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Here is the Classic '70s Soul album from Marvin Gaye for your listening enjoyment.

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

1971 Tamla Records

This album receives highest rating (5 Stars) from AllMusic Guide.

Original '70s release, Early Pressing, No barcode.

Condition

Excellent play, Very Good cover, Clean labels.

Excellent play. High Fidelity sound.

Codes: Near Mint = Best, Excellent = Better, Very Good = Very good

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Condition:

Play Grade

EX

Low surface noise. Light clicks on first song.

Vinyl

EX

Light hairlines.

Cover

VG+

Light ringwear.

Inner Sleeve

Original paper sleeve

Label

Clean, no spindle mark

Codes: NM = Near Mint (Best), EX = Excellent, VG = Very Good

What's Going On (Marvin Gaye album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Studio album by Marvin Gaye

Released May 21, 1971

Recorded June–September 1970; March–May 1971

Studio Hitsville U.S.A., Golden World, and United Sound Studios in Detroit and The Sound Factory in West Hollywood, California

Genre Soul, R&B

Length 35:38

Label Tamla

Producer Marvin Gaye

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.[1] 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.

The first Marvin Gaye album credited as being produced by the artist himself, What's Going On is a unified concept album consisting of nine songs, most of which lead into the next. It has also been categorized as a song cycle; the album ends on a reprise of the album's opening theme. The album is told from the point of view of a Vietnam War veteran returning to the country he had been fighting for, and seeing nothing but injustice, suffering and hatred.

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. The album features introspective lyrics and socially conscious themes of drug abuse, poverty, and the Vietnam War. What's Going On was both an immediate commercial and critical success and has endured as a classic of early-1970s soul. A deluxe edition set of the album was released on February 27, 2001, and featured a rare live concert shot at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center from May 1972.

In worldwide critics', artists' and public surveys, it has been voted one of the landmark recordings in pop music history and is considered to be one of the greatest albums ever made.[2] In 2003, the album was ranked number six on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", placing that same position nine years later.

Accolades

Publication

Country

Accolade

Year

Rank

Bill Shapiro

United States

The Top 100 Rock Compact Discs

1991

*

Jimmy Guteman

The Best Rock 'n' Roll Records of All Time

1992

*

Chris Smith

101 Albums That Changed Popular Music

2009

*

 (, Issue No. 483)

500 Albums You Need

2005

*

Chuck Eddy

The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'Roll

1997

*

Consequence of Sound

Top 100 Albums Ever

2010

19

100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century

1999

*

 & Kevin Stein

The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year

1981

7

Top 40 Albums of All Time

2003

*

The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century

1999

2

Dozen Discs That Shook the World

2005

*

Top 100 Albums of the 1970s

2004

49

Rolling Stone

The Essential 200 Rock Records

1997

*

Rolling Stone

""

2003

6

15 Most Influential Albums Not By Beatles, Stones, Dylan or Elvis

2003

*

1998

*

Kitsap Sun

Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years

2005

32

Robert Dimery

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

2005

*

Top 100 Albums of All Time

2006

*

Paul Gambaccini

The World Critics Best Albums of All Time

1987

4

Canada

The 40 Most Influential Records of the 20th Century

1999

*

United Kingdom

1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die

2007

*

The Guardian

The 100 Best Albums Ever

1997

1

All Time Top 100 Albums

2000

24

The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made

1995

6

Mojo

The 100 Records That Changed the World

2007

63

All Times Top 100 Albums

1985

1

NME

All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade

1993

4

NME

Top 100 Albums of All Time

2003

27

The 50 Best Albums of the 70s

1998

20

Q

The Ultimate Music Collection

2005

*

The 100 Best Albums of All Time

1986

15

The New Nation

Top 100 Albums by Black Artists

2005

1

The World Critics Best Albums of All Time

1977

106

Paul Gambaccini

The World Critics Best Albums of All Time

1987

4

50 Albums That Changed Music 1956-2006

2006

6

The 100 Best Albums of All Time

1993

49

Times Online

The 20 Most Influential Albums

2008

17

Vox

100 Records that Shook the World

1991

*

Hot Press

Ireland

The 100 Best Albums of All Time

1989

23

Hot Press

The 100 Best Albums Ever

2003

41

Adresseavisen

Norway

The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time

1995

4

Aftenposten

Top 50 Albums of All Time

1999

3

Dagbladet

The Best Albums of the Century

1999

*

Eggen & Kartvedt

The Guide to the 100 Important Rock Albums

1999

*

Panorama

The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98

1999

2

Platekompaniet

Top 100 Albums of All Time

2001

12

Tor Milde

The 100 Best Pop and Rock Albums of All Time

2004

2

Expressen

Sweden

The 100 Best Records Ever

1999

8

Slitz

The 50 Best Albums of All Time

1990

13

Pop

The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements

1994

14

Soundi

Finland

The 50 Best Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade

1995

4

Netherlands

The Best Albums of the 70s

1979

19

OOR

The 100 Best Albums of All Time

2007

5

299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time

2006

*

Musik Express/Sounds

Germany

The 100 Masterpieces

1993

22

Spex

The 100 Albums of the Century

1999

6

Sounds

The 50 Best Albums of the 1970s

2009

1

Volume

France

200 Records that Changed the World

2008

*

Rock de Lux

Spain

The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s

1988

1

Rock de Lux

The 200 Best Albums of All Time

2002

2

Alternative Melbourne

Australia

The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums

1996

67

50 Defining Rock Albums

2005

5

(*) designates lists that are unordered.

Track listing

All songs produced by Marvin Gaye.

Original LP

Side one

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

1.

""  

, , 

3:53

2.

""  

M. Gaye, 

2:43

3.

""  

M. Gaye, , 

3:49

4.

""  

Cleveland, Benson, M. Gaye

4:03

5.

""  

M. Gaye, A. Gaye, Stover, Nyx

1:41

6.

""  

M. Gaye

3:16

Side two

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

7.

""  

Earl DeRouen, M. Gaye

7:31

8.

""  

Benson, Cleveland, M. Gaye

3:08

9.

""  

M. Gaye, Nyx

5:26

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LP Grading:

VINYL

NM

Near Mint

1) Sealed record (assumed).

2) No visible flaws and play well with a few light ticks.

EX

Excellent

Almost no visible flaws but have a few clicks or pops.

VG+

Very Good Plus

Some visible flaws such as scuffs and short light scratches. Have instances of ticks, clicks and pops.

COVER

NM

Near Mint

No wear. Clean sleeves and inserts.

EX

Excellent

Minor wear.

VG+

Very Good Plus

Minor wear and tears

Play Grade

NM

Near Mint

Very low surface noise, occasional ticks, no pops noise

EX

Excellent

Low surface noise, occasional ticks & clicks, some pops noise

VG+

Very Good Plus

Some surface noise, ticks, clicks, pops, but still listenable

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