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Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On Vinyl LP - Tamla T329V1 GOOD+ First Pressing (1973) with "Come Get to This" and "You Sure Love to Ball"
Condition: G+ Vinyl and Fair Cardboard Cover. Vinyl was tested on both sides and plays really well with great fidelity. Original gatefold cover has no splits.
Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): C5RS-7950-1 12B Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): C5RS-7951-2 12B
Let's Get It On is the thirteenth studio album by Marvin Gaye. It was released in 1973 by the Motown subsidiary Tamla.
Serving as Gaye's first venture into the funk genre, Let's Get It On also incorporates smooth soul and doo-wop styles alongside sexually suggestive lyrics, leading to one writer's description of it as "one of the most sexually charged albums ever recorded". Gaye infused ideas of spiritual healing in songs about sex and romance, in part as a way of coping with childhood abuses from his father Marvin Gay Sr., which had stunted his sexuality.
Following the breakthrough success of his socially conscious album What's Going On (1971), Let's Get It On helped establish Gaye as a sex icon and broadened his mainstream appeal. It produced three singles—the title track, "Come Get to This", and "You Sure Love to Ball"—that achieved Billboard chart success. Let's Get It On became the most commercially successful album of Gaye's career at Motown, resulting in more creative control being given to him by the label. Its erotic balladry, multi-tracking of Gaye's vocals, and seductive funk sound also influenced later R&B recording artists and producers, with the title track specifically helping pioneer the slow jam and quiet storm formats.
In retrospect, Let's Get It On has been regarded by writers and music critics as a landmark recording in soul. It increased the popularity of funk during the 1970s, while Gaye's smooth-soul sound marked a change from his record label's previous success with the "Motown Sound" formula. Among the most acclaimed LPs in history, it frequently appears on professional rankings of the greatest albums and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as a historically important recording.
Track listing
Side one 1. "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend 4:44 2. "Please Stay (Once You Go Away)" Gaye, Townsend 3:32 3. "If I Should Die Tonight" Gaye, Townsend 3:57 4. "Keep Gettin' It On" Gaye, Townsend 3:12
Side two 1. "Come Get to This" Gaye 2:40 2. "Distant Lover" Gaye, Gwen Gordy, Sandra Greene 4:15 3. "You Sure Love to Ball" Gaye 4:43 4. "Just to Keep You Satisfied" Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover 4:35
Personnel Bass: James Jamerson, Wilton Felder Bongos, Drums: Eddie "Bongo" Brown Drums: Paul Humphrey, Uriel Jones Guitar: David T. Walker, Eddie Willis, Louis Shelton, Melvin Ragin, Robert White, Don Peake Saxophone: Ernie Watts, Plas Johnson Piano: Joe Sample, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Jerkins Production, lead vocals, background vocals: Marvin Gaye, except where noted: Background vocals: The Originals ("Just to Keep You Satisfied") Vibraphone: Emil Richards, Victor Feldman