Marvin Gaye’s life lasted a mere 45 years, his span as a recording artist and performer barely half that. As a star of the Tamla Motown label, he enjoyed two separate careers, the first singing the words of others and the second as one of a new breed of singer, songwriter and performer broadening soul’s boundaries to reflect a changing world. A troubled genius, Marvin Gaye nevertheless managed to touch many lives with his music and these live recordings from towards the end of his career give a taste of the stature & importance of one of black music’s leading lights. As long as we can listen to music like this, that light shines on.

Track-list

LP 1

Side 1

1. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
2. Let’s Get It On
3. God Is Love
4. Rockin’ After Midnight
5. Come Get To This

LP 1

Side 2

1. What’s Going On
2. Inner City Blues ( Make Me Wanna Holler )
3. Joy
4. Sexual Healing

LP 2

Side 1

1. Let’s Get It On
2. After the Dance ( Interlude )
3. Come Get To This
4. I Want You
5. Got To Give It Up

LP 2

Side 2

1. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
2. Inner City Blues ( Make Me Wanna Holler )
3. If This World Were Mine
4. How Sweet It Is ( To Be Loved By You )
5. After The Dance