THIS IS THE 1971 UK ORIGINAL COPY but 2ND PRESSING (Matrix A2/B2) on TAMLA MOTOWN 'Black' label. The textured single cover is in VG condition, with discolouration/wear on corners/edges, damaged on left spine, ringwear/edgewear, mild creases on edges, left spine is mostly unreadable, for details see photos. The vinyl (with some surface hairlines) is in VG+ condition, few light clicks but plays wonderfully. NO LYRICS INSERT.
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MARVIN GAYE
Monumentally influential soul/R&B vocalist whose music incorporated socio-political issues, atmospheric arrangements, and unified album themes. One of the most gifted, visionary, and enduring talents ever launched into orbit by the Motown hit machine, Marvin Gaye blazed the trail for the continued evolution of popular black music. Moving from lean, powerful R&B to stylish, sophisticated soul to finally arrive at an intensely political and personal form of artistic self-expression, his work not only redefined soul music as a creative force but also expanded its impact as an agent for social chang.
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LABEL: TAMLA MOTOWN - BLACK LABEL - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) STML 11190 (rear) STML 11190 (1E 062 ○ 92585)
Catalog on labels: STML 11190 STML 11190 A / STML 11190 STML 11190 B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): STML 11190 A-2 G O 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): STML 11190 B-2 G I.I
On labels: top rim text "All rights.........Made in Gt. Britain.........prohibited"
bottom rim text "E.M.I. Records Limited"
℗1971
Produced by Marvin Gaye
Rights Society / Publishing: Jobete-Carlin Music Ltd., NCB
On back cover: Tracklist
File under POPULAR : Male Vocal
℗ 1971
E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd)......ENGLAND
Made and Printed in Great Britain
Ⓛ 7110 TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. STML 11190
Produced by Marvin Gaye
tracklisting
Side 1: WHAT'S GOING ON - WHAT'S HAPPENING BROTHER
FLYIN' HIGH (IN THE FRIENDLY SKY) - SAVE THE CHILDREN
GOD IS LOVE - MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY)
Side 2: RIGHT ON - WHOLY HOLY - INNER CITY BLUES (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER)
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What's Going On is not only Marvin Gaye's masterpiece, it's the most important and passionate record to come out of soul music, delivered by one of its finest voices, a man finally free to speak his mind and so move from R&B sex symbol to true recording artist. With What's Going On, Gaye meditated on what had happened to the American dream of the past -- as it related to urban decay, environmental woes, military turbulence, police brutality, unemployment, and poverty. These feelings had been bubbling up between 1967 and 1970, during which he felt increasingly caged by Motown's behind-the-times hit machine and restrained from expressing himself seriously through his music. Finally, late in 1970, Gaye decided to record a song that the Four Tops' Obie Benson had brought him, "What's Going On." When Berry Gordy decided not to issue the single, deeming it uncommercial, Gaye refused to record any more material until he relented. Confirmed by its tremendous commercial success in January 1971, he recorded the rest of the album over ten days in March, and Motown released it in late May. Besides cementing Marvin Gaye as one of the most important artists in pop music, What's Going On was far and away the best full-length to issue from the singles-dominated Motown factory, and arguably the best soul album of all time...(AllMusic)