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Marvin Gaye’s ultimate classic Let’s Get In On will celebrate its 50th birthday with a deluxe digital release.
Motown/UMe is releasing a digitally revised and expanded vinyl reissue featuring over 33 bonus tracks — 18 of them previously unreleased. The album was recorded during an intense six-month timeframe in 1973 in Los Angeles. While the album was only released with eight tracks, the session also saw Gaye record multiple ballads that he returned to — but never saw the light of day.
According to the press release,
Marvin’s first step in early ’73 was to seek out Ed Townsend, the artist, songwriter, and producer best known for his 1950s ballad hit, “For Your Love.” He initially had Townsend guide him through ballad arrangements created especially for Marvin by arranger/pianist Bobby Scott in 1966, tracks he obsessed over for years. But these versions of the ballads, like ones Marvin recorded earlier, were left behind; the revealing, previously unreleased ’73 versions are included in the new Let’s Get It On: Deluxe Edition. (Later vocals were included on the posthumous release, Vulnerable.)
The 50th anniversary digital release will feature the following:
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