Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
(Tamla Motown Records 1973 TMC5254 South African Press)
Flipback Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges (spine title not legible) and some ringwear on back
Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)
Marvin Gaye ( born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Gaye helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of hits, including “Ain’t That Peculiar”, “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”, and duet recordings with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Diana Ross and Tammi Terrell, later earning the titles “Prince of Motown” and “Prince of Soul”.
Let’s Get It On is the twelfth studio album by American recording artist Marvin Gaye, released August 28, 1973, on Tamla Records.
Track listing
| Side one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | “Let’s Get It On” | Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend | 4:44 | |||||||
| 2. | “Please Stay (Once You Go Away)” | Gaye, Townsend | 3:32 | |||||||
| 3. | “If I Should Die Tonight” | Gaye, Townsend | 3:57 | |||||||
| 4. | “Keep Gettin’ It On” | Gaye, Townsend | 3:12 | |||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 5. | “Come Get to This” | Gaye | 2:40 | |||||||
| 6. | “Distant Lover” | Gaye, Gwen Gordy, Sandra Greene | 4:15 | |||||||
| 7. | “You Sure Love to Ball” | Gaye | 4:43 | |||||||
| 8. | “Just to Keep You Satisfied” | Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover | 4:35 | |||||||
Personnel
- Arrangement, Conduction (Orchestra): David Van DePitte (tracks: 5 to 9), Gene Page (tracks: 5), Rene Hall (tracks: 4)
- Bass: James Jamerson, Wilton Felder
- Bongos: Bobbye Hall Porter
- Bongos, Drums: Eddie “Bongo” Brown
- Drums: Paul Humphrey, Uriel Jones
- Engineer: William McKeekin, Art Stewart, Steve Smith, Lawrence Miles, Cal Harris
- Guitar: David T. Walker, Eddie Willis, Lewis Shelton, Melvin Ragin, Robert White, Don Peake
- Percussion (Mallettes): Emil Richards
- Percussion (Special Treatment): Bobbye Hall Porter, Ernie Watts, Plas Johnson
- Piano: Joe Sample, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Jerkins
- Photography: Jim Britt, Motown Archives
- Production, lead vocals, background vocals: Marvin Gaye, except where noted:
- Background vocals: The Originals (“Just to Keep You Satisfied”)
- Co-production: Ed Townsend (tracks: 1 to 4)
- Vibraphone: Emil Richards, Victor Feldman
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