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Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine (In the Groove) LP

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In The Groove was Marvin Gaye's eighth studio album, his first solo studio release in more than two years. "Chained," from the album, was still climbing the chart (peaking at No. 8 R&B and No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100) when curious radio DJs began to spin Gaye's version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine." Motown founder Berry Gordy hadn't initially planned to release Gaye's recording of the Norman Whitfield and Barrett Tough song, as it had been rejected at numerous Quality Control meetings. "You," later the album's guide single, had been chosen; frustrated producer Whitfield re-arranged "Grapevine" and recorded it with Gladys Knight & the Pips, who took it to No. 2 Pop and No. 1 R&B. Gaye's version, though cut first, went in the vault until In The Groove was released more than a year later.

As radio act for Marvin's version of "Grapevine" took hold, Mr. Gordy made the judgment to officially release it as a single, as well as to retitle, redesign, and re

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The eighth studio album by spirit musician Marvin Gaye, released on August 26, 1968 on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. It was the first solo studio album Gaye released in two years, after recording duets with female R&B singers Kim Weston and Tammi Terrell. In the Groove was reissued and retitled as I Heard It Through the Grapevine after the unexpected success of that tune, which would become Gaye's biggest-selling and signature single of his career. For the song, producer Whitfield decided to power Gaye to elevate his vocal register higher than what he was used to. The album also marked Gaye's first attempts at producing himself in the studio with his own self-penned songs, the funky gospel dancer, "At Last I Establish a Love", and the smoother "Change What You Can". 

Tracklist:

SIDE ONE:

  1. YOU
  2. TEAR IT DOWN
  3. CHAINED
  4. I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAVEPINE
  5. AT LAST (I FOUND LOVE)
  6. SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL

SIDE TWO:

  1. LOVING YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER
  2. CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN
  3. IT’S LOVE I NEED
  4. EVERY NOW AND THEN
  5. YOU’RE WHAT’S HAPPENING (

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    Tracks

    • You
    • Tear It On Down
    • At Last (I Found A Love)
    • Some Kind Of Marvelous
    • Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
    • Switch What You Can
    • It's Passion I Need
    • Every Now And Then
    • You're What's Happening (In The World Today)
    • There Goes My Baby

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