Marvin Gaye "In the Groove" Tamla Motown ? STML 11091 UK press 1968 original
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Marvin Gaye ? "In The Groove" Tamla Motown ? STML 11091 UK 1st press Stereo Vinyl, LP, released in 1968.
The sleeve is in fantastic condition with minimal signs of wear, apart from a small nick to the top (see photo). The vinyl is housed in its original EMI inner sleeve. The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great condition. Matrix/Run Out Side 1 ; STML 11091 A-1 Matrix/Run Out Side 2 ; STML 11091 B-1
"Never overly reliant on the Holland-Dozier-Holland machine, Marvin Gaye weathered their departure pretty well, turning to Norman Whitfield (for the epochal "I Heard It Through the Grapevine") as well as Ivory Joe Hunter, Ashford & Simpson, Frank Wilson, and, for two songs, his own pen. One of Gaye's other R&B hits from In the Groove, the impassioned "You," is in the Four Tops style (it's patterned after "Reach Out"), while "Chained" is another brilliant performance and production of a sub-standard tune. The Brill Building standard "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "There Goes My Baby" were early-'60s throwbacks in sound and feel, quite a jarring effect in context. After "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" became one of the biggest hits of 1968, Motown re-released the LP as I Heard It Through the Grapevine." AllMusic Review by John Bush
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