Marvin Gaye  In The Groove

TAMLA RECORDS 1968        TS 285

notes:

I Heard It Through the Grapevine is the ninth solo studio album

 by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released on August 26, 1968 on

the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. Originally released

 as In the Groove, it was the first solo studio album Gaye released

in two years, in which during that interim, the singer had emerged

as a successful duet partner with female R&B singers such as

Kim Weston and Tammi Terrell. The album and its title track are

considered both as Gaye's commercial breakthrough.

credits:

Lead vocals: Marvin Gaye

Background vocals:

The Andantes

Marlene Barrow

Jackie Hicks

Louvain Demps

The Originals

Freddie Gorman

Walter Gaines

Henry Dixon

Joe Stubbs

C.P. Spencer

Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Production by Norman Whitfield, Ivy Jo Hunter and Frank Wilson

Recorded at Hitsville USA Studios, Detroit, MI.

"Some Kind Of Wonderful" and "There Goes My Baby"

 recorded at Bell Sound Studios, New York City, N.Y.

Original Release. Title of the Album was later changed

 to "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" when that track was a big hit.

tracks list:

A1 You

Producer – Ivy Jo Hunter

Written-By – Ivy Jo Hunter, Jack Goga*, Jeffrey Bowen

2:35

A2 Tear It On Down

Arranged By – Paul Riser

Producer – Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson*

Written-By – Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson*

2:54

A3 Chained

Producer – Frank Wilson

Written-By – Frank Wilson

2:36

A4 I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Arranged By – Paul Riser

Producer – Norman Whitfield

Written-By – Barrett Strong-Norman Whitfield*

2:59

A5 At Last (I Found A Love)

Producer – Harvey Fuqua & Johnny Bristol*

Written-By – Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover, Marvin Gaye

2:36

A6 Some Kind Of Wonderful

Producer – Mickey Gentile

Written-By – Gerry Goffin-Carole King*

2:18

B1 Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

Producer – Ivy Jo Hunter

Written-By – Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder

2:44

B2 Change What You Can

Producer – Harvey Fuqua & Johnny Bristol*

Written-By – Anna Gaye Gordy*, Elgie Stover, Marvin Gaye

2:38

B3 It's Love You Need

Producer – Ivy Jo Hunter

Written-By – Ivy Jo Hunter, Stephen Bowden

2:54

B4 Every Now And Then

Producer – Frank Wilson

Written-By – Eddie Holland*, Frank Wilson

2:58

B5 You're What's Happening In The World Today

Producer – George Gordy

Written-By – Allen Story, George Gordy

2:20

B6 There Goes My Baby

Producer – Mickey Gentile

Written-By – Ben E. King, George Treadwell, Lover Patterson

2:23 

 

 

 

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