{"product_id":"marvin-gaye-whats-going-on","title":"Marvin Gaye WhatS Going On","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis deluxe edition of WHAT'S GOING ON includes a 20-page booklet with\n\u003cbr\u003ecomplete lyrics, never-before-published photos from personal family collections and an essay by David Ritz.\n\u003cbr\u003ePersonnel includes: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano); David Van Depitte (arranger, conductor); Robert White, Joe Messina (guitar); Johnny Griffith (celeste, keyboards); Earl Van Dyke (keyboards); Eli Fountain (alto saxophone); Wild Bill Moore (tenor saxophone); Jack Brokensha (vibraphone, percussion); Bob Babbit, James Jamerson (bass); Chet Forest (drums); Eddie Brown, Earl DeRouen (bongos, conga); Jack Ashford (tambourine, percussion).\n\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Hitsville, Golden World and United Sound Studios, Detroit, Michican. Originally released on Tamla (310).\n\u003cbr\u003eWHAT'S GOING ON: DELUXE EDITION features the original album, plus an unreleased Detroit mix, a live version from Kennedy Center, and unreleased single versions and instrumentals.\n\u003cbr\u003eWHAT'S GOING ON:\n\u003cbr\u003ePersonnel includes: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano); David Van Depitte (arranger, conductor); Robert White, Joe Messina (guitar); Johnny Griffith (celeste, keyboards); Earl Van Dyke (keyboards); Eli Fountain (alto saxophone); Wild Bill Moore (tenor saxophone); Jack Brokensha (vibraphone, percussion); Bob Babbit, James Jamerson (bass); Chet Forest (drums); Eddie Brown, Earl DeRouen (bongos, conga); Jack Ashford (tambourine, percussion).\n\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Hitsville, Golden World and United Sound Studios, Detroit, Michican. Originally released on Tamla (310). Includes liner notes by Smokey Robinson, Ben Edmonds and Harry Weinger.\n\u003cbr\u003eLIVE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER:\n\u003cbr\u003ePersonnel includes: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano); Robert White (guitar); Jack Ashford (glockenspiel, percussion, kazoo); Uriel Jones (drums); Eddie \"Bongo\" Brown (bongos); The Andantes, Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, C.P. Spencer (background vocals).\n\u003cbr\u003eRecorded live at The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. on May 1, 1972.\n\u003cbr\u003eAll tracks have been digitally remastered.\n\u003cbr\u003eOriginally released in 1971, WHAT'S GOING ON remains a landmark album, one that redefined music with powerful, anthemic songs that remain pertinent to this day. Before WHAT'S GOING ON, R\u0026amp;B albums were collections of singles, with secondary \"filler\" material rounding out the LPs. Marvin Gaye changed all this by releasing a concept album that went beyond the usual boy-meets-girl scenario, weaving together an aural collage of societal ills. \"Crime is increasing\/Trigger-happy policing,\" from \"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler),\" is as potent a line today as it was over 20 years ago, and with the country still divided over the Vietnam War, the title track became a rallying cry for peace.\n\u003cbr\u003eDark, mercurial, and jazzy, WHAT'S GOING ON was as radical musically as it was conceptually. Layered with lush orchestrations, heavenly background vocals, and loose, fiercely grooving arrangements, WHAT'S GOING ON so surpassed anything previously known as soul music that it virtually reinvented the genre. The critical and commercial success of Gaye's opus also enabled other artists to break free from the creative shackles imposed by Motown and other companies, and to experience more autonomy in musical and thematic expression, thereby changing the industry. In short, the musical and historical significance of WHAT'S GOING ON cannot be overestimated; it was Gaye's masterpiece, and still stands as one of the greatest soul albums of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: R\u0026amp;B\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 2013-05-20\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Marvin Gaye","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50079592120513,"sku":"4T3QD8-LQX2-G9","price":35.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2176\/9085\/files\/marvin-gaye-whats-going-on_P1zwh.jpg?v=1774430940","url":"https:\/\/fsgprints.com\/products\/marvin-gaye-whats-going-on","provider":"Feels So Good","version":"1.0","type":"link"}