Marvin Gaye Collected (2xLP)

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• Motown released the first Marvin Gaye record “(I’m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over” in 1961; a single intended for (radio) promotion for the singer’s debut album. The officially released single “Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide” followed a week later. Gaye got his first real hit in 1962 with “Stubborn Kind Of Fellow”, which he co-composed himself and in which he joked about his alleged stubbornness.
  This laid the foundation for an enormous series of chart successes: “Pride And Joy”, “Can I Get A Witness”, “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and “Ain’t That Peculiar” are all Motown classics from 1963 to 1965, which are still played regularly after all these years. The duets he recorded with Kim Weston (“It Takes Two”) and especially with Tammi Terrell were certainly at least as good. His greatest hit came in 1968 with “I Heard