholy Holy 3. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 1. What's Going on Stripped Version 2. What's Going on Mix 1/No Strings or Horns 3. What's Going on Rhythm & Strings Instrumental Mix 4. Symphony Demo Version 1. What's Going on 2. God Is Love 3. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 4. Sad Tomorrows 5. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 6. Wholy Holy

2016 repress. Two 180-gram LPs with 15 bonus tracks from the deluxe CD edition. Despite his huge success with his 1971 political concept album What's Going On, Marvin Gaye left social concerns behind for those of a more intimate nature with this 1973 album. Let's Get It On album broke new ground, gaining its place in history as one of the most sexual albums ever recorded, laying the basis for every slow jam ever after, and making Gaye both socially concerned and sexy -- a potent commercial combination. Album Tracks 1. Let's Get It on 2. Please Stay (Once You Go Away) 3. If I Should Die Tonight 4. Keep Gettin' It on 5. Come Get to This 6. Distant Lover 7. You Sure Love to Ball 8. Just to Keep You Satisfied