Last year saw a full 12 months of activity celebrating Gaye’s eleventh studio album and an all-time classic.

Marvin GAYE - What s Going On (50th Anniversary Edition

A new vinyl edition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s seminal album What’s Going On has been released today (April 1). All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases. A half century may have passed since the release of Marvin Gaye's conscious soul masterpiece, What's Going On, but the album still sounds as fresh, otherworldly and intoxicating as ever.The special release features direct-to-analog mastering from the original primary album tape reels by the acclaimed engineer Kevin Gray. Original mono mixes of all six singles and their B-sides also appear, with their 7” versions on vinyl for the first time since their original releases. It backs the original album - a detailed, deep, emotive and melancholic masterpiece packed with much-loved classics (the title track, 'Inner City Blues', 'Mercy Mercy Me' and so on - with a second album of outtakes, demos and alternate versions. For the first time, four rare cuts from Gaye’s catalog make their debut on vinyl, alongside a previously unreleased “stripped” version of the title track.

Vinyl 50th Anniversary Edition Of Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going

The What’s Going On: 50th Anniversary 2LP Edition also boasts plenty of bonus material, including a whole bonus LP, which opens up the album’s writing and production palette.

These include mixes that track the development of the incredible title track and various hard-to-find mono mixes initially released by Motown as singles. Among the commemorations were a TV special, a Grammys tribute, limited-edition merchandise, and new remixes of tracks from What’s Going On by Grammy-nominated producer Salaam Remi. In the decades since, it has topped many Greatest Albums Of All-Time lists, most recently for Rolling Stone in 2020.