MARVIN GAYE – TROUBLE MAN LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1973 ORIG MOTOWN SOUL

Marvin Gaye – Trouble Man
(Tamla Motown Records  1973  STML11225)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

G&L Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– 3 small foxing marks on front & tiny scratch/tear in middle

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

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”.

Trouble Man is a soundtrack and the twelfth studio album by American soul singer Marvin Gaye, released on December 8, 1972, on Tamla Motown Records. It was the soundtrack to the 1972 Blaxploitation film of the same name.

Track listing

All songs written by Marvin Gaye.

Original LP

Side One

1. “Main Theme from Trouble Man (2)” – 2:30
2. “‘T’ Plays It Cool” – 4:27
3. “Poor Abbey Walsh” – 4:13
4. “The Break In (Police Shoot Big)” – 1:57
5. “Cleo’s Apartment” – 2:10
6. “Trouble Man” – 3:49
7. “Theme from Trouble Man” – 2:01

Side Two

1. “‘T’ Stands for Trouble” – 4:48
2. “Main Theme from Trouble Man (1)” – 3:52
3. “Life Is a Gamble” – 2:32
4. “Deep-in-It” – 1:25
5. “Don’t Mess with Mister ‘T'” – 3:04
6. “There Goes Mister ‘T'” – 1:37

Personnel

Musicians

• Marvin Gaye – vocals, drums, keyboards, piano, synthesizers, producer, arranger (9)
• Trevor Lawrence – alto, tenor and baritone saxophones
• Dale Oehler – horn & rhythm arrangements (track 9)
• Eli Fountain – alto saxophone
• Marty Montgomery – soprano saxophone
• Gene Page – strings (track 9)
• Robert O. Ragland – piano, string arrangements (track 7)
• James Anthony Carmichael – horn arrangements (track 7)

Production

• Dale Oehler – arranger (tracks 1, 6)
• Gene Page – arranger (9)
• Jack Hayes – arranger (3, 10–13)
• J.J. Johnson – arranger (8)
• Robert O. Ragland – arranger (4–5)
• Leo Shuken – arranger (3, 10–13)
• Jerry Long – arranger (2)