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04/10/2024

Marvin Gaye And Kim Weston Take Two

Tamla records 1966 S 270

notes:

Take Two was a duet album by Motown label mates Marvin Gaye and
Kim Weston, released August 25, 1966 on the Motown's Tamla label.
The album was titled after its most successful selection, the Top 5
R&B/Top 20 Pop hit "It Takes Two", which was to this point Gaye's
most successful duet with another singer. The album also featured
the modest hit "What Good Am I Without You?".
Shortly after this album was released, Weston left Motown in a dispute
over royalties (coincidentally, Mary Wells had departed from Motown
two years prior after also recording a duets album - Together - with Gaye).
Weston's replacement as Gaye's duet partner was Tammi Terrell, who
recorded several successful hit singles with Gaye during the late 1960s.

credits:
    Marvin Gaye - vocals
    Kim Weston - vocals
    The Andantes - backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12)
    The Spinners - backing vocals (track 10)
    The Funk Brothers - instrumentation

Released    August 25, 1966
Recorded    1964-1966; Hitsville USA, Detroit, Michigan, USA

tracklist:

A1        It Takes Two
Written-By – S. Moy*
2:53
A2        I Love You, Yes I Do
Written-By – H. Glover*, S. Nix*
2:18
A3        Baby I Need Your Loving
Written-By – Holland, Dozier, Holland*
3:09
A4        It's Got To Be A Miracle (This Thing Called Love)
Written-By – S. Moy*, V. Bullock*
3:27
A5        Baby Say Yes
Written-By – K. Weston*
3:12
A6        What Good Am I Without You
Written-By – A. Higdon*
2:50
B1        Till There Was You
Written-By – M. Willson*
2:24
B2        Love Fell On Me
Written-By – S. Moy*
2:25
B3        Secret Love
Written-By – P. Webster*, S. Fain*
2:44
B4        I Want You 'Round
Written-By – Wm. Robinson*
2:24
B5        Heaven Sent You I Know
Written-By – H. Cosby*, V. Bullock*
3:01
B6        When We're Together
Written-By – S. Moy*, V. Bullock*
2:36

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29/08/2024

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell ‎– Easy

Tamla records ‎1969 – S-294

notes:

Easy is an album recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell,
and released by Motown Records on September 16, 1969
under the Tamla Records label. One song on the album,
"Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By", was a hit single and
remains popular to this day.

credits:
    Marvin Gaye – lead vocals
    Valerie Simpson – lead vocals with additional background vocals
    Tammi Terrell – lead vocals with additional background vocals
    The Originals – background vocals
    The Andantes – background vocals
    The Spinners – background vocals
    The Funk Brothers – instrumentation

Recorded    1969
Studio    Hitsville, USA, Detroit, Michigan

Producer
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson,
Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol

A1     Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By 2:52
Written-By – N. Ashford, V. Simpson*
A2     California Soul 2:46
Written-By – N. Ashford, V. Simpson*
A3     Love Woke Me Up This Morning 2:29
Written-By – N. Ashford, V. Simpson*
A4     This Poor Heart Of Mine 2:39
Written-By – N. Ashford, V. Simpson*
A5     I'm Your Puppet 2:56
Written-By – Penn*, Oldham*
A6     The Onion Song 2:55
Written-By – N. Ashford, V. Simpson*
B1     What You Gave Me 2:40
Written-By – N. Ashford, V. Simpson*
B2     Baby I Need Your Loving 2:59
Written-By – Holland, Dozier, Holland*
B3     I Can't Believe You Love Me 2:42
Written-By – J. Bristol, H. Fuqua*
B4     How You Gonna Keep It (After You Get It) 2:49
Written-By – N. Ashford, V. Simpson*
B5     More, More, More 2:29
Written-By – C. Wilson*, H. Fuqua*, J. Bristol*, W. Jackson*
B6     Satisfied Feelin' 2:50
Written-By – N. Ashford, V. Simpson*

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17/07/2024

Marvin Gaye ‎– What's Going On

Tamla records 1971 – TS-310

notes:

What's Going On is the eleventh studio album by soul musician
Marvin Gaye, released May 21, 1971, on the Motown-subsidiary
label Tamla Records. Recording sessions for the album took
place in June 1970 and March–May 1971 at Hitsville U.S.A.,
Golden World and United Sound Studios in Detroit and at The
Sound Factory in West Hollywood, California.
What's Going On was the first album on which Motown Records'
main studio band, the group of session musicians known as
the Funk Brothers, received an official credit.

credits:

Recorded    June–September 1970; March–May 1971
Hitsville U.S.A.
Golden World
United Sound Studios
(Detroit, Michigan)
The Sound Factory
(West Hollywood, California)

Alto Saxophone – Angelo Carlisi
Art Direction – Curtis McNair
Artwork [Graphic Supervision] – Tom Schlesinger
Backing Vocals – Andantes, The, Elgie Stover,
Lem Barney, Mel Farr, Bobby Rodgers*
Baritone Saxophone – Tate Houston
Bass – Bob Babbit*, James Jamerson
Bass [String Bass] – Max Janowsky
Bongos – Earl DeRouen, Eddie Brown*
Celesta [Celeste] – Johnny Griffith
Cello – Edward Korkigian, Italo Babini, Thaddeus Markiewicz
Conductor, Arranged By – David Van DePitte
Congas – Earl DeRouen, Eddie Brown*
Drums – Chet Forest
Flute – Dayna Hartwick, William Perich
Guitar – Joe Messina, Robert White
Harp – Carole Crosby
Liner Notes – Marvin Gaye
Percussion – Jack Ashford
Piano – Marvin Gaye
Producer – Marvin Gaye
Soloist, Alto Saxophone – Eli Fountain*
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – William "Wild Bill" Moore
Soprano Saxophone – Larry Nozero
Tambourine – Jack Ashford
Tenor Saxophone – George Benson (2)
Trombone – Carl Raetz
Trumpet – John Trudell*, Maurice Davis
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Jack Brokensha
Viola – David Ireland, Edouard Kesner, Meyer Shapiro, Nathan Gordon
Violin – Alvin Score, Beatriz Budinszky*, Felix Resnick,
Gordon Staples, James Waring, Lillian Downs, Richard Margitza,
Virginia Halfmann, Zinovi Bistritzky

tracklist:

A1     What's Going On
Written-By – A. Cleveland*, M. Gaye*, R. Benson* 3:51
A2     What's Happening Brother
Written-By – J. Nyx*, M. Gaye* 2:57
A3     Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)
Written-By – M. Gaye* 3:40
A4     Save The Children
Written-By – A. Cleveland*, M. Gaye*, R. Benson* 3:04
A5     God Is Love
Written-By – A. Gaye*, E. Stover*, J. Nyx*, M. Gaye* 2:31
A6     Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Written-By – M. Gaye* 3:05
B1     Right On
Written-By – E. Derouen*, M. Gaye* 7:20
B2     Wholy Holy
Written-By – A. Cleveland*, M. Gaye*, R. Benson* 3:20
B3     Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Written-By – J. Nyx*, M. Gaye* 5:16

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29/12/2023

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