Great Disc

Marvin Gaye is One Of The Greatest Artists Ever.The Music&Words here hit home.His Voice is Timeless.The Music Here Just Gets Better with time.Marvin Gaye Captures Alot Of Styles&Vibes here very well.

Marvin Gaye -- Rare Selections

This CD was a surprise! I'd been looking for one particular song for years and found it on this CD. All of the songs sound good (of course, anything Marvin does sounds good!) I would recommend this CD to all Marvin Gaye fans.

More Marvin....

Great album. This album is a collection of some of Marvin Gaye's lesser known song stretching from 1963-1981. There are a lot of gems on this one. The majority of the songs here are from Marvin's pre-What's Going On Days, Tracks 1-13. But unlike the more recent love starved heart the material is much better. Highlights among these tracks are, Wherever I lay my hat, No good without you, When i had your love, Loving you is sweeter than ever, it's a bitter pill to swallow, Seek and you shall find among others. The last five tracks are mostly post-Whats going on, all good but if you have any of Marvins albums you've heard them before. Not that the songs are bad. Of those the ones I'm really feeling are the overtly sexual You sure love to Ball and the conflicted Heavy love affair. The tracks that were real suprises are tracks 12 and 13. The temptations I wish it would rain is done wonderfully by Marvin, I suprised I hadn't heard his version sooner. And the touching Abraham, Martin and John is very special it's a lot like Marvin gaye's classic singing of the Star spangled banner at the NBA all star game in 1984. Overall a wonderful album full of great songs from one of musics most talented artists.