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The Master (1961–1984)

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Released
  
April 25, 1995

Length
  
4:59:55

Release date
  
25 April 1995

Recorded
  
1962–1983

Artist
  
Marvin Gaye

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

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The Master (1961–1984) (1995)
  
Midnight Love and the Sexual Healing Sessions (1998)

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Funk, Psychedelic soul

Producers
  
William Stevenson, Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson

Similar
  
The Marvin Gaye Collection, Super Hits, Love Starved Heart (Ex, The Norman Whitfield, Greatest Hits - Vol 2

The Master (1961–1984) is a chronological box set album looking back at American R&B/soul legend Marvin Gaye's phenomenal 23-year recording career. Spanning four discs, the box set goes over all portions of Gaye's career with a repertoire that spanned doo-wop, R&B, soul, psychedelic soul and funk with a mixture of themes including dance songs, love ballads, duets, socially conscious material, sensual material and autobiographical revelations. The set includes rarities such as a recorded 1981 live track of Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips each singing their seminal hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", Gaye's famed 1983 performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at an NBA All-Star game and an a cappella performance of "The Lord's Prayer" taped during Gaye's exile in Belgium.

Contents

In 2006, Universal re-released the boxset as part of its Universal Earbook series, issuing it as a LP-sized hardback coffee table book.

Disc one

  1. "Stubborn Kind of Fellow"
  2. "Pride and Joy"
  3. "Hitch Hike"
  4. "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
  5. "What Do You Want With Him" (Previously unreleased)
  6. "Once Upon a Time"
  7. "What's the Matter with You Baby" (with Mary Wells)
  8. "Can I Get a Witness"
  9. "Couldn't Ask for More" (Previously unreleased)
  10. "You're Wonderful" (Previously unreleased)
  11. "I Wonder"
  12. "You're a Wonderful One"
  13. "It's Got to Be Love" (previously unreleased)
  14. "Try It Baby"
  15. "Leavin'" (Previously unreleased)
  16. "My Love for You" (Previously unreleased)
  17. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"
  18. "Baby Don't You Do It"
  19. "Just Like a Man" (Previously unreleased alternative mix)
  20. "Pretty Little Baby"
  21. "Talk About a Good Feeling" (Previously unreleased)
  22. "I'll Be Doggone"
  23. "Little Darling (I Need You)"
  24. "One More Heartache"
  25. "Ain't That Peculiar"
  26. "You're the One for Me"
  27. "Take This Heart of Mine"
  28. "Your Unchanging Love"

Disc two

  1. "It Takes Two" (with Kim Weston)
  2. "I Couldn't Help Falling for You" (Previously unreleased)
  3. "Lonely Lover" (Previously unreleased)
  4. "Without Your Sweet Lovin'" (Previously unreleased)
  5. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (with Tammi Terrell)
  6. "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (with Tammi Terrell)
  7. "Your Precious Love" (with Tammi Terrell)
  8. "If This World Were Mine" (with Tammi Terrell)
  9. "Without You (My World Is Lonely)" (Previously unreleased)
  10. "Together We Stand (Divided We Fall)" (Previously unreleased)
  11. "You"
  12. "Chained"
  13. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
  14. "You're What's Happening (In the World Today)"
  15. "This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It's Killing Me)"
  16. "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Tammi Terrell)
  17. "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" (with Tammi Terrell)
  18. "You're All I Need to Get By" (with Tammi Terrell)
  19. "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby"
  20. "More Than a Heart Can Stand"
  21. "How Can I Forget"
  22. "That's the Way Love Is"
  23. "Yesterday"
  24. "The End of Our Road"
  25. "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" (with Valerie Simpson, credited to Tammi Terrell)
  26. "What You Gave Me"

Disc three

  1. "What's Going On"
  2. "Save the Children"
  3. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
  4. "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
  5. "I'm Going Home" (Previously unreleased alternative mix)
  6. "Piece of Clay" (Previously unreleased)
  7. "You're the Man (Pt. I & II)"
  8. "Checking Out (Double Clutch)" (Previously unreleased)
  9. "Trouble Man"
  10. "Let's Get It On"
  11. "Come Get to This"
  12. "Just to Keep You Satisfied"
  13. "Pledging My Love"
  14. "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (with Diana Ross)
  15. "Distant Lover (Live)"
  16. "I Want You"
  17. "After the Dance"

Disc four

  1. "Got to Give It Up, Pt. I"
  2. "Here, My Dear"
  3. "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You"
  4. "Anger"
  5. "Anna's Song"
  6. "A Funky Space Reincarnation"
  7. "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (Reprise)"
  8. "She Needs Me" (Previously unreleased)
  9. "Why Did I Choose You" (Previously unreleased)
  10. "Life Is for Learning"
  11. "Funk Me"
  12. "Love Me Now or Love Me Later"
  13. "Ego Tripping Out"
  14. "The Star-Spangled Banner" (Live)
  15. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Live) (with Gladys Knight & The Pips)
  16. "Rockin' After Midnight"
  17. "Sexual Healing"
  18. "The Lord's Prayer"

Songs

1Stubborn Kind of Fellow2:45
2Pride And Joy2:08
3Hitch Hike2:32

References

The Master (1961–1984) Wikipedia
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