Latest Updates - Marvin Gaye

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Comment by arjayvee SUBS:

Added label variants and large, hi-res scans of front and back covers.

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Comment by johnnyhotspur:

Track A4 was a tape swappers favourite on the NS scene. Once covered up as 'Situation Desperate'

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Comment by goodbear66:

B Side Label added.

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Comment by arjayvee SUBS:

Added label variants.

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Comment by mleg56:

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Comment by mleg56:

notes:
Easy is an album recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell,
and released by Motown Records on September 16, 1969
under the Tamla Records label. One song on the album,
"Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By", was a hit single and
remains popular to this day.

credits:
Marvin Gaye – lead vocals
Valerie Simpson – lead vocals with additional background vocals
Tammi Terrell – lead vocals with additional background vocals
The Originals – background vocals
The Andantes – background vocals
The Spinners – background vocals
The Funk Brothers – instrumentation

Recorded 1969
Studio Hitsville, USA, Detroit, Michigan

Producer
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson,
Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol

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Comment by mleg56:

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Comment by mleg56:

What's Going On is the eleventh studio album by soul musician
Marvin Gaye, released May 21, 1971, on the Motown-subsidiary
label Tamla Records. Recording sessions for the album took
place in June 1970 and March–May 1971 at Hitsville U.S.A.,
Golden World and United Sound Studios in Detroit and at The
Sound Factory in West Hollywood, California.
What's Going On was the first album on which Motown Records'
main studio band, the group of session musicians known as
the Funk Brothers, received an official credit.

credits:

Recorded June–September 1970; March–May 1971
Hitsville U.S.A.
Golden World
United Sound Studios
(Detroit, Michigan)
The Sound Factory
(West Hollywood, California)

Alto Saxophone – Angelo Carlisi
Art Direction – Curtis McNair
Artwork [Graphic Supervision] – Tom Schlesinger
Backing Vocals – Andantes, The, Elgie Stover,
Lem Barney, Mel Farr, Bobby Rodgers*
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
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, 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

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Comment by PhilMH:

Aussie EMI probably didn't bother with this one because they had already issued the US compilation SUPER HITS a year or so before - that one didn't get a UK issue!

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Comment by mleg56:

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Comment by johnnyhotspur:

This mono LP also contains the first take of 'One More Heartache'. Different from the stereo LP version.

From Motown Junkies:
One interesting point that maybe worth mentioning is the version of ‘One More Heartache’ on the mono version UK release of Marvin’s Greatest Hits album TML11065 has a completely different recording of this song to any other I’ve heard on any other record or CD. It is not a different mix as Marvin’s vocal is completely different, in fact he sounds rather laid back and indifferent on this version. The backing track is also different and sounds weaker and slightly muffled. This version is only on the mono version of the album. The stereo version, STML11065, is the usual recording. I’m not sure whether this was corrected in later pressings of the mono album as the version I have was bought just after its release in March 1968 and has matrix/stampers -1 G indicating first pressing. As I have never had a copy of the US mono version of Marvin’s Greatest Hits, T278, I wonder if this also has the different recording of ‘One More Heartache’. It may be a cock-up by EMI who may have used the wrong recording of ‘One More Heartache’ when assembling the album as it had a different track listing to the US version. If so they may have corrected in on later masters as the album was available in mono until late 1970. Is anybody else aware of this anomaly?

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Comment by johnnyhotspur:

LP version...
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