Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 40th Anniversary LP + 2CD

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In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Marvin Gaye's classic ''What's Going On,'' Motown/UMe has announced the release of What's Going On Super Deluxe Edition.
This new Super Deluxe Edition includes two CDs and one vinyl LP, 14 unreleased tracks, copious rarities, all complemented by an oversized booklet with two essays and rare photos from the original cover shoot.

Inside as well is a reproduction of the album graphics, which showcased, for the first time at Motown, the song's lyrics - and identified the musicians.

Leading off this lovingly produced, double-gatefold 12x12 package is a newly remastered version of the original album, which delivers a deeper, warmer sound than in previous reissues. Added to the album on Disc 1 are several outtakes from sessions that led up to the recording of the LP - the original mix of the title song Marvin presented to Motown's legendary Quality Control meeting, where it was summarily rejected; and song demos which show Marvin wrestling with the rejection - as well as the album's three mono single releases, each of which reached No. 1 R&B and Top 10 pop: ''What's Going On'' (in a very different mix than the LP), ''Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)'' and ''Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler),'' plus their B-sides, of which two are alternate takes from the familiar LP versions.

Disc 2 of What's Going On - Super Deluxe Edition is a document of the album's aftermath, when Marvin Gaye, reluctant to tour and shy about becoming the ''spokesman of his generation,'' holed up in Motown's Studio B in Detroit with like-minded musicians - among them the young guitarists Ray Parker Jr. and Wah Wah Watson, and the 20-year-old bassist Michael Henderson, fresh from a Miles Davis tour - and simply jammed over several days. These tracks, mostly instrumental, are as brooding and funky as the What's Going On album cover. The rest of the disc includes Gaye's final sessions in Detroit; among the few tunes he recorded was a sequel of sorts to the album, the politically tinged non-LP single ''You're The Man,'' which hit the R&B top 10 in spring 1972. Also included are two rare alternate takes of the song.

Capping this special release is the first ever 12-inch vinyl LP of the ''Detroit Mix'' of What's Going On, the original, darker mix of the entire album, left behind when Gaye decided to finish the overdubs in Los Angeles.

Inside is an LP-sized booklet with rare photos from the sessions, the original lyrics, detailed recording annotations and two essays: one by Gaye biographer David Ritz describing the ''Why'' Marvin Gaye created his first-ever self-produced album, and another detailing the ''How'' by Ben Edmonds, author of What's Going On: Marvin Gaye and The Last Days Of The Motown Sound.

The anniversary will also be marked on stage this summer when Rickey Minor, Stevie Wonder and Friends (including special guest Janelle Monae) perform a July 24 Hollywood Bowl concert concluding with a tribute to What's Going On. In May of next year, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the National Symphony Orchestra with John Legend and The Roots will collaborate for a special What's Going On concert to note the 40th anniversary of Gaye's legendary performance at that venue.

This 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition includes on two CDs a remastered version of the album plus 28 bonus tracks - 16 unreleased! - plus a vinyl LP:

* Original mono versions of the LP's hit singles

* A previously unreleased original 'Quality Control test mix' of ''What's Going On,'' mixed before Marvin had added strings, horns and additional vocals

* Several pre-album outtakes, recorded while Marvin was ''on strike,'' waiting for his single to be released, including ''Head Title,'' now in unedited form for the first time

* Several post-album instrumental jams with local musicians who included Ray Parker Jr. - a series of recordings made in Detroit before Marvin followed Motown to Los Angeles

* The original single version of a sequel to the album, ''You're The Man,'' as well as two alternate versions

* The album's rare, original ''Detroit Mix,'' previously issued on CD for the 30th anniversary, now on vinyl for the first time

* New & Sealed

TRACKLISTING:

CD 1
1) What's Going On [Album Version]
2) What's Happening Brother [Album Version]
3) Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) [Album Version]
4) Save The Children [Album Version]
5) God Is Love [Album Version]
6) Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) [Album Version]
7) Right On [Album Version]
8) Wholy Holy [Album Version]
9) Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) [Album Version]
12) Symphony [Demo]
14) What's Going On [(Mono) Single Version]
15) God Is Love [(Mono) Single Version]
17) Sad Tomorrows [Single Version]

CD 2
1) Checking Out (Double Clutch) [1995 The Master Version]
2) Running From Love [(Instrumental) - Version 1]
3) Mandota [Instrumental]
4) Struttin' The Blues [1995 The Master Excerpt]
5) Running From Love [(Instrumental) - Version 2]
6) I'm Going Home [1995 The Master Version]
7) You're The Man - Pts. I & II [Single Version]
8) You're The Man [Alternate Version 1]
9) You're The Man [Alternate Version 2]

VINYL LP
1) What's Going On [Detroit MIx]
2) What's Happening Brother [Detroit MIx]
3) Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) [Detroit MIx]
4) Save The Children [Detroit MIx]
5) God Is Love [Detroit MIx]
6) Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) [Detroit MIx]
1) Right On [Detroit MIx]
2) Wholy Holy [Detroit MIx]
3) Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) [Detroit MIx]"

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